Akai MPK Mini IV review - Control freak
Written testThe MPK Mini IV modernizes Akai's popular series of mini MIDI controllers. With its enhanced keyboard, real pitch and mod wheels, enriched arpeggiator and complete software bundle, it’s a compact, ve…
Akai Professional MPC Key 37 review - The keys to groovebox success
Written testBest Product awardJust a year and a half after the release of the MPC Key 61, Akai is releasing a smaller version of its MPC groovebox concept with a keyboard, the MPC Key 37. Is it a simple variation or a refinement …
Review of the Akai Advance 49 Keyboard Controller - Advancing the State of the Art
Written testInnovation awardImagine a MIDI-controller keyboard that lets you seamlessly switch between virtual instruments from different manufacturers, keeps all your patches together in a single browser, and automatically map…
Akai APC 20 Review - Live at your Finger Tips
Written testWith the APC40, a control surface fully dedicated to Ableton Live, Akai created an extremely successful tool, so the launch of the APC20 comes as no surprise: an APC40 amputated of its right section …
Akai Miniak Review - Miniak On The Floor
Written testAfter having repositioned Alesis on the market, Numark seems to have entrusted Akai with the fate of the synth/drum machine product range. The Miniak is the first Akai synth "in the modern era".
