Expanding upon the MPK225, the Akai MPK261 gives you even more control over your virtual instruments, effects plugins, and DAWs with more keys, more switches, more pots and more faders. 16 colorful, RGB-illuminated MPC pads each have 4 banks for a total of 64 pads, and 8 knobs, 8 faders, and 8 switches give you complete hands-on management of your production, and pitch bend, modulation, and octave controls allow, as well as an expression jack and two footswitch jacks, allow you the most expressive performances possible.