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Akai Professional MPK Mini MKII LE Black | Black, Limited Edition 25-Key Portable USB MIDI Keyboard With 16 Backlit Performance-Ready Pads, 8-Assignable Q-Link Knobs & A 4-Way Thumbstick

Color:Black Take Control, Wherever you go! Go mobile without losing control. Akai Professional’s limited edition MPK Mini MKII LE Black is an ultra-compact keyboard controller designed for the traveling musician and the desktop producer, now availa...

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Son

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Buy

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Midi

(86 reviews)
Price

(46 reviews)
Size

(22 reviews)
Controller

(81 reviews)
Feature

(34 reviews)
Keyboard

(143 reviews)
Music

(29 reviews)
Pad

(101 reviews)
Quality

(53 reviews)
Product

(154 reviews)
Thing

(55 reviews)
Head

(10 reviews)
Connection

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Sync issue

(4 reviews)
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Reviews around son (5.00 of 5)

  • Son was super excited to use it , but when it came down to downloading the software online
  • 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.
  • 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
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Reviews around buy (5.00 of 5)

  • Not very good product- expected something different and more user friendly ( bought for a 12 year old)Gotta download software also
  • Definitely a good buy for the traveling composer whether serious or just a hobby.
  • 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.
  • 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 worth the buy for anyone wanting to being producing music from home.
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Reviews around midi (4.65 of 5)

  • Great midi controller for a beginner to music production.
  • This small, portable MIDI controller was just what I needed
  • Conclusion: if you are just starting out and want a fun, cheap, small midi controller, the MPK
  • This thing right here is a great midi keyboard for the size and price
  • I can't use this midi at all because one key does not work
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Reviews around price (4.48 of 5)

  • Was expecting a bit better keys but for the cheap price it's still a great deal
  • Great starter MIDI keyboard at a more than affordable price
  • I'm very satisfied with this product got exactly what I was looking for at a great price
  • Very versatile and great price, the DAW I use is FL Studio and the mpk works perfectly with it
  • Great beginner keyboard for an excellent price bitches!
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Reviews around size (4.45 of 5)

  • all the features performed well, but i didn't like the small key size, so i ended up getting one with full size keys.
  • Love the akai mpk mini2, this keyboard is the perfect size for portability
  • Great keyboard, perfect size for an easy to carry midi.
  • keys bounce nice and are in my opinion the perfect size for mini keys
  • The keys are a great size so you don't stumble over onto the next one
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Reviews around controller (4.41 of 5)

  • Great small controller but the software can be ALOT BETTER!
  • Conclusion: if you are just starting out and want a fun, cheap, small midi controller, the MPK
  • But let's be modest here, this is one of the cheapest, semi-functioning controllers on the market.
  • This small, portable MIDI controller was just what I needed
  • A good middle-ground MIDI controller, and while you can find cheaper out there, the build quality is great and it does have a little bit of everything.
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Reviews around feature (4.32 of 5)

  • Keys and pads are accurately responsive and all the other features are as well
  • Great feature set with the arpeggiator and it definitely is easy to use
  • Great controller, lots of nice features, small footprint
  • 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
  • It has lots of great features, however, the software is extremely tedious to set up.
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Reviews around keyboard (4.30 of 5)

  • But it bothered me that I wanted a cool Midi Controller, and because of that, I only have a little stupid keyboard.
  • Great keyboard, the pads have great velocity/sensitivity as do the keys.
  • 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
  • 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
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Reviews around music (4.29 of 5)

  • But keys are not like in a real piano - without proper pressure control, hard to press and you can't play complex music on it.
  • I chose this because of its popularity and price, however, installing and starting to make music is pretty difficult
  • He loves music and was hoping this would keep his hands
  • My teen son is a beginner with making music and loves it!
  • 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
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Reviews around pad (4.28 of 5)

  • The pads feel unresponsive at times and then at others you can blow on them to activate them
  • The keys are easy to play and the pads are great as well
  • The pads are very responsive and the keys also have a good response as well
  • The sensitivity of the keys and the pads is great; better than the LPK25 or the
  • Great quality controller with nicely responsive keys and pads.
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Reviews around quality (4.24 of 5)

  • Great quality controller with nicely responsive keys and pads.
  • The quality of the akaipro is great but cannot use it!!!
  • Piano key is broken ,it is useless now after 10 days one key is broken , using very bad quality meterial,no spares available
  • This is a common problem, and no amount of super glue has been able to keep them on with such pathetic design quality
  • 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
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Reviews around product (4.23 of 5)

  • There are other great features but over all a great product and would highly recommend for producers everywhere!
  • Great product wish I knew more about how to make music though.
  • At first I didn't really enjoy the product that much, but it has grown on me
  • Terrible!!!!Bought this product for my son for Christmas
  • If I didnt have my own sounds in FL Studios, this product would be useless
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Reviews around thing (3.25 of 5)

  • I am into rap/trap if you were wondering, and this thing is great for that use
  • This was really the only bad thing I had to say about this.
  • The only bad thing about this is the USB connection is on the right side of the controller
  • I love this thing but still haven't figured out how to use the software that comes with it
  • I don't think there's anything this thing isn't capable of doing
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Reviews around head (3.02 of 5)

  • 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
  • If you are new you EDM or any electronic music making DO NOT buy this you will be smashing your head on the wall and cursing the Akai folks, and it might just kill your desire to create
  • The keys dont feel as good as on a full size keyboard but still very good for the price, good for travelling
  • 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
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Reviews around connection (2.94 of 5)

  • 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
  • Also the USB 2.0 connection on the body of the controller was verrrrrrry troublesome.
  • Cold connections, grease and Flux never cleaned off the PC board
  • Worked well until the C, D and A keys on the lower octave all stopped working across all platforms
  • 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
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Reviews around sync issue (2.54 of 5)

  • Worked well until the C, D and A keys on the lower octave all stopped working across all platforms
  • 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)
  • Nice N portable
  • 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

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Reviews around software (2.51 of 5)

  • There is free downloadable software from AKAI to customize and program the
  • Great keyboard, includes a lot of free software and is easy to install.
  • The software is a pain to install and directions are not that great.
  • The software that comes with this sucks but the keyboard is nice.
  • My biggest complaints are the software that comes with it
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  • Color:Black Take Control, Wherever you go! Go mobile without losing control
  • Akai Professional’s limited edition MPK Mini MKII LE Black is an ultra-compact keyboard controller designed for the traveling musician and the desktop producer, now available in a striking all-black finish
  • With a cluster of production-centric in-demand hardware controls coupled with a slim-line ultra-portable footprint, MPK Mini MKII LE Black lets you record, compose and perform with virtual instruments, effect plugins and DAWs whenever inspiration strikes.