5
Installing Your Included Software
We recommend registering your Hammer 88 Pro on
and downloading the
Hammer
88 Pro Series Software Manager.
Follow the instructions on your included Software Download
Card to access the
Hammer 88 Pro Series Software Manager
DAWs and Virtual Instruments
In the
Software Manager
you'll have access to all of your included software.
We've included 3 DAWs,
MPC Beats
,
Pro Tools | First M-Audio Edition
, and
Ableton Live Lite
with your Hammer 88 Pro series keyboard so you can get started making music with professional
software right out of the box. Additionally, we’ve included a set of
MPC Beats
Expansion Packs and
AIR
virtual instrument plugins for you to use with your DAW.
To download the included MPC Beats
,
Pro Tools | First M-Audio Edition
,
or Ableton Live Lite
DAW software, AIR
virtual instrument plugins
,
and
MPC Beats
Expansion Packs
,
register your
Hammer 88 Pro on
Hammer 88 Pro Series Software Manager
.
The
Hammer 88 Pro Series Software Manager
will gude you step-by-step on downloading and
installing all of your included software.
Preset Editor
To download the included Preset Editor software,
follow the instructions in the
Hammer 88 Pro
Series Software Manager
. The
Preset Editor
software can be used to create custom DAW and
Preset mappings for you to load onto your Hammer 88 Pro series keyboard. For more information on
operating the keyboard with one of the custom DAW or Presets, see the following section and the
section. The Preset Editor also comes with its own
Editor User Guide.
MPC Beats
To download the included MPC Beats software,
follow the instructions in the
Hammer 88 Pro
Series Software Manager
. MPC Beats is an intuitive to use DAW and soft synth/Virtual Instrument
plugin wrapper built on the legacy of the legendary AKAI Pro MPC hardware and innovative MPC2
desktop software, MPC Beats empowers new beat makers with all the tools to create excellent
sounding beats and more.
For complete integration with existing DAWs, MPC Beats opens as a plugin in all mainstream DAWs
to merge the best of all DAW worlds. This gives you the freedom to use MPC Beats as a soft
synth/Virtual Instrument plugin wrapper, enabling you to have all of your Hammer 88 Pro controls
auto-mapped to your favorite soft synth/Virtual Instrument plugin.