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Akai Professional MPK49
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Published on 01/14/09 at 01:58
Value For Money : Excellent
The technical specifications that motivated my choice: A full keyboard! Pads, track faders and buttons weapons associated with arpgiateur fct. Latch ditable by the time division and other parameters. internal note repeat for pads, full level, Levels for 12 pads, knobs with 3 banks, 4 banks for the pads, the LCD for user-friendly modular pitch and speed, and transport keys recess.
Connectors MIDI IN / OUT pity there is no THROUGH.

UTILIZATION

The key is trs enjoyable compared to other brands that produce these keyboards in the same order of price, the inking is heavy and well balanced level VLOC big snag I t return a victim of SAV, the key FA says only works intermittently and had a big problem for the new VLOC artabli shooting.
The touch pads, for against, has nothing to do with an MPC or MPD worthy of the name, touch is hard and it's hard to do by hand, especially at the most VLOC to play, kind of kick bounces, there are SETTING THE sense and threshold, but it remains all the same bad compared to the style of legendary MPC, too bad.
Conf. gnrale is quite simple via the LCD which is quite large and we easily accde gnralement paramtrage Midi channels, edit (especially for arpgiateur) etc ...
The manual is certainly clear, it indicates paramtrages and every indicator, but it is far from being complete! This is a Quick Start Guide and instructions complte is available on the net, but in English, I am not a drang, but I put myself in place of those who do matrise not English, and qute is the forums, too bad.

OVERALL OPINION

So I use it for 2 weeks now:
The pros: full-keyboard trs (arpgiateur, FUNCTION MPC pads with the layers, fader etc ...).
The quality-irrprochable.
The VAS-I did test and it is trsractif.
Akai-lite provides LIVE, we will not spit in the soup!

The -: -1 return SAV bote out of the FA say second octave key HS
-Pads too hard or poorly Designed, nothing to do with an MPC.
External-Alim absent but provided the now, I bought a transformer. Conrad SAVE for a full function USB and MIDI via my card Ext.

I tried a novation remotesl 49, trs good keyboard with automap technology, but I turned on live and everything is easily assignable, so ... I would say that is its main competitor for the M-AUDIO AXIOM's not like an ordinary toy, trs cheap ... Months but expensive lol, normal.
The report price is good quality, is not only touch the keyboard, its weight, its housing, the quality of the knobs and faders, touch keyboard, it is a keyboard prsence of choice.
With exprience, I do not regret my choice, despite my return SAV, I just wish the touch pad, but I myself will wear srement, note that the pads NOVATION remoteSL 49 are much better, but this keyboard does not have faders, or arpgiateur let alone Fct. Note pads etc ... repeat

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