• Reviews around keyboard (4.31 of 5)

    Akai Professional MIDI Drum Pad & Keyboard Controller with Joystick, Gig Bag for Micro Keyboards and Controllers,Gator Cases, AmazonBasics 4-Port USB

    • This is the best MIDI keyboard mini you can get hands down
    • While the keyboard isn't the best, it suffices for playing simple basslines and melodies to compliment what you're doing on the pads, so as long as you don't think of it as a standalone keyboard, it's fairly useful
    • The keyboard is awesome, but the editor software has not been updated to run on 10.10.x Yosemite
    • Great keyboard, includes a lot of free software and is easy to install.
    • Love the akai mpk mini2, this keyboard is the perfect size for portability
    • Anyway, in summary, fantastic little midi keyboard
    • Nice, compact keyboard.
    • I love this small keyboard, It's very easy to use and fun to play with.
    • I'm giving this 3 stars because the keyboard itself is fine, once you can get on the website and download everything that's needed to run it.
    • Grandson loves this keyboard.
    • The keyboard has stopped working after not even a year of owning it.
    • The keyboard worked fine
    • Best cheap mini keyboard
    • As a music producer, I need a portable keyboard that I can carry around easily
    • It also has polyphonic aftertouch.https://www.amazon.com/Xkey-25-Key-Portable-Musical-Keyboard/dp/B00DU2VKV8[...]
    • I'd say this is the perfect MIDI keyboard for a beginner or someone who just wants a compact MIDI keyboard that can sit on their desk, without needing to make a separate space for a huge keyboard.
    • Great entry keyboard for bedroom producers and students!
    • The keyboard is simply amazing, the only reason it lost a star is because akai software is not stable
    • Very good value and nice small keyboard
    • The keyboards are abit hard to press and the outlet of the sound is abit slow too; but overall it’s fine.
    • It's a great keyboard but your IOS devices will say insufficient power
    • Great mini keyboard and reasonable price.
    • I got this as my first keyboard to make music with and it worked perfectly and has so many options that i haven't even discovered yet
    • Extremely compact keyboard, unfortunately too cramped for serious composition/ chords etc
    • good keyboard!
    • Good keyboard but the included program Hybrid is chocked full of problems and so are all of the included software because they use iLok's anti piracy system; which is understandable but not reliable.
    • It's a nice entree level midi keyboard.
    • Great keyboard for traveling.
    • This awesome keyboard responds really well to almost anything you hook it up to!
    • Great Keyboard, had to adjust the sensitivity but great overall
    • Very nice keyboard
    • Great keyboard, perfect size for an easy to carry midi.
    • Very neat little keyboard, but I buyer beware
    • Great starter MIDI keyboard at a more than affordable price
    • However if you want chords on a live performance, you need a longer (albeit heavier, bigger and less portable keyboard).
    • Very good keyboard!
    • You get what you pay for, a cheap keyboard
    • Solid Midi keyboard for a steal ($79 during Black Friday).
    • It is like getting another synth keyboard
    • If these limitations do not bother you, this is a decent tiny laptop keyboard and the velocity sensitive pads are very nice.
    • This thing right here is a great midi keyboard for the size and price
    • Anyway, I tried this other compact keyboard out as an alternative with 25 full size keys and it is amazing.
    • The keyboard was nice, but there wasn't any software, therefore it wouldn't work.
    • This is a decent mini keyboard/controller unit, but here’s the thing
    • Overall, this is a great mini midi keyboard for its price, a valuable upgrade from the last model
    • Great little midi keyboard
    • Although an attractive keyboard with a tiny footprint for the ultimate in portability, the AKAI Mini MKII has let me down in multiple ways
    • Nice keyboard and design
    • I have also used it as a second keyboard while working with the 225.
    • Considering the price, the keyboard is not that bad, for what it is.
    • I'm keeping the keyboard because my daughter loves
    • What about the features?- Keys:Although a bit stiff, the keyboard is responsive and comfortable to play
    • From the person I gifted this to: "The keyboard is decent and responsive.
    • My son LOVES this midi keyboard!
    • Beautiful keyboard, keys respond on time
    • If you are just looking for a somewhat cheap Midi keyboard and you're just starting out in making music, go with this product
    • Overall i would say its the best midi keyboard in this price range.
    • I am still giving this 3 stars because the keyboard itself is great and I enjoyed using it with my one allotted track
    • Very good keyboard, the keys feel pretty great and the pads do too
    • Very good keyboard, the keys feel pretty great and the pads do too
    • and it feels more robust than the full size M-audio keyboard it's replaced.
    • I've been on the search for a portable MIDI keyboard that I can easily setup and put away as needed and this fit the bill perfectly
    • I love this midi keyboard, I need to utilize it more though ahaha
    • To that end, this keyboard is great
    • Keyboard was the primary issue
    • Nice mini keyboard
    • A great, reasonably priced midi keyboard.
    • keyboard is great but software is too complicate to install
    • Love the keyboard but cant get sound out of
    • For the money, this is the way to go if you're looking for a nice mini USB keyboard.
    • I love this small keyboard; it is not perfect and for sure will make you yell in frustration when trying to configure it, but for what it does, it is perfect
    • A very good keyboard that performs great
    • A great MIDI keyboard
    • I kinda did panic because neither the keyboard nor the pads were working while I opened FPC in fruity loops
    • Great keyboard, works perfectly.
    • Great keyboard, works perfectly.
    • Overall, a GREAT MIDI control keyboard
    • I recommend the same keyboard if you're working in a tiny simple scale
    • Keyboard is great, was never able to install the software because it wouldn't accept my serial number
    • 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
    • I do actually like this keyboard a lot, but the velocity issue and the weak software are a negative.)
    • Probably the best midi keyboard in this price range
    • I use the keyboard with FL Studio 10 and it works perfectly.
    • Overall though it's a decent little travel keyboard for the $100 I paid for it, though not perfect.
    • Best cheap mini keyboard
    • But it bothered me that I wanted a cool Midi Controller, and because of that, I only have a little stupid keyboard.
    • Generally, I just wanted a really well-rounded keyboard that I could do a huge variety of things with
    • It really helps make this a portable keyboard
    • I love this little keyboard!
    • its a great midi keyboard for its size, perfect for producing withought a big ass keyboard.
    • The keyboard itself is awesome and feels very well made
    • I knew it was too good to be true to see a well built midi keyboard with pads for one hundred bucks.
    • Great keyboard for traveling and quick melodies.
    • Didn't really bother me so I just went on and use it, the keyboard lasted about a month or so
    • The keyboard itself is cool but the serial key that came with it is supposedly invalid, also akai are difficult to deal with and do not respond to emails, even when issuing a new password for your akai account, keyboard great, akai bad
    • I have retired my big junky Yamaha keyboard
    • The software that comes with this sucks but the keyboard is nice.
    • Great little keyboard for my needs.
    • I love everything else about this, but what good is a keyboard with an unresponsive key
    • great keyboard!
    • A fun little keyboard for the not so needy in the keyboard department.
    • After extensive reviews, I found this to be the best midi-keyboard.
    • Great keyboard, the pads have great velocity/sensitivity as do the keys.
    • Love this mini keyboard, I can plug in to my laptop and make music where ever.
    • Nice midi keyboard.
    • I was looking around amazon for a linux compatible midi keyboard and couldn't find anything specifically stated for that purpose, this one looked awesome and said that no drivers or software was required, just plug and
    • I was looking for a decent keyboard to use with fl studio, and this seems to be just what i needed
    • Was really excited to get this but after trying to load software several times and getting an error trying to load the pluggin, the keyboard is worthless without.
    • really fun little keyboard.
    • Great keyboard!
    • I love having this tiny keyboard when I need it
    • The keyboard itself feels very cheap and light.
    • This is a good keyboard
    • The keys dont feel as good as on a full size keyboard but still very good for the price, good for travelling
    • The Keyboard is everything I need, except the sustain pedal input doesn't work
    • Great keyboard awesome for beginners in music production
    • This is an excellent little mini keyboard.
    • Very nice keyboard
    • Convenient, user-friendly, and portable are three words that I would use to describe this amazing mini keyboard
    • Nice MIDI keyboard and assignable controls and pads
    • , I got better results in Cubase Elements but still may take some practice, not a fast as either a keyboard Arp or built in VST one
    • Love this keyboard already and I just bought it two weeks ago
    • I love this keyboard
    • This is one of the best portable midi keyboards
    • This is my first keyboard and I love it, it comes with easy to use programs to start making your own music easy.
    • If this was not cheap looking, plastic keyboard, with awfully small keys (for children?) with bad springs, one may think that you need to be 'professional' musician or something...
    • Great, sturdy keyboard for the price.
    • Keys are very small so dont think this will be great as a keyboard
    • Great portable keyboard.
    • This is a cool little keyboard
    • I think this is a good keyboard to start out with as a beginner and even a good keyboard to have floating around if you are a pro
    • it is very versatile and has the power of the more expensive keyboards for a fraction of the price.
    • For portability and learning and making music on the go, this is a very nice little keyboard.
    • awesome compact keyboard for when on the go
    • I definitely recommend for anyone new or anyone needing a reliable keyboard to make beats
    • This is an awesome midi keyboard.
    • Works as it should.
    • 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
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    • 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
    • I use this for a few midi type digital drums and beats, as well as for piano parts when recording
    • 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
    • Works exactly as you would expect