![]() ![]() If you can adjust to the mini keyboard spacing, you'll be happy you bought one. As inexpensive, flexible, and well-built as it is, that doesn't surprise me. (They're not weighted, though, so don't expect it to feel like a real piano.)Īkai claims the MPK Midi MK3 is the most popular MIDI controller in the world. To place this in context, a standard 15.6 laptop is around 15 long and 10 wide. And those 25 keys are velocity-sensitive, so the harder you play, the louder the output. Portability: The Akai MPK Mini MK2 is 12.5 long and just 7.3 wide. It's also quite light in weight, which will be welcome. It fits comfortably in your lap, or in a briefcase for travel. All the controls are responsive, as is the keyboard.Īnd it's TINY. It offers both a joystick and a set of 8 pads (with a dedicated switch to activate a second 8-pad bank), as well as 8 fully-assignable knobs for controlling various MIDI functions. Watch as Andy walks you through the steps to create your own track in MPC Beats on t. Making a great, hit-sounding song is fun and easy on with the MPK mini. (Of course, you'll have to activate it as a MIDI input and/or output device in your DAW to get it to work, but that's true of any MIDI controller.) Akai Pro MPK mini Making Your First Pop Song with MPC Beats. And, because it's powered by the same USB port with which it communicates with your DAW, it's completely portable - just plug it in and it's powered up and ready to go. ![]() That h aving been said, virtually everything about this little guy is thoughfully laid out to make it easy to use. It's a well-known bug which Akai should long ago have fixed, but hasn't. You have to open a secondary menu, then hover your mouse pointer over the point where the option OUGHT to be before the checkbox to download and install it magically appears. In particular, the option to download and install the Mini's editor program is hidden - and I mean it's HIDDEN. Secondly, Akai's installation and software download interface is more than a little counterintuitive. ![]() So, if you're used to playing a full-size keyboard, you're going to have to adjust your finger spread to accomodate this controller's 2-octave keyboard. The Akai MPK Mini MK3 is a great portable MIDI controller, although with a couple of caveats: first, the keys are NOT standard size. A great portable MIDI controller, with a few caveats.
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