Akai Professional MPK Mini Play MK3 - MIDI Keyboard Controller with Built-in Speaker and Sounds Plus Dynamic Keybed, MPC Pads, Software Suite and Native Instruments Sound Package

I love it! Great to use as a midi keyboard and also the on-board sounds are good (a bit standard, but good) It's a shame I didn't get the one with a bigger keyboard because playing is limited to 2 octaves. I would recommend this to anyone interested in making music on the go. Another good feature is the USB power which saves a lot of messing about when connecting to a computer. Comes with a host of free software so you can be making hit records instantly!

Powerful little keyboard. I use it for backing track recordings and it's spot on for the job. Amazing realistic sounds.

This keyboard is absolutely perfect. My son has been using it alot and is overjoyed with this keyboard. I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good quality midi keyboard.

This is plain, unadulterated fun. Mobile and easy to navigate. Great value for money. Lots of usable voices.

I watched a few demonstrations of this before I purchased one and I must say that I am more than satisfied with it, it is a great accompliment to use with my looper pedal/amp and guitar a pretty good sound for such a small and low priced unit

Excellent coffee table keyboard, quick to play and find new ideas! With no fuss! It is ideal for kids because you can start using it without a laptop and then introduce it to them as midi. At the moment, I'm using it with my Boss RC505 loop station, which nice setup, because I don't have to use DAW. I can quick get looping and make tunes :)

I love this. Running it through an amp bumps the sound to way beyond the built-in speaker (obviously). There is plenty to discover. I'm not an expert so check out the reviews on YouTube. Lots of fun and I haven't checked out the midi side yet. Great value too.Enjoy!

Well made but sounds a bit dated.Instruction book unclear.

Ce clavier est tout simplement révolutionnaire ! Dès l'instant où je l'ai déballé, j'ai su que j'avais entre les mains un outil de qualité supérieure. La première chose qui m'a impressionné, c'est sa conception ergonomique qui offre un confort inégalé lors de la frappe. Chaque touche est parfaitement espacée, offrant une expérience de frappe fluide et précise, ce qui est essentiel pour moi en tant que rédacteur professionnel. De plus, la connectivité sans fil est incroyablement fiable, ce qui me permet de travailler de n'importe où dans la pièce sans jamais perdre la connexion. Et parlons de la batterie ! Une seule charge dure des semaines, ce qui est un énorme avantage pour quelqu'un comme moi qui passe de longues heures devant l'ordinateur. Enfin, les fonctionnalités supplémentaires, comme les raccourcis programmables et la compatibilité avec différents systèmes d'exploitation, font de ce clavier un choix incontournable pour tout professionnel soucieux de sa productivité. En résumé, si vous recherchez un clavier fiable, confortable et hautement performant, ne cherchez pas plus loin. Ce clavier a tout ce dont vous avez besoin et bien plus encore !

All good, just hard to learn .

The midi-keyboard is awesome - 1000000 outta 10.

I am a live performer & I use it in a live setup, without connecting it to a DAW (laptop/software) .. i connect it to my looper pedal and make live loops for beats / bass / keys & guitar.. does the job well !

This MPK Mini Play MK3 is tiny and fits in my small overnight duffel along with a sustain pedal and stereo monitors (plus clothes and travel stuff)... amazing. I've owned many expensive full-size keyboards (like RD2000), and the synth sounds from this AKAI are surprisingly good and a reasonable General MIDI selection. Pianos, E-pianos, clav and harpsi are all good; organs are limited; basses are fine; string ensembles good but violin/viola not useful to me, drums are adequate, etc. The reverb is nice. The drum pads work while the keys are being played, so we've had two people playing on this tiny device... very fun. The keys are velocity sensitive (not weighted) and work fine for a 2-pound instrument. The joystick is very clever: push left to modulate volume (fade in, or volume dips for brass), right for vibrato, up and down for pitch shift. The octave transpose is essential (get the bass into the right register, get to the high strings) and designed just right. Too bad there isn't a chromatic transpose: for such a short keyboard, it would be nice to transpose on a song-by-song basis so we get the most of the keys that are here. The sustain pedal I like is item B08NSZFGC1, labeled Sovvid for $13. It works perfectly and is extremely lightweight. Most of my sustain pedals are very heavy, which is great for staying in place on stage but for travel this one is ideal. It is even lighter than a small footswitch. And it works with both electrical standards (normally open / normally closed). The lightweight speakers I carry are item B09PFGJ94L, Pyle 5.25" woofer 2-way active, though many other models (including active PC speakers with subwoofer) would work fine. Rated 300 watts (skeptica), these are plenty loud enough for a living room and they sound fine (but lacking deep powerful bass, as expected). Plug in the AKAI keyboard with a 3.5mm 15-ft stereo cable like Startech item B004G3WCNK $8. These Pyle speakers need a length of 2-conductor speaker or lamp cord to connect the passive speaker to the active one. In a pinch, the AKAI keyboard could be connected to a television analog audio input. The keyboard itself has a tiny speaker, but it's very limited.