All user reviews for the Akai Professional LPK25

the relatively low cost of this keyboard my great motivation ...
I was just looking for a midi keyboard 25 keys, with a few knobs and preset way to record his ...

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touch is a little confusing at first but got used to it very quickly ...
for now I gave up the sensitivity of the velocity, it is not top top I think ...

everything is pretty clear in the manual, I must say that for now I'm using that to have a comfortable keyboard with my Electribe emx ...
I do not really serve specific functions of keyboard ...

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I few weeks since, as said earlier, I use it just ...
So for what I'm doing it is perfect ... ^ ^

I would do this choice, yes, of course ...

a mini USB jack on the left side (too bad I would have preferred to right or behind ..)
some flexibility to switch mode arpégiator really basic, I would have preferred a pitch bend wheel and modulation instead (personally I miss it a lot)

other than that is good and the touch keyboard seems robust. it's plug & play, it installs easily in no time.

on the other hand I just bought cubase 6.5 and there it works when it wants! pinaise on other apps I had hitherto never had this trouble ..

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simple does not exist, you plug, you play

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it is robust, well made, ultraportable (his forte), a super value! For my part, an arpeggiator so basic it is not much, as I said they were more inspired to put one or two wheels instead.

good stuff, I luimets 8 due to its simplicity, its size and affected

The Akai LPK 25 is a 25 key midi keyboard that is really small. I was very surprised to see how small and compact it is. The space between the top of the keys and the top of the board is virtually not even there . There is just a little black strip which cuts the height of the board down and makes it smaller than most 25 key controllers. Akai has really taken over some of the midi keyboards recently with some of there larger models. But the LPK25 is one of the lower end models that they produce. You will NOT be satisfied with this if you play with both hands. You will have to record your lower end instruments and sequences separate from your melodies just because there arent enough keys. I wouldn’t get this unless you are looking for something small enough to go into your back pack so you can pull it out on the go and make music wherever you are.


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If you are looking for a good midi controller at home I wouldn’t get this either unless you are tight on workspace and need something small. Not that it cant do what a 61 or 88 key can do because in the end its all the same. But I like to play my melodies with my low end at the same time to really get the sound of it before I record the midi sequence.


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I am not bias but im just not a fan of 25 key midi controllers because they are just not enough for me. If I am going to use a 25 key controller I mine as well load up FL studio and just use the recorder keys that are on my laptop as the piano keys (fl studio has an option for this) and make my patterns and save money from buying at 25 key controller.

This is the first price that directed me to this little controller.

But then, when we look a little competition, I realized it was better for me than the other models:
- It is the only of this category to have a nice keyboard to play (albeit mini-keys, it is frankly without any comparison with the keyboards of this price range)
- This is also the only (to my knowledge) to have an arpeggiator, rather damn good for that matter.

If only he had a midi-out, I will use the arpeggiator much more often by plugging directly into my Nord Stage ...

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As said before, I found the keyboard much better than his friends in 25 keys (and even better than his friends in 37 keys) in other brands.
Yet I have tried to try everything before buying it, and I am a true pinailleur on this subject (as a classical pianist at first, then play on small rolls of Korg Nano ... brrrr ...).

This is truly one of the elements that determined my choice when buying.

In practice, if the buttons could be a little wider ...
Another small detail that may have a (great) importance: at the nuances, it's not great. I do not like the way it manages the velocities, and sometimes we would like to disable it just ... Not easy to play some agreement "strong" and follow through agreements "pianissimo"!

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I use it for 2-3 years, in the following set-up:
- Nord Stage plugged into the PC sound card for audio play piano, e-piano and organ,
- PADKONTROL plugged into USB on the PC, which controls NI Battery 3 in Cubase, to play the drums,
- LPK25 plugged into USB on the PC, which controls most of the time Trilian (bass unit, often a kind moog synth) in Cubase too, to play bass.

The problem of key velocity is less experience in using this "additional synth bass" that if I started using it as the lead of course!
Used as well, so it's a very good supplement that allows me to put the keyboard on the shores of the North Stage, and so have a little bass synth on top of my piano for really cheap.
At that price, we will not do without it

I had no master control and to start, I wanted something small, light, cheap and not "gas plant".
In this category, two names are quickly mounted in mind: the Korg and Akai LPC25 NANOPAD. The NANOPAD is nicer design issue but otherwise, the benefit that Akai is a "real" small keyboard. I am not a pianist at all, but still wins in convenience and accuracy with real buttons!

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The keypad is nickel, the key size is decent, it's less a toy example Microkorg.
The config is childish: you plug in USB, it works. (I use it with Live 8)

The arpegiator in my opinion is not used much, but I dig the question because it seems that it is possible to edit it using the provided software for the moment ... the tempo is not adjustable, only 4 or 5 values ​​exist, very slow to very fast, but no way to adjust to the desired value, not terrible.
However the shift between octaves is very simple and, with a small keyboard, cover a wide range of sounds.

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I use it for 3 weeks.
What is nickel is the ease of use "plug and play", the keyboard not ridiculous to the touch, lightweight without looking like a stew plastoc ultra fragile. It is transportable anywhere, I use it sometimes on my knees with my Macbook, it's perfect.



The price / quality ratio is really good, this is one of the master controller, except the keyboard controller's cheapest market. At € 45 it was a bug that can control all keypads and other drumracks an app. Certainly, no knobs, no faders, surely I'll miss it someday, but to start and win already to death in ease of use (in Live or otherwise), that's fine.

I would do this choice, yes.

The small size and mobility of previous purchases AKAI which were of good quality have motivated my choice. The LPK25 is no exception: it is a good quality product.
Not too looked to the editor software.

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Correct key for a product of this size, not too soft. Automatic configuration for connection. No selection of possible cons patches, no pitch bend or modulation. The arpeggiator is basic. Octave + and - easily accessible.

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I use it for over a year. It's a very decent mini keyboard that can troubleshoot and be carried around easily. For this type of product one would expect a touch worse.
This is a good price / quality ratio. I remake that choice even though I have no problem now much more likely to use NANOPAD, even melodies. The NANOPAD less space, provide a variety of uses and are highly configurable.

The technical characteristics that motivated my choice:
Connections USB, Plug & Play: very convenient!
Keyboard adaptable to any kind of music creation software (I use it with cubase) and its small size.

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The touch keyboard is quite nice (especially for a beginner) but nothing to do with a real piano keyboard, touch is not very deep.

Concernat the manual, I have not had any use for Plug & Play

The general configuration of the keyboard is very simple /

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I used it a few months, I tried the M-Audio Axiom 49 (which I bought precisely)

as:
Transport simple
Connected-used
simplicity, efficiency

a minimum:
keys relatively thin (not very suitable for "large" fingers.
Octave may (but without great melodies contrast between low and high, it's perfect)

With the experience I would do without this choice problem!

I was looking for a small keyboard that I could take it everywhere with me.

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Keyboards trs enjoyable, is ideal for mobile use.
The manual may be useful for some but not essential depending on the branch to usb, it launches squenceur is chosen as the Midi IN peripherals and here's part. Tees really easy to use.

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I use it since I bought it.
The Akai is solid, well-Designed, beautiful and functional, easy to carry, I always in my backpack. I plug in my netbook + energy xt / Reaper and go.
I first buy the korg nanoKEY, enchanted by the concept of quality of manufacturing, the keys are blocked every one. So I turn to akai which followed suit in this crneau portable keyboard 25 keys with equivalent prices (between 45 and 49).

What motivated my choice, it is especially the price. Controller C'tait the first afternoon that I bought and I did not know at all what to expect.

Level connections, it's easy, one USB port. No need to go through the MIDI ports to use it as twelve o'clock Controller

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The touch keyboard is good but after a year o two, I'm a little tired of the lack of weight of the keys. The touch is when even a little "toy", at the same time, as it is a 25-key, you can not use it to use hyper grows so this is not so Gnant.

The manual is almost non-existent, but the grip as extremely simple, this is not Gnant not more.

Configuration is a small software provided thanks, no ergonomics extreme, but enough to set up some paramtres

(I have trouble with MIDI and patch management but not only with the Controller)

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I use it for mid 2010, the first Controller MIDI try. But the benefits are indniables, price and transportabilit the report is qualitprix trs good because even though the keys are not agile, the keyboard looks pretty strong. I've never had a problem with. The only problem is foreseeable and that his lack of amplitude one must be aware that these are only 25 keys. Otherwise, all is well as buttons to navigate between the lines and the same keyboard intgre a programmable arpeggiator thanks to the supplied software.

I was looking for a mini keyboard with arpeggiator and saw the "Pub" on this little Akai.
Very simplified but sufficient connection to work.

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Everything is very simple. it is a mini keyboard. The Doc is sufficient, no need to see the regulars. Good hit mini keys, good surprise.
Very good for a beginner and more.

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I do not remember, bought new in its release and not expensive at all.
Yes, I have a lot of keyboard masters, but this one is great fun with its function and also the small arpeggiator its place is really convenient.
Least, it is limited bah of course assignments and functions, but given
its price is much higher than others.
Yes, I will redeem or its successor.

So far, from playing around with the Akai LPK25 for about an hour, it seems pretty nice. Keys feel good and construction is light but durable. Velocity curve seems OK. Arpeggiator is fun - I thought I wouldn't use it, but maybe I will, since I often have to plunk out baselines at gigs and I'm not really a keyboardist by any stretch of the imagination! I like the different arp modes and the latching system.


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Sustain switch is not that useful when not in arpeggiator mode, because it takes a finger to hold it down (granted the keyboard is small, so you can still use a few fingers form that hand to play). I would have preferred a jack for a foot switch (even if it had to be 1/8" to fit, you could easily use a 1/8" to 1/4" adapter). I also wish it had at least one continuous controller. A suggestion would be to use software that turns your laptop track pad into a continuous MIDI controller. I am not sure what's out there to do that, but it can be done in Max/MSP very easily.



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Overall, I wish there was some indication of how many octaves you have shifted up or down - right now the button backlights if you have shifted by any number of octaves in the direction. A different color LED backlight to the button or even a blinking pattern (the cheaper solution) to indicate how MANY octaves you are shifted in a direction would be good. Also the graphics above the octave keys appear to be wrong - there is an UP pointing arrow over the octave down (left) key and a DOWN pointing arrow over the octave up (right) key no big deal, but kind of weird. But this is a nice portable midi controller that you will use often In your portable set up. Akai has done it again.

What characteristics have motivated your choice?
the small size of this keyboard.

What connector (MIDI pedals ...)? ...
A USB port that connects the PC and the keyboard, nothing less.

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The touch keyboard is it fun? Should your use?
the touch keyboard is correct given the price of the beast.

The general configuration is it simple?
Configuration is very simple, you plug, you play.
Software is provided to change the arpeggiator function. This function is effective for live.

But there is also two buttons to raise and lower an octave.

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How long have you use it?
I use it for 1 year, no particular problems so far.

What is so special that you like most and least?
I love the small size of this keyboard, you can carry everywhere. That's why my choice was the LPK25.

Have you tried many other models before buying it?
I tested several models of good quality but not as small as this one.

How would you rate the quality / price? With experience, you do again this choice? ...
1 year after I'd the same choice. Being a musician wandering the small size of this keyboard I like a lot. If I would have a "studio" set, I will pass my way to a more comfortable composition.

To 50th this keyboard is a good compromise for those who always wants his little studio (laptop + keyboard) with him.

I love its size and simplicity!

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This keyboard is fairly easy to install software except for a little less recent, in which the LPK25 not in the list of controllers such as with Reason4 but for someone who knows something about the computer I think no problems! Be careful though in small steps and touched, does not expect the heavy but it is perfect for someone who starts in the computer music!

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I use it for one month and I have not found any manufacturing defect.

+ Simple and small
- And touched touches

Very good quality / price ratio, if I could I think I would do this choice!

What characteristics have motivated your choice?
I wanted to invest in a small keyboard for easy dialing my phases, the low cost and portability of the keyboard I was seduced.

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The manual is clear and sufficient?
Infact, I did not even have to read the manual, I connected directly to my PC, I opened Fruity Loops that I work a lot, which automatically detected the device.

The touch keyboard is it fun?
At the touch of it can not compare the feel to that of a piano. That small touch that is different, having said that the keys are velocity sensitive, so I was quite surprised.

Should your use?
Yes.

The general configuration is it simple?
I'm no configuration on my part, "plug'n'play"

The selection of MIDI channels, patches is easy?
For the selection of MIDI channels, there is a software that comes with, but I personally do not use it for mass.

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How long have you use it?
A little less than a year.

Have you tried many other models before buying it?
Not at all. I bought it almost blindly to a minimum after informed about the product.

What is so special that you like most and least?
In addition, I would say, portability and ease of use and less, the size of the hard buttons, I will have preferred more flexible.

How would you rate the quality / price?
Nothing to say, a comprehensive device for a small price!

With experience, you do again this choice?
Yes.

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I find it very thick, more than 2x the thickness of nanoKEY. Difficult to get into a towel (like leather briefcase, no towel!).</span>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR;"></span></span></span>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR;">Touch is really better than the nanoKEY. It&#39;s almost (I said almost) as good as a synth-size keyboard.</span></span>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR;">on the other hand, since my purpose is to compare the nanoKEY, there is no possibility to program the buttons on the CC LPK25, the editor is used primarily to set the arpeggiator which in any case is not great.</span></span>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR;">This absence is sorely lacking.</span></span>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR;">For example, a stupid thing: to activate the sustain, we must remain pressed the sustain, it is painful.</span></span>

<span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">The nanoKEY could program the buttons or push switch. It&#39;s mega boring to play the piano.
So I have opened the bowels of the beast to install a jack socket welded on the button and I now sustain a sustain pedal for my Akoustik piano.
I can say that it is built inside, there are like little pistons spring under each key, it is not small strips of shit like the nanoKEY.
Be careful, I&#39;ve found a bug: If you hold a button down (the famous sustain such because you can not do otherwise) the other buttons do not work. For example, you can not change octave maintaining sustain active. Painful again with a piano.</span>

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<span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Pre-order in Playback, I got it Saturday. It was available since Thursday. Thank you to playback for their speed.
> I like the keyboard.
> I do not like fixed function buttons.
Of course I would do this choice because there the nanoKEY as a competitor.
Quality / price ratio (49 €) very decent price as that of the approximately = nanoKEY for a touchdown much better.</span>

First of all it is a MIDI master keyboard with USB: that does not require any USB or other, it plugs directly into the PC, it is quickly recognized and we can begin to play without worries!

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The touch keyboard is fine with me: it is sensitive to a certain velocity (certainly not that of the great keyboards, but still!).
I used to some of my compositions, using Stduio FL. It is very convenient to create some drum loops (simples..) Or even add a little more than a piece!
The general configuration of the keyboard is quite nice, seems reliable. It is especially small, so transportable anywhere. I even created a piece this summer when I went on holiday with!

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I use it for 6 months (and he is still alive!).
I have not tried other models because it had very good feedback from user reviews (including AF), unlike the Korg nanoKEY.
What I like most is its small size, ease of play and ease of use!
What I like least is probably a small lack of sensitivity compared to the keys.
Level quality / price ratio, I think there is nothing to say, it's just good business!
And of course that this choice would do!

Very small (the exact width of my MacBook Pro 13 "), food and MIDI over USB, 6 buttons (sustain, arpeggiator settings, octave shift) and that's it. The buttons are not standard size .

The plastic does not look super strong.

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Well, at the touch do not expect a miracle, it's very synth, but it works well. The buttons are not standard size and as a result are a bit small for my big fingers, but it's still quite playable.

Setting the presets and the arpeggiator is not the most intuitive I find, but you get there ... anyway I do not use it after all.

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Good little keyboard controller has no other purpose for my personal use that to play 2-3 notes here and there. For the mobile user is also impeccable.

For a more serious, he'll have to see something else.

A single USB port is no longer in demand and prices for this size.
While a MIDI Out port would have been welcome to enjoy the arpeggiator on machines hardware.

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The keyboard is super light but still allows a certain expression, even I use to control my pads, and it makes not too bad.

The choice of MIDI channel are very easy to access

The manual is simple, as the keyboard itself has noted the software delivered to the proper set up four programs noon.

One small problem: the keys are really small and you really have fingers of a pianist!.

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Used with Garage Band and Live 8 from 3 months

I also have a Roland PC-200 mkII

I like the weight, size, ease of transport, I could compose my final prod the train thanks to him!

Unbeatable value for money, nothing to do with nanokorg!

I would definitely like keyboard reselect the go. But for the studio, even for a 25-key, I will take a larger keyboard keys and feel more weighted.

Easy connection: it connects to the computer via USB and it's ready! It is also convenient as small and light.

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The black dot appears for me in the mini-keys, which make me quite tedious to use by the size of my hands Despite these keys are effective because they support the velocity. Can be changed easily with the octave buttons on the side, as well as activate the arpeggiator is also interesting.

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I use it for a few months and I think its price / quality ratio is pretty good. I regret my purchase, however slightly, mainly because of the mini-keys (I ordered on the Internet and had never tried before like the keyboard). So I advise any potential buyer to try a mini-keyboard keys before you buy! This is a good MIDI controller, which will serve those traveling with a laptop and not wanting to bother imposing a controller