Building on the success of the original the feature-packed MPD2 Series gives you amazing creative musical ammo with Thick Fat backlit MPC pads improved controls and new bundled software. The MPD2 Series is a product of over six years of detailed customer research and user feedback. Akai Professional asked what you wanted and listened closely. They took what the professionals wanted and turned it into the most capable and user-friendly line of pad controllers Akai Professional has developed to date. Akai Professional MPD218 Feature-Packed Highly Playable Pad Controller Features: