Akai Professional MPK49
49-key USB MIDI Controller with 12 MPC-style Pads
A Great-playing Controller with MPC-style Pads Onboard!
The Akai Professional MPK49 USB MIDI keyboard controller makes a perfect addition to your live or home studio setup! You get a very high-quality, 49-key semi-weighted keyboard with aftertouch for starters; this makes the MPK49 and your virtual instruments as expressive as you want to make them! While this alone would make the MPK49 worth the price, the addition of 12 MPC-style velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads adds another dimension. an astounding 72 assignable controls make it easy to take command of your instruments and audio applications with the MPK49! Akai Professional MPK49 USB MIDI Keyboard Controller at a Glance:- Take control with an MPC-style interface
- Assignable controls mean maximum flexibility with your instruments and applications
MPC-style interfaceThe Akai Professional MPK49 features MPC-style Full Level and 12 Levels functions on its pads, and MPC Swing can be applied to both Note Repeat and Arpeggio functions. Tap Tempo and time-division buttons allow for real-time control of Note Repeat and Arpeggio clock speeds. Assignable controlsThe MPK49 delivers an amazing 72 assignable controls, with assignable inputs that include an expression pedal, footswitch, pitch bend and modulation wheel. Akai Professional MPK49 USB MIDI Keyboard Controller Features:- 49-key, semi-weighted keyboard with aftertouch
- Eight full-sized, 360-degree rotation pots, each with three banks
- 12 MPC-style velocity and pressure sensitive pads
- Eight full-sized sliders with three controller banks each
- MPC-style note repeat and all new arpeggiator
- Eight assignable backlit switches with three controller banks each
- MMC/MIDI Start Stop transport buttons
- Large, easy-to-read custom LCD display
- USB bus powered or use optional power adapter (not included)
Akai Professional MPK49 — the next generation of USB/MIDI performance controllers!
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Carson McClain
The MPK49 is a perfect combo for your computer workstation, laptop, or sound module. This keyboard in combination with Native Instruments Battery, Ableton Live, Logic's Ultrabeat or Digidesign Strike, or Maschine will give you a workstation far more powerful than any standalone hardware. The pads are 100% AKAI, the reason producers buy MPCs. The built in arpeggiator is a feature other controllers in this category do not possess.
The Real Deal
by Chris Rucker from Dayton, Oh
April 23, 2009
Music Background: Producer
I just cant believe how great this product is. When I first saw this on youtube i said this has got to be the ultimate package. Its has note repeat, arpegiator, presets for programs such as reason, li ... read more [+]ve, cubase, spectrasonic , gmedia or gforce, and you can even custom create presets for fl studio 8. I feel for those who need a good clean small working environment, the mpk49 adds both keys and pads for any genre of music. I can honestly say that this is the best midi controller right now hands down. By the way for those of you who see reviews telling you that the pads are not good pads, there cheap, there hard. there is a setting in the keyboard to give you as much sensitivity as possible for the pads and you can set the threshold for it also. close [-]
The future of the MPC
by tddtdd from
February 27, 2009
Music Background:
This keyboard is truly an answer to our question. Alot of producers who are using software wanted a controller that had the MPC feel.
This thing has changed the way I thought about mak ... read more [+]ing music with software forever. The way you work with it will give your music a very different feel.
For REASON users, this thing has to be the best tool ever.
Firstly you must understand how the MPC functions. If you have an audio editor and recycle and reason, then you dont really need an MPC, as those tools are way more powerful and advanced than ANY MPC. Along with an audio interface, you can record samples from records, and synths or romplers, than you will get similar results to an MPC.
This machine truly has changed the way I thought of software, and I am more excited than ever before.
I cant even believe that some people think that this machine is crap or an imitation of the mpc for kids-its not. Does the MPC have arpeggiator? NO. Does it got keys? NO. Does it have more sliders? NO. So it cant be an imitation of the MP.
MPK-This is the new MPC60...to all my hip hop producers strugging to get out there, dont give up, I got your back. One love. close [-]
DRUM MACHINE.. CHECK... KEYBOARD... CHECK..... TRANSPORT CONTROLS... CHECK
by DJ BRIAN G THE PRIME SPINISTER AKA BG REMIXES from RICHMOND,VA
September 13, 2008
Music Background: DJ, PRODUCER, REMIXER HIPHOP ARTIST, RECORDING ENGINEER
ALRIGHT, THE DRUM PADS ON THIS BABY ARE BETTER THAN THE M-AUDIO AXIOM AND THE TRIGGER FINGER AND THE KEYS HAVE THAT "REAL" FEEL.
THIS PIECE JUST FEELS SOLID LIKE IT CAN TAKE A BEATING. ... read more [+]
PANPOTS, FADERS. SWITCHES TRANPORT CONTROLS,,, WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED? AUDIO INTERFACE.... WELL YOU COULD WANT ONE ADD 400 BUCKS BUT
MOST OF US ARE USING PRO TOOLS TO TRACK OUR BEATS TO AND SO MOST LIKELY ALREADY HAVE AN MBOX/ MBOX OR GREATER SO... WHY..
I KNOW ALOT OF GUYS SWEAR BY THEIR MPC.. WELLL THIS BABY IS AN MPC WITH A KEYBOARD ONLY THING IS, INSTEAD OF THE TEENY TINY BIT OF SAMPLE MEMORY IN YOUR MPC, THIS SUCKER PAIRED UP WITH YA MAC OR PC HAS VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED SAMPLING TIME SO..
I GUESS IF THEY WANNA MAKE THE MPC GUYS COMPLETELY HAPPY, JUST MAKE AN
MPC-K MPC WITH KEYBOARD BUILT IN AND YOUR ALL GOOD.. close [-]
GREAT controller
by Brant from San Francisco, CA
February 15, 2008
Music Background: Multimedia Composer/Producer
I'm very picky and always have high expectations for equipment and product design. I've owned many keyboards and controllers over the years and I must say that this is the best feeling, most well laid ... read more [+] out keyboard yet. I've used Akai samplers in the past and I've always found their products to be solid - this being no exception. The sturdy metal frame, the firm substantial keys, and the smooth knobs and sliders make this worth the price. We have various M-Audio controllers at work and this blows them away. It's worth the price. close [-]
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