All user reviews for the Akai Professional LPD8

How long have you been using?

6 months

Did you try many other models before buying it?

no no, I just hesitate a nano but finally I took Akai

What is so special that you like most and least?

+ Small, easy to configure, easy to transport
- Uhhh, I'm looking I can not find

Use

I use scratch live with for cue points, Hotcue well as the effects and samples.

How do you rate the quality / price?
With experience, you do again this choice? ...

Very good value for less than 50 euros I find it very reliable and sturdy suffisement.
I would do without this choice problem, it is perfect for me

I use it for a few weeks with the drum rack in Ableton Live.

Purchased mainly for portability and lack of space in the studio;
I must say that the camera is very good.

The pads are soft and supple to the touch is very good and can be practiced without some length end up stumbling fingertips.
Note that I've tested the Korg PADKONTROL and Maschine from Native Instruments, which pads are too rigid for my taste.

The illumination of the pads is nice.

I reproach may be a slight lack of sensitivity, but the problem may be pale with a small hack (see youtube)

Editing software it is very rudimentary, and adheres to a strict minimum.

The knobs a bit small according to some people, but it does not interfere with their use, the more they can be replaced.

I think acquiring a second so you can fit two side by side and have 16 pads.
In this way, no need to lug around a big machine for the live, 8 pads me more than enough, the 16 in home studio.

How long have you use it?

More than a year.

Have you tried many other models before buying it?

The full range korg nano.

What is so special that you like best?

Using ultra simple, great facility for mapping. Reason and logic compatibility 9.

What is so special that you like the least?

I wish more pad and knob, but otherwise nothing, great product.

How would you rate the quality / price?

Unbeatable for the opportunity it offers connected to any music software.

With experience, you do again this choice? ...

Yes, no problem, I use it in computer music on Logic and Reason 5 primarily to control Kong, and dj'ing on Traktor Pro 2 decks to control the samples.

For how long have you been using it?
Mmmmhh .... almost 3 weeks.

Did you try many other models before getting this one?
Yes I tried the Akai MPC Akai XR20 and 1000.

What thing do you like most/least about it?
I love the lights ... it makes nightclub ... but hey! Otherwise I like the pads, they seem resistant.

What is your opinion about the value for the price?
Excellent! It is less expensive than NANOPAD of Korg and AKAI quality is therefore very good pads and more durable than its competitor Korg. The price is much affordable for anyone (like me) who started in music.

Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice? ...
A Few My N'veu! but this time with LPK5 ...
I recommit the LPD8 for beginners who do not necessarily afford a mpc or mpd!

9 / 10 because the damage question padz lack a bit of velocity.

Well after having troubles with the first generation of MPD24 (see my review on the subject), I contented myself with a small NANOPAD Korg. I for 2 years and has never failed.
Party to purchase the additional NANOKONTROL, talking with the salesman he shows me the LPD8. And I would tell myself I'll take it too, it looks cool as hell. I like that 12 + 8 + pads in the pocket of knobs and more. All that to use GEIST successor Guru FXpansion or to program beats in addictive drums (although I prefer my schedule on electronic drums, I did not always handy).

I take out the toy from the box. I'm updating the software (which I had not seen the installed mini-CD that I would not try to put in the drive "eats-disk" in my macbook ... they are people who have tried it?). I plug the thing and then the mystery remains on a pad all the time.
After verification, not change of scene, it gets stuck on the pad in question. J4essaie to see what happens in midi ... and is random. Often it is nothing at all.

Anyway ... Back Service. As if I had it to do.

All that to say that for the killjoys who treats the nano series ... Korg toy for a kid, I would say the clothes do not make the monk. In Akai, it looks solid on the outside, but it's hard at anything inside. And do not talk about quality control.

Anyway my and my NANOPAD NANOKONTROL do not leave me. They even came with me on stage to drive Mainstage.

I await the return of the AKAI to update this review. I figure that given the number of people happy, it's me who must have a bad fluid with this brand. At least this time it does not happen to me a few months after the end of the warranty.

I use it intensively for one month soon very good product, very well made (Akai oblige) I use Ableton Live and mainly for VJing (Modul8 and VDMX)

If the pads are very well made, the knobs are a bit thin and relatively fragile, ditto for the mini USB connection, which should be reviewed, it is very fragile, the connections of LPD8 a friend he stayed in hands. Another problem endemic to this one, the disappearance of midi ports out (on many other controller!) Is regrettable. we also regret the absence of a fader Velocity as the MPD.

the app is very simple, actually it can charge 4 presets with the option to toggle the pad / flash CC and / or note.

the LPD8 would come in addition to a keyboard M-Audio, which suddenly left him at home, no need of me lugging around my 49 keys for live. This little thing is really powerful, and downright change my way of preparing a set
The price is unbeatable value, with opposite korg and nanos that we released a series of dung in plastic worthy of playmobil toy's'rus.
I would do without hesitation that choice and I will even buy a second

to conclude:

Product very well designed despite the fragile connections and some missing options. perfect for all applications, the software for configuring a more or less what we want.

For how long have you been using it?
- 1 week

Did you try many other models before getting this one?
- No, this is my first midi controller I have a lot of hesitation with NANOPAD korg.

What is so special that you like best?
- Simple, 4 programs of 8 pads and 8 knobs, that's 64 functions assignable to midi and the assignment is very easy (less than an hour for all assigned under virtual DJ).

The least?
- It's too bad there have not a download code for at least a small software drum as with NANOPAD. The pads are not super sensitive, it must be firm.

What is your opinion about the value for the price? Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice?
- Very good value for money, I hesitate a little to get me NANOPAD, just to compare. With more experience, I might have chosen a slightly more elaborate mini MPK example.