One star for the great pads

I expected the pads to be buttons, like on the Novation units

Great pads 37 keys would be

, the pads feel great, the lights are very visible, and I haven't managed to dig my nails in, or scratch the black paint off yet.

What really makes this stand out is the solid pads and super simple functionality

but I will say at least so far the pad have the same feel and quality as Akai's LPD 8 Akai Professional LPD8 Ultra-Portable USB Pad Controller for Laptops, they are fairly thick for mini pads and have a nice bouncy feel to them, not like those nightmare cheap pads they put on the earlier MPD models Akai Professional MPD32 USB/Midi MPC Pad Controllerl.

The Novations had seamless integration with Ableton, and they had sixteen pads as opposed to the Akai's eight (two banks though, so you really get 16 pads as well.

It's much improved from better pads to a full sized, more sturdy USB jack

In fact, by the time I got around to the second use the pads got MORE sensitive

It has decent velocity sensitive drum pads, knobs, and a joystick for pitch and

The pads work as well as my PadKontrol (or very similar).I liked the responsiveness of the keys, they are very quickly and easily registered while playing

The pads are decent if you want to input drums but they can't just switch to whatever octave

People have noted that the pads arent sensitive

The pads are very well responsive and the build quality of this product is overall very good.

The pads work pretty good and the eight knobs are nice for mapping for different functions in Ableton.

It has enough functions that could be very useful, such as the rotary knobs and velocity sensitive pads.

The pads work very well, and overall this is a quality midi controller

The pads work very well, and overall this is a quality midi controller

There are countless other keyboards for $100 or less that lack the pads and perhaps knobs, but have better keys, key action, and usually, mod/potch wheels.

Only one other thing, their cheaper pad, goes for $100, and that one makes more sense to me.

If these limitations do not bother you, this is a decent tiny laptop keyboard and the velocity sensitive pads are very nice.

Wow, these are fantastic pads

Responsive pads

The pads are now much more responsive and there is no "modding" needed anymore to get them to work properly

Related - the pads can accidentally trigger as well

When you hit them at the top of their force range, adjacent pads become triggered as well

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

, it has great pads (wish I had 16 of them), but the keyboard and software let it down

It comes with a bigger "work space" (more pads, nobs and a full keyboard)

dope entry level controller, ultra portable, pads feels great

It's much improved from better pads to a full sized, more sturdy USB jack

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

The pads feel nice and work flawlessly

The pads feel nice and work flawlessly

Pros:Great priceImproved pads--overall very sensitive on my partLots of control knobs and multiple programs/banksHigh variety of settings for arpeggiator and padsVelocity-sensitive keys/padsWorked immediately from initial plug-

My second MPK, the pads feel great and better than the last version

but it’s very compact and portable and the pads are great for finger

The velocity sensitive pads are perfect for writing drum patterns in FL, especially when linked to FPC.

The keys are responsive and the pads are nice and thick to the touch

Once again, the pads are great and the keyboard gets the job done, but all the software is useless without agreeing to ad spyware, you cant use it

The PADS - ahh the pads, well some reviewers have said that the pads were more responsive than the first gen, can't comment on

The pads also feel great

Perfect for bringing to college (which I am).The joystick is actually pretty bad, but the pads are excellent, the knobs are good, and the keys feel about the same as any other plastic keyboard

They're actually pressure-sensitive rubber pads that only have a little bit of give

Good beat pad for starting, just the akai software it comes with crashes alot and won't give you the chance to play around with it.

I feel the pads should be much more responsive.

The pads are very very sensitive and accurate.

felt like a toy, pads were nice.

Great quality controller with nicely responsive keys and pads.

The drum pads work alright - after watching some videos on

I love the beat pads

I like the pads, and they are very true to the hit

The pads are very responsive but not as good as maschine I think

The pads do work very very well.

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

Part of the problem is that the documentation isn't all in one place, and it can be hard to figure out how to do seemingly easy things (like mapping the pads in

Pad 2 of the 8 pads is insanely sensitive and triggers when nearby pads are pressed or even when I use the keys, which makes my device almost unusable.

The pads are very responsive and the keys also have a good response as well

good feeling; controls are responsive and the pads are a blessing, if you do not need to perfom complex sequences; especially if your fingers are big

The pads are pretty responsive although they don't do trills really well for hi-hats

Is very portable and the pads and keys are very goods.

Really though, especially on this, the pads are generally unnecessary.

It looks GREAT, feels GREAT and plays like a CHAMP- Enough knobs and pads to expand your creativity- Ability to add a sustain

The pads feel excellent, as can be said for the keys

It has a solid build and the pads (in my opinion) have just the right sensitivity

Smooth keys,good size,and nice and sensitive drum pads are only the few good things about this product

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

The pads are terribly delayed and if you want to sync the controller with MPC essentials, good luck

key pressure seems spot on and the pads are responsive . .

Anyway like usual sorry for the longer review but just wanted to hit some points that I thought were important when considering buying this device, the pads are cool, the keys are responsive, and the portability is great, work out the issues with the Arpeggiator and this thing kicks a* and takes names!Current SET UP

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

The sensitivity is just right for me, as I like to actually tap the pads, if you like to barely touch your pads, then this might be a problem for you.

The pads are fantastic and incredibly sensitive, and the keys are decent if a little springy

The pads feel great

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 beat pad works well and the piano keys work very well!I put up a video on youtube in

The beat pad works well and the piano keys work very well!I put up a video on youtube in

Pad and key sensitivity is awesome, I would recommend this product to anyone thats just starting out producing, and is looking for a compact portable controller that has pretty much everything you need.

I'm sure even pro's would enjoy this pad

On the up side the pads are very sensitive (when you can get them trigger the sounds you want) and it's a sturdy little unit with a metal chassis as opposed to most others being plastic

Nice pads as well.

A nice bit of gear easy to set up fits in a back pack when yer on the go and if the mood strikes u ..small enough to bang out a beat with yer ipad or laptop etc looks great and keys are nice pads are kool

pressure sensitive drum pad is great i can hit 16th notes

The pads, knobs, keys and buttons all feel great and I'm very happy with this keyboard.

It seems they have corrected that with the new models because the pads on this unit are much better to play on than even my 49

The keys are easy to play and the pads are great as well

Don't expect weighted keys or extra sensitive pads, but you'll still get the velocity effects you're looking for

The pads and controllers on this make it really handy, but the keys on this controller make it pretty much unusable.

Responsive pads

The assignable midi knobs work great on Ableton, and the pads do as well, although the pass have a very slight amount of latency that I just can't seem to eliminate.

And the pads are very satisfying

The beat pads are sensitive so you don't have to press as hard

I also am having trouble programming the pads in my DAW, but I can program the pads in the included software

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

but I disagree as per one

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