Akai Professional MPK 25
Top 12%136 points
Top 12%
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Akai Professional MPK 25 review: 33 facts and highlights
1. Has a MIDI-Out port
The MIDI-Out port is used for transmitting data.
Akai Professional MPK 25
74% have it
2. Has semi-weighted keys
Similar to a weighted action keys, but with less resistance and a slightly springier release, semi-weighted keys are popular with many players. If you don’t need realistic piano response, but also don’t care for spring-loaded synth actions, a semi-weighted keyboard might be ideal for you.
Akai Professional MPK 25
37% have it
3. volume
14691.6cm³
CME Xkey: 838.08cm³
4. Has a pitch wheel
The pitch wheel alters the pitch and timbre of a sound in real-time. It can give fine tuning control from fractions of a semi-tone to huge multi-octave pitch swings.
Akai Professional MPK 25
66% have it
5. weight
4.6kg
Akai Professional LPK 25: 453g
6. Has a display
The device has an electronic display to present information to the user.
Akai Professional MPK 25
68% have it
7. Has velocity sensitive pads
Akai Professional MPK 25
36% have it
8. Has aftertouch keyboard
The keyboard also respond to the amount of force applied after initial impact. On electronic keyboards and synthesizers, this pressure sensitivity is usually called aftertouch.
Akai Professional MPK 25
40% have it
9. drum pads
The pads section is ideal to trigger loops and samples, using your finger drum skills.
12
Novation Launchkey 61: 16
10. Has a bank selector button
The button is used to select independent banks of continuous controllers. Effectively, this allows you to control more independent parameters with the knobs, faders and buttons. The bank selector button is used to switch among the available banks.
Akai Professional MPK 25
38% have it
11. Has an arpeggiator function
The arpeggiator is the main tool used by computer musicians to generate looped material. An arpeggiator is simply a generator of signals that controls the tempo, pitch, velocity, gate, and other parameters of the sound.
Akai Professional MPK 25
14% have it
12. Has tap tempo control
A feature on some MIDI devices that allows to adjust tempo in real time based on an external input or by “tapping” a button on the device itself. It is used to allow musicians the flexibility of playing at any desired tempo based on their musical input.
Akai Professional MPK 25
13% have it
13. The device is mappable
Users can map, set and regulate the entire midi controller giving different functionalities to all different buttons, knobs and faders. The device could be also set up with different softwares.
Akai Professional MPK 25
79% have it
14. Has octave buttons
The octave buttons are used to shift the keyboard up or down in one octave increments. This extends the range of the keyboard in either direction, which lets you play notes that lie outside the number of keys available.
Akai Professional MPK 25
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15. Has an input/connector for the sustain pedal
When pressed, the sustain pedal allows all notes to sound and “vibrate” freely. All notes played will continue to sound until the pedal is released. This is perfect when you need a sturdy and responsive control over sustain.
Akai Professional MPK 25
49% have it
16. Has a modulation wheel
The mod wheel is used to add expression, or to modulate (change) various elements of a sound or sample.
Akai Professional MPK 25
66% have it
17. Has navigation buttons
Navigation buttons allows users to navigate through their files/data.
Akai Professional MPK 25
20% have it
18. number of buttons
The more buttons the device has, the more complex the input can be.
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Novation SL MkII 61: 58
19. Has backlit LED buttons
Buttons will light up when pressed, resulting in better visibility to users.
Akai Professional MPK 25
73% have it
20. MIDI device works and communicates via USB
Devices can communicate in both directions with each other without any additional MIDI interface. The biggest advantage is that the USB connection can be used for everything; power supply, MIDI-in and MIDI-out. This means you need less cables.
Akai Professional MPK 25
21. Has a transport control section
The transport controls are used to control playback, set the position of the playhead, start recording, activate the cycle region, or to move to the project start or end.
Akai Professional MPK 25
58% have it
22. encoders
A type of knob that has a push button functionality built in. Encoders are for browsing and selecting your digital sound files or turning on a function that makes use of a control's rotation such as sound effects or tempo/tap tempo selection.
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Novation SL MkII 61: 8
23. Is compatible with Mac OS X
It is compatible with Mac OS X devices such as MacBooks and iMacs.
Akai Professional MPK 25
99% have it
24. Is compatible with Windows
It is compatible with PCs and laptops running the Windows operating system.
Akai Professional MPK 25
99% have it
25. Has a MIDI-In port
MIDI-In Port allows data to be received by a MIDI-compliant device. The “in” port enables the MIDI keyboard to be controlled by an external device or sequencer.
Akai Professional MPK 25
34% have it
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