Product Description The Akai Professional MPK25 is a portable keyboard controller with MPC production controls

Based closely on the MPK49, the first keyboard ever to feature MPC pads, the MPK25 scales down the keyboard by 24 keys and retains the utility, capability, and flexibility that makes the MPK49 one of the world's hottest keyboards

Its smaller, more portable size makes the MPK25 the perfect travel companion

Its small footprint can fit in your lap on the couch or on a plane, enabling you to create tracks whenever inspiration strikes

All you need is your laptop and the MPK25. From the Manufacturer Professional Production to Go View Larger View Larger View Larger MPK25 is a portable USB MIDI keyboard controller with Akai Professional's classic MPC production controls built in

Based closely on the MPK49, the first keyboard ever to feature MPC pads, MPK25 combines with your laptop computer and music software to offer a complete, compact music-making solution

View Larger View Larger Genuine MPC Pads 25 keys

12 MPC pads

Powerful production tools at your fingertips

MPK25's keyboard is semi-weighted and features aftertouch for expressive melodic control

The MPC pads are pressure- and velocity-sensitive to capture every nuance of your creative concepts

Plus, the pads have 4 banks, giving you instant access to 48 samples, sounds, or launch events—it's up to you

Q-Link Control One of the most important input devices on an MPC is its Q-Link assignable control section

MPK25 gives you 12 Q-Link virtual knobs and 4 virtual buttons, which are each assignable to control nearly any parameter in your music software

And you can control two different parameters per Q-Link thanks to the knobs' dual-bank selection

Classic MPC Technology Experience MPC Note Repeat and MPC Swing, two iconic note-modifying technologies pioneered by Akai Professional

With MPC Note Repeat you can automatically play a rhythm pattern on MPK25's MPC pads

MPC Swing allows you to turn computerized, perfectly aligned sequences into beats with a human, rhythmic feel

Ableton Included MPK25 works with most MIDI recording, sequencing, and performance software, and includes Ableton Live Lite Akai Edition in the box, so you can make music right away

Ableton Live Lite lets you spontaneously compose, record, remix, improvise, and edit musical ideas in a seamless audio/MIDI environment

Key Features 25-key semi-weighted keyboard with aftertouch 12 velocity- and pressure-sensitive MPC 4 pad banks, allowing instant access to 48 samples 2 banks of 16 assignable Q-Link controls; 12 knobs, 4 buttons Built-in arpeggiator and dedicated transport controls MPC Note Repeat, Swing, Full Level, and MPC 12-Level Tap Tempo and Time Division controls USB-MIDI bus-powered and class-compliant Ableton Live Lite Akai Edition software included Works with virtually any software with MIDI support Modulation and pitch-bend wheels 2 assignable footswitch inputs Compact Creativity On top of its powerful MPC technologies, MPK25 has its own arpeggiator, which enables you to create quick, creative riffs in seconds

MPK25 is also bus-powered, so all you need to connect and power the MPK25 is the included USB cable, and you're good to go

What's in the Box? MPK25 keyboard controller USB cable Software CD Quickstart guide Akai Pro Keyboard Controllers MPK Mini MPK25 MPK49 MPK61 MPK88 MAX25 MAX49 Keys 25 25 49 61 88 25 49 Semi-Weighted X X X X X X Synth Action X Velocity Sensitive X X X X X X X Aftertouch X X X X X X Pads 8 12 12 16 16 8 12 Pad Banks 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 Velocity Sensitive Pads X X X X X X X Assignable Q-Link Knobs 8 12 8 8 8 Knob banks 4 3 3 3 Faders 8 8 8 4 8 Fader banks 3 3 3 4 4 Touch-sensitive fader strips X X Transport Controls X X X X X X Assignable Pitchbend X X X X X X Assignable Modulation X X X X X X Arpeggiator X X X X X X X Pedal Inputs 2 2 3 3 3 3 5-Pin MIDI Input X X X X X X 5-Pin MIDI Output X X X X X X Sustain Button X Octave Shift X X X X X X X LCD Display X X X X X X Includes Ableton Live Lite X X X X X Includes Ignite Music Creation Software X X X X X X X Includes Pro Tools Express X X X X