Log in
Log in

or
Create an account

or
< All Akai Professional LPK25 reviews
Add this product to
  • My former gear
  • My current gear
  • My wishlist
Akai Professional LPK25
Images
1/333
Hakim+K Hakim+K
Published on 11/11/09 at 04:28
<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;">Portability has motivated my choice and also the desire to replace my Korg nanoKEY a keyboard with a better hit.
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>

UTILIZATION

<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>

OVERALL OPINION

<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>