Bought this to help my son who had a stroke gain interest in using both hands

I was going to return it, but my son discovered that it works well with garage band on my mac mini

My son was excited to open this Christmas morning but the only way to use it is to register the product with Akai, then after than download the software to run the MPK Mini.

Son was super excited to use it , but when it came down to downloading the software online

The knob is a little cheap and loose, but otherwise It is a good buy for the price, very good for on-the-go work.

Not very good product- expected something different and more user friendly ( bought for a 12 year old)Gotta download software also

Definitely worth the buy for anyone wanting to being producing music from home.

This is a good buy for a hundred bucks but unless you are extremely fluent in midi, you might be better off with a simpler keyboard

Definitely a good buy for the traveling composer whether serious or just a hobby.

This small, portable MIDI controller was just what I needed

Great midi controller for a beginner to music production.

This thing right here is a great midi keyboard for the size and price

But it bothered me that I wanted a cool Midi Controller, and because of that, I only have a little stupid keyboard.

I can't use this midi at all because one key does not work

Not only did it look pretty cool but the price wasn't too bad

I'm very satisfied with this product got exactly what I was looking for at a great price

Great starter MIDI keyboard at a more than affordable price

Was expecting a bit better keys but for the cheap price it's still a great deal

Great beginner keyboard for an excellent price bitches!

all the features performed well, but i didn't like the small key size, so i ended up getting one with full size keys.

The keys dont feel as good as on a full size keyboard but still very good for the price, good for travelling

Great keyboard, perfect size for an easy to carry midi.

keys bounce nice and are in my opinion the perfect size for mini keys

also, the size is nice and doesn't dominate my workspace.

The keys feel pretty good for a small portable midi controller

There are cheaper controllers out there, so if you're looking at this one because it comes with a bunch of

This is great midi controller it worked great with my FL Studio and I will be getting a new

Great small controller but the software can be ALOT BETTER!

This small, portable MIDI controller was just what I needed

Keys and pads are accurately responsive and all the other features are as well

It has lots of great features, however, the software is extremely tedious to set up.

Great controller, lots of nice features, small footprint

Though someone who is use to the wheel style control might not like this feature

all the features performed well, but i didn't like the small key size, so i ended up getting one with full size keys.

Considering the price, the keyboard is not that bad, for what it is.

Great keyboard, perfect size for an easy to carry midi.

This keyboard disappoints considerably for these uses, and I find I have to use Logic Pro's Velocity MIDI FX to tone down the dynamics

If you are just looking for a somewhat cheap Midi keyboard and you're just starting out in making music, go with this product

keyboard is great but software is too complicate to install

It sounded like it would be something really cool for a beginner like me to use to record some cool music

He loves music and was hoping this would keep his hands

Don't get me wrong, I like electronic music and getting to hit flashing pads as much as the other guy, but that was the

I chose this because of its popularity and price, however, installing and starting to make music is pretty difficult

I won't even mention the annoying background music you have to listen to as you follow an online video on how to install the software, etc.

The pads feel unresponsive at times and then at others you can blow on them to activate them

While I have enjoyed using this, my one pet peeve is the how hard the pads are which can extremely irritating when you are live looping however all in all its pretty cool and affordable

The sensitivity of the keys and the pads is great; better than the LPK25 or the

but when you are accidentally triggering the wrong pads, you can screw things up

But once I finally got the controller to produce sound, the pads had incredible latency.

It’s great quality, keys are nice and springy, pads feel solid

It's unclear whether this is fraud/theft or simply poor quality in the manufacturing and logistics processes.

The build quality is pretty decent for $100, and the keys feel great

This is a common problem, and no amount of super glue has been able to keep them on with such pathetic design quality

The keys are nice, the pads are great quality and it was so easy to get set up

once everything was set up, the product redeemed the poor set up experience

Terrible!!!!Bought this product for my son for Christmas

The product came damage, which is unfortunate because I wanted to give it as a Christmas present.

At first I didn't really enjoy the product that much, but it has grown on me

I highly recommend this product to anyone who enjoys making music and is great at working with computers.

I love this thing but still haven't figured out how to use the software that comes with it

This was really the only bad thing I had to say about this.

After getting a few cheap connectors this thing is awesome.

The program that comes with it is possibly the most frustrating thing I have ever dealt with

The only bad thing about this is the USB connection is on the right side of the controller

I use this for a few midi type digital drums and beats, as well as for piano parts when recording

The keyboard keys feel a bit springy but the drum pads are awesome!I will need some time to figure out how to program it but out of the box it works fine with Garage Band as well as with it's own suite of software

The keyboard keys feel a bit springy but the drum pads are awesome!I will need some time to figure out how to program it but out of the box it works fine with Garage Band as well as with it's own suite of software

The keys dont feel as good as on a full size keyboard but still very good for the price, good for travelling

Well i had a very hard starting point with the software included but after that midi is pretty cool and learning curve is slow for me as a

Worked well until the C, D and A keys on the lower octave all stopped working across all platforms

Cold connections, grease and Flux never cleaned off the PC board

Also the USB 2.0 connection on the body of the controller was verrrrrrry troublesome.

im playin is it a connection problem or what i highly doubt the problem is the speakers due to the fact i can hear anything else i do with the studio or even the computer in general please help

I purchased this because every time I used my workstation as a MIDI controller I would lose midi connection while I was working on music and it will cause my programs the freeze up and

Nice N portable

Worked well until the C, D and A keys on the lower octave all stopped working across all platforms

Arepeggiator issues (most likely a DAW sync issue)Had a couple issues with mapping the knobs (probably the VST itself)Joystick was a little jerky at first, but it works in pretty quicklyI still can't believe that I only paid $100 for this

I also considered Akai's new MPX 16, even though its more a sampler than midi-controller, but all the reports of MIDI problems and sync issues convinced me to stay away from it (at least for now)

My biggest complaints are the software that comes with it

Even with the software included, which I doubt i would ever use.

And the included software is just a pain and NOT at all beginner friendly

Great keyboard, includes a lot of free software and is easy to install.

They recommend the VIP software that comes for "free" with this