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Made In Breizh « Super - Compact and convenient »
Published on 08/16/11 at 02:26
Best value:
Excellent
The presence of a single USB port:
- 2 octave keyboard,
- Pads to play sound samples,
- Pots to modulate the sound samples,
in a compact and portable that motivated my choice of MPK Mini.
It has a USB port (mini USB, I would have preferred a standard USB port rather than the mini connector), but the main thing is that it communicates with the USB MacBook Pro.
UTILIZATION
The touch keyboard is suitable for my use, which is to trigger events and typing or short melodies.
For its size, it's a keyboard acceptable, but a keyboard with a touch of piano keys requires longer than the depth of the MPK Mini.
The good idea is to disable the sensitivity of the pads to use a learning module MIDI DJ software and assign an order.
The general configuration is simple, I do not need to select the MIDI channel.
I have not read the manual.
OVERALL OPINION
I use the Mini MPK 6 months, with pleasure, to accompany my control surfaces of DJing.
Its distinctive feature I like most is the all-in-one, and the quality of the pads to play sound samples.
I tested before the small separate controllers Korg NANOPAD (launch pad samples) and nanoKEY (2 octaves keyboard), and I did not love their touch. In addition, these two controllers Nano required to provide two USB ports simultaneously has to offer on the MPK Mini USB port.
The value for money is excellent, and with experience I would do the same choice.
- 2 octave keyboard,
- Pads to play sound samples,
- Pots to modulate the sound samples,
in a compact and portable that motivated my choice of MPK Mini.
It has a USB port (mini USB, I would have preferred a standard USB port rather than the mini connector), but the main thing is that it communicates with the USB MacBook Pro.
UTILIZATION
The touch keyboard is suitable for my use, which is to trigger events and typing or short melodies.
For its size, it's a keyboard acceptable, but a keyboard with a touch of piano keys requires longer than the depth of the MPK Mini.
The good idea is to disable the sensitivity of the pads to use a learning module MIDI DJ software and assign an order.
The general configuration is simple, I do not need to select the MIDI channel.
I have not read the manual.
OVERALL OPINION
I use the Mini MPK 6 months, with pleasure, to accompany my control surfaces of DJing.
Its distinctive feature I like most is the all-in-one, and the quality of the pads to play sound samples.
I tested before the small separate controllers Korg NANOPAD (launch pad samples) and nanoKEY (2 octaves keyboard), and I did not love their touch. In addition, these two controllers Nano required to provide two USB ports simultaneously has to offer on the MPK Mini USB port.
The value for money is excellent, and with experience I would do the same choice.