Akai Professional MPK49 | 49-Key USB MIDI Keyboard Controller with MPC Pads
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Features
- 49-key, semi-weighted keyboard with aftertouch and full-sized keys
- 8 full-sized, 360 degree rotation pots, each with 3 banks for 24 pots total
- 12 genuine MPC pads with velocity and pressure sensitivity
- 8 full-sized sliders with 3 controller banks for each for 24 sliders total
- MMC/MIDI Start Stop transport buttons
Description
Maximize musical ideas on-stage or in the studio with the new Akai MPK49 performance controller. The Akai MPK49 ushers in a new era for USB/MIDI controllers by combining a high-quality, 49-key, semi-weighted keyboard with aftertouch and 12 genuine MPC drum pads. 48 total pads are accessible via 4 pad banks. The pads feature the heart and soul of hip hop: the MPC Note Repeat function and Swing parameters. The Akai MPK49 Performance Controller also has its own arpeggiator, for creating quick, creative riffs in seconds. The Akai MPK49 features MPC '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. The Akai MPK49 delivers an amazing 76 assignable controls, with assignable inputs that include an expression pedal, footswitch, pitch bend and modulation wheel. More than just a USB/MIDI controller, the MPK49 captures the soul of your performance.
Brand: Akai Professional
Number of Keys: 49
Connectivity Technology: USB
Model Name: MPK 49
Size: 49 keys
Number of Keys: 49
Connectivity Technology: USB
Instrument Key: Any
Compatible Devices: MIDI, USB
Supported Software: Ableton Live
Connector Type: USB
Hardware Interface: USB 2.0
Keyboard Description: Ergonomic
Control Type: Keyboard Controller
Platform: Mac
Human Interface Input: Keyboard
Hardware Platform: PC/Mac
Instrument: Keyboard
Control Method: Touch
Size: 49 keys
Item Weight: 12.8 Pounds
Brand Name: Akai Professional
Model Name: MPK 49
Model Number: MPK49
Included Components: not included
UPC: 825213002319
Manufacturer: Akai
Global Trade Identification Number: 19
Manufacturer Part Number: 9
Warranty Description: 1 year parts & labor.
Unit Count: 1 Count
Color: Black
Product Style: Modern
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This is a review for the Akai MPK49. Wanna put a review out there cause I know there aren't a lot on the Amazon page for this product and was hoping to help prospective buyers. I've just gotten into music production this past year. I've played around and toyed with it for the past 2, kind of just trying demos and seeing if I liked the prefession/hobby itself. I was hooked instantly. This past year I just actually started to invest in a setup. I bought myself a DAW and have been working with it since January (I work on hip-hop music by the way). I found myself growing impatient and frustrated with the workflow of just clicking around with a mouse, so I set my sights on purchasing a MIDI controller to help improve my efficiency. After 2 years of researching controllers, being swayed by the Axiom (which I would have gotten had it not been for countless reports of the Blue Screen of Death malfunctions) I finally decided to lay my money down on this guy. One of the best purchases I've ever made. Firstly, the keys are semi-weighted with aftertouch. Feel really good, just enough resistance. Not too light, and not to hard to push down like on a real piano. The body of the controller itself has a very robust, solid feel to it, being constructed of a thick tough plastic resting on top of a solid metal bottom. The controller comes with 30 available slots for presets, 16 of them built-in, including popular DAWs such as Ableton, Cubase, and Reason. One note as I know it is another very popular DAW, the MPK49 does not come with a pre-constructed preset for FL Studio. You will have to create one yourself from the Vyzex editor which comes on a disc with the MPK49. You have the ability to delete any of the built-in presets if you don't need them. The knobs have a solid feel to them, being able to rotate infinitely either way. The faders also feel very nice, with a nice smooth glide to them. All the buttons on this thing work just fine. The arpeggiator is easy to use and the pitch/mod wheels work nicely. The pitch/mod wheels as well as the screen of course light up nicely when the MPK is on. The pads now, cause I know this is what everyone was waiting on. The pads are as everyone says they are. They are pretty tough to push down and even harder to lightly tap to get a precise hit on them. I haven't yet gotten the upgrades from the guy who sells them on Ebay, though I plan to. would rather those than electrical tape, and they're cheap. But the pads do have a solid feel to them. I never had pads before so I was expecting them to be made of plastic or something. I wad pleasantly surpised when I felt them and they were made of solid rubber. There is no slip at all on those things. Very nice feel to them. Overall I hope this helped out anyone reading or anyone debating on purchasing this item. This is a great base piece to your electronic music setup, and recommend it to anybody over any similar item.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2012 by Cap City Kid
This is a very well designed, affordable, solid piece of professional gear for the small studio user or stage performer. This device is designed to control external hardware and software sound modules and [ DOES NOT ] have any internal sounds. The semi-weighted keys are well made, as are the pots and sliders, which have 3 banks for a total of 24. The LCD display is large, back lit blue and easy to read on stage in low light. I currently own a cheaper made 49 key synth w/midi in and out and originally thought about upgrading to a 61 key controller, but have no issues about using the octave up and down in exchange for portability and a smaller desktop footprint. The pads are very stiff feeling and difficult to depress, so if your buying this for the pads, buy a controller dedicated for that purpose. ( This is a midi controlled KEYBOARD, NOT an MPC ). In my opinion, AKAI added the pads as an afterthought for this controller as an, extra, low cost feature and are intended to be used more for launching clips and scenes in Ableton Live and NOT added to the device as a drum machine. Also, I would not suggest modifying the pads, as others have mentioned, unless you don't care about voiding your warranty. Drum sounds can still be played and input to an external software sequencer via the keyboard for programing rhythm loops, that can be edited later. The arpeggiator is also about what you would expect to find on a keyboard in this price range, simple but effective for quickly making loops in an external software based sequencer, that can be edited later. The pitch bend and modulation wheels are large, solid and rubber coated having a professional feel to them. The transport and midi editing controls are conveniently located at center. The device is primarily USB powered, but can also be powered using an additional power supply ( Not Included ). There is, however, no on board ON/OFF switch, which you might expect to find at the rear of the controller. A bit of a drawback if you are using this keyboard to control external hardware devices. The unit must be unplugged or turned of by the power strip, if using a power supply. Also, be aware that most laptops have 3 USB ports and it is NOT possible to use a USB Hub ( even a powered one ), with this and other USB midi controllers like this. So, keep this in mind if you are already using your ports for a mouse, audio interface and any other USB powered midi controlled devices, such as an AKAI APC 20 or 40 or similar device. My overall evaluation is, ... Could AKAI have put better pads, a more advanced arpeggiator and a power ON/OFF switch on this controller ?, ..... YES, and they also could have made it an All In One, drum machine, synthesizer, copier, scanner, printer, coffee maker, Ice cube dispenser, calculator, etc., ... but not without considerably increasing the cost. In my opinion, with this controller you're getting what you're paying for. A quality made Semi Weighted Midi Controlled Keyboard with a few extras. So, if what your looking for is a quality made piece of pro home studio gear at an affordable price, then this controller is for YOU ! Sincerely, Ace Paradise ( Happy Producing Everybody ! )
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Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2012 by Ed
I bought this after my axiom 25 started to send ghost pitch bends and I'm very happy with it. It's the perfect size for sitting right in front of my monitor on my regular (non-audio production) computer desk. It's solid when I play it, the axiom 25 rattled when I played it, not this one. The keys are expressive but take some getting used to because the springs are quite springy. I see why people are complaining about the pads. There's a small amount of space between the pad and the sensor underneath. I've found it easier to rest my finger on the pad and pulse as opposed to hitting it like a drum. They're sensitive and responsive. If that space bothers you there's kit you can buy online here: [...]. I'm going to continue with the stock pads. Knobs and faders with multiple banks so you'll never run out. Setup with Ableton was a snap with the preset. Feels great and great for the price.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2014 by gtmacdonald
I really wanted to like this product, I really did. But I ultimately decided to return it, and I very rarely return things. The piano keys, rotary knobs, sliders, and buttons are all excellent, and it worked well with my DAW software. But the pads are just awful. They are very poorly designed. You can try tweaking every sensitivity and velocity curve setting available, but it really doesn't make much of a difference. You basically have to pound the pads to get them to trigger. If you want to play some subtle drum rolls, forget about it, because it's just not going to happen. Look around and you will find many reviews saying the same thing. The pads are terrible. Period. There are videos on the Internet showing ways to supposedly improve the pads by using electrical tape and/or inserts of some kind. But to spend all that money on this item and have pads that don't work, well for me it was not worth it. Especially when there are other brands of MIDI controllers available (for example by M-Audio) that work flawlessly right out of the box without any modifications.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2013 by Joe
I received this product from Amazon and was extremely excited about playing with it. Right off the bat, I find that it has a nicely constructed housing, and the keys, knobs, faders and buttons all feel great. I have yet to play around with the pads at length, so will edit this review to talk about them later. To my utter disappointment, this product was faulty when I received it. The Play and Octave Down buttons were not working, and the controller was continuously out-putting midi cc64 at 127, which is the output for a depressed sustain pedal. I did not have a sustain pedal inserted. To add insult to injury, the controller would transpose down with a few minutes of playing, and tapping any of the pads, or indeed and part of the body of controller resulted in a signal that should have been outputted by the Play button. In any case, it was unusable. I promptly called Amazon, who were great as always, and they sent me a replacement via 1-day shipping free of charge, as well as the usual prepaid UPS shipping label. I look forward to getting it, and hopefully it will not have any problems. I will update this review accordingly.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2013 Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2013 by Serge Lobatch
Out of the box, I admit that the pads feel pretty damn stiff. However, as I mentioned in a comment on another review of this product, you can work with this. You can turn up the sensitivity, lower the threshold, or change the pad curve. It's also important to note that the pads do loosen up with use. Break them in! As for the keyboard, it is on the stiff side. How you feel about this will depend a lot on what you're used to. Striking a key takes about 2/3 the force needed for an acoustic piano, but it feels really different because the force is the same throughout the stroke. This of course is a result of using a spring to provide resistance rather than a hammer, which gets momentum as it moves. It still feels quite good on the fingers, though. It comes with templates for many different software packages already installed. Number one is for Ableton LiveLite, which is included in the box. I had a little bit of trouble getting a template for FL Studio, but I did find one after not too much effort searching the net. The quality of the knobs and sliders and wheels is several leaps and bounds beyond the M-Audio Axiom series, although I have to say that the Axiom Pro (which I haven't had a chance to actually touch) may be a totally different story. The basic Axiom stuff feels like it belongs in a toy store when put up next to the MPK line. I do worry that I maybe should have gone with the 61, but I'll just upgrade if that ends up being the case. For now, this is one hell of a keyboard, and it comes at an excellent price.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2010 by Rob
I haven't had this thing but two months and it's already started to glitch out.... I went to return the product, but my return deadline was March 25th... The people at the music store told me this was a quality built controller that was "road worthy" yet all it does at my home is sit in the studio and is only used a couple hours a week because I work two jobs 60+ hours and have a kid that I raise on my own.... Here's a video I found with another consumer having the same exact problem.... [...]
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Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2016 by Victor Serene
This MPK49 was listed on Amazon at almost $40 below all of the competition. If that wasn't enough, the price was high enough to qualify me for free 5-7 day shipping.. my package arrived on the second day after ordering. These two feats were so amazing that I had to pinch myself to ensure I wasn't dreaming. The controller is in perfect condition (no shipping damages) and works flawlessly. Everything on this controller feels fantastic. Everything is weighted perfectly, the knobs/faders/keys all show a good amount of resistance (you can feel the high durability). The pads, as everyone has stated, are a bit too insensitive; you really have to hammer down on them to get a good sound.. but I've found quite a few kits that fix this and may even attempt to just put some tape under them to close the gap. This is my first MIDI Controller, so I have a lot to learn. It took me under 10 minutes to install everything and configure this keyboard to work with Fruity Loops (of which there is no preset for); I'm already making music. The only *minor* complaints I have are that it didn't come with a power adapter (it runs on USB power, though, so it's still functional) and that it doesn't have an on/off switch. I couldn't be happier with this product (I did a lot of research and roaming around different stores in my city trying out all of the controllers) or Amazon's quality of service. I'm simply blown away. When I get famous from the use of this thing, I'll surely come back and show Amazon my gratitude.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2013 by ALINE tech