Part pad controller, part control surface, and completely ready to rock, Akai Professional's MPD226 lets you set up your music-creation to fit the way you like to work. It starts off with the same 16 MPC pads? and it only goes uphill from there. RGB backlighting behind those pads makes it easy to color code your layout, which is especially handy when you're switching between four banks of pad assignments. On the other side of the MPD226, there are four sliders, each with an assignable button and encoder. You can use these to set up track controls, ADSR envelopes, EQs, and much more. Top it off with classic MPC Note Repeat, dedicated transport controls, and a killer software package, and the MPD226 is a creative goldmine.

M-Audio’s revival of the Trigger Finger proved there’s still a healthy market for generic MIDI Pad controllers, in spite of the popularity of all-in-one workstation hybrids like Maschine, Push and Akai’s own MPCs. Now Akai have refreshed all three of their MPD models with the new slimline styling we saw recently on their updated APC. As well as the physical update, the high-end model adds a built-in sequencer, and there’s a bundled software package to sweeten the deal. We had the 226 and 232 models on test.

The MIDImix from Akai is a portable and compact high-performance MIDI mixer offering single-button control over virtually any DAW. The MIDImix offers an intuitive mixer layout with 8 individual line faders and a master fader, 24 control knobs arranged 3 per channel, and 1 to 1 mapping with Ableton Live. The controller can send all the mixer's settings to the connected DAW with a single press of a button, for unprecedented management and precise control over your DAW's functionality. The bus-powered MIDImix ships with a USB cable and a license for Ableton Live Lite.

Akai Professional's MPK controller keyboards have become standard equipment in many professional MIDI rigs. The latest MPK225 rocks improvements in every major area, from its new RGB-illuminated MPC-style pads to the superb action of its aftertouch-enabled 25-note keybed. The MPK225 gives you boatloads of workflow-enhancing features such as MPC Note Repeat and an arpeggiator for complex rhythmic and melodic manipulation. With its assignable encoders and buttons, eight performance pads, transport controls, LCD screen, and USB/iOS modes, the MPK225 gives you absolute control over your software.

- Compact USB controller

- 25-note Gen 2 keyboard

- Octave and sustain buttons

- USB power supply

- Included. Ableton Live Lite (Mac/PC)

- Precise and intuitive control

- 64 dynamic RGB pads

- Device and Drum mode

- Smart Scale View mode

- Ableton Live Lite and more

Akai Professionnel is a Japanese multinational company that manufactures electronic musical instruments and electronic tuners. The company is one of the most widely used and respected names in professional music in the world.

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Go mobile without losing control. Akai Professional’s MPK Mini MKII is an ultra-compact keyboard controller designed for the traveling musician and the desktop producer.  With a cluster of production-centric in-demand hardware controls coupled with a slim-line ultra-portable footprint, MPK Mini MKII lets you record, compose and perform with virtual instruments, effect plug-ins and DAWs whenever inspiration strikes.

The new Akai Professional Fire represents the first of its kind, a dedicated hardware controller for the FL Studio Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) platform. Created in close partnership with Image-Line, Fire is a high-performance tool designed to enhance the workflow and music-creating experience for all FL Studio producers.

Everything the modern producer demands is here: Universal compatibility for instant integration with your favorite host music production application; it's compact size makes it an ideal travel companion; its arsenal of pads and assignable controls let you take complete command of every aspect of your production; the new Gen 2 enhanced dynamic keybed guarantees your performance is captured with every subtle infection of your delivery.

For the beginner, MPK mini is a complete package with every tool you need to create hit songs from the get-go. For the working professional, MPK mini is the ultimate musical Swiss Army knife, ready to deliver on any musical task. Every song starts somewhere, so rid yourself of any roadblocks by starting your next hit with MPK mini.

- USB DAW controller 

- 25 mini-keys with velocity 

- Joystick control 

- Sustain pedal input 

- Power supply via USB

- USB DAW controller 

- 25 mini-keys with velocity 

- Joystick control 

- Sustain pedal input 

- Power supply via USB