And, because it's powered by the same USB port with which it communicates with your DAW, it's completely portable - just plug it in and it's powered up and ready to go. That having been said, virtually everything about this little guy is thoughfully laid out to make it easy to use. It's a well-known bug which Akai should long ago have fixed, but hasn't. You have to open a secondary menu, then hover your mouse pointer over the point where the option OUGHT to be before the checkbox to download and install it magically appears. In particular, the option to download and install the Mini's editor program is hidden - and I mean it's HIDDEN.
Secondly, Akai's installation and software download interface is more than a little counterintuitive. So, if you're used to playing a full-size keyboard, you're going to have to adjust your finger spread to accomodate this controller's 2-octave keyboard. The Akai MPK Mini MK3 is a great portable MIDI controller, although with a couple of caveats: first, the keys are NOT standard size. The battery-operated setup can run for 14 hours or more according to AKAI, with an upgraded built-in speaker, headphone output, and 128+ onboard drum and keyboard sounds.A great portable MIDI controller, with a few caveats. The MPK Mini Play MK3 is designed to be a portable solution that leaves folks completely tether-free until they are ready to connect it over USB to a Mac or Windows machine. While it maintains its sleek, compact footprint, MPK mini Play is more playable and comfortable than ever and ready for hours of playing. This new keybed delivers dynamic performances and accurate velocity response with a feel that players will certainly appreciate. While we are seeing deep price drops available on its more full-size MPK models (at the time of writing), it’s time to dive into its latest release with the new MPK Mini Play MK3.Īlongside a 4×4 grid of “real” MPC drum pads, the OLED display, and updated built-in speaker, the new MK3 model takes things up a notch with AKAI’s new Gen 2 keybed: AKAI has been making some of our favorite MIDI keyboard controllers for years now, easily landing them in our annual best of roundup for quite some time.
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