All user reviews of 4/5 for the Akai Professional MPD24

- How long have you use it?

few days, I discovered a little beast. I hope to use it live very soon

-What is so special that you like most and least?

-Strength, although the shell is plastic, It looks really strong.
-Sensitive pads and all the faders and knobs allow a nearly perfect control of your software, but beware, however: the mpd 24 is not recognized in Reason 3.0, even with the drivers supplied with twelve o'clock, to make it work it will get the version 3.0.4 of reason.Dommage as there is no management BPM as the MPC, but maybe it will come with the software updates ...

- Have you tried many other models before buying it?

no, just a midi keyboard / usb, no comparison!

- How would you rate the quality / price?

200 euros is correct

- With experience, you do again this choice?

not, I will know more when I have used, but I still say that saving a little more, the MPC 500 for example would have better served the

J uses this controller for 6 months with Ableton Live 7,. I like the pads well faders and knobs that are well made. j I try the trigger finger before and IPAS ja tro hang, otherwise I were on mpc 1000 before and I wanted to lose the pads so I took the day mpd. Besides, I'll add to that even if there had been no ableton or the 24 mpd J will never let go of my mpc that I loved her too and that I had mastered perfectly. c simple I work always the same except that c on computer and that with the plugin the possibilities are much greater and I were frustrated at some level with the mpc.
the pads are enjoyable but asser c less than an mpc 2000 n the matter is not the same and can give ca bulbs to take off the nails and fingers (yes I m used lol) gift ca c the weak point of No matter which is not all enjoyable, but otherwise it passes c c clearly not the crap either. quality faders feel we see that it will not you stay ds hands on first use they can be a hard and are very well to mix tracks Sparer but neither are only 6 c so quickly. knob the rotary can be configured and also good quality but does not serve a m fact, only an emulation of tb 303 c and then all eight amplemet enough for me, they are endless which is very well thought as the otherwise t would debile on one controller midi.l edition is simple asser in ableton is a midi learn when we not take more akai head and made a preset for live really think so c D elsewhere I would have m more used for the edition of my smpler or otherwise.
In any case I find that c is a very beautiful remote control for DAW to compose (I do not know piano) surment again I think that choice may be, but that I will go about the 32 mpd because there is a note and repeat c is an option which I used a lot on the mpc but there is a way around this problem with ableton c so not really vital to have the 32. over a 200 euros it's going to ruin it is not the branch and c usb party.
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good little controller and frankly I do not see that J will have to buy another this one apart. (Except for 32 100 euro, but again I do not know if it's worth it).

Bon voila, it's been a year since I have this machine and it makes me very good service for the moment everything works fine on my MPD24.



I must say that I do not use once a week or so because I have acquired several keyboards in the meantime, therefore I use them more often to drive the software.

In fact I bought it a bit on a whim thinking I would use it as a hardware sampler piloting the samples through Reason, but I did not yet launched in the live mix for the moment as I compose songs on Reason and Cubase and many other instruments for my rap group and my group of black metal / hardcore / experimental.

So finally I do not use that shit for when I "write" the drum part in Reason or drumkits from hell, so I use this pad for difficult passages (which I then realigned note by note well on) is much more efficient to type quickly what one has in mind for the moment without forgetting it is more natural (I am a drummer based) after we recall everything and that's it !

I will also use it to send samples in my metal band and I play the keyboard (the korg m50 does not sampler)

Here, bought especially for the quality of its pads, this machine does not disappoint me, although I do not have too much use every day (I am very fussy about the compound, it has to be square so I all types in the grid of reason), I am glad to hand in when I have besoin.Je not find that plastic is a bad bill and I do that is very rarely noted potentiomètres.A also, we had fun driving a sampler once in the evening for a live and it was great fun and much more convenient than the pads of shit from home boss.

Good value for that gear. 7 / 10

What I like most about the MPD 24 is the super great feeling knobs on this machine. I know that the most important aspect should be the pads, but I will get to those. The knobs are endless encoders and feel like they belong on a unit three times the original price of this guy. They are very smooth and have just the right amount of resistance so they feel absolutely solid. The faders are also extremely nice. Both faders and knobs blow away my M Audio Axiom keyboard as if the keyboard was the pig in the straw house and the MPD the wolf. What I don't like about the MPD is really just one thing. The pads are not as sensitive as they should be, and that of course is a huge problem. The main issue is that akai built the sensors under the pad in a round shape....the pads are of course square...hello!!!! So, if you strike the corners, you get about a 50% in my experience of triggering something, and if you do, its very low on the 0-127 scale (about 10-15). I have ordered the sensitivity upgrade on ebay and will be installing it very soon. If you only want to use this for single velocity hits or triggering scenes in ableton or something along those lines, you can set the pads to send "full" hits (127) with any hit of the pad. That seems to respond perfectly.
As for value, I got mine used for $75 so after the pad upgrade, I have invested $90. If that solves the problem than I am going to be crazy happy and feel I spent very little to get what I need.
This is just a midi device so there is no sound quality rating needed. I have used a few different drum pads including older akai models, the m audio trigger finger (better pad sensitivity but crappy everywhere else) and the Axiom pads which are also a little better. Again, if the sensitivity upgrade works, then this will be the best pad I've owned. For the little price of $75, I would buy this again just for the encoders.

For how long have you been using it?

I bought ± 1yr ago, on a whim to play with FXPansion GURU (which I finally did not buy). Then I discovered Ableton Live Intro ... and I started to use. Too enchanted by the pair Live - Akai ... I then bought a MacBook Pro 13 "to rotate smoothly Live. Since then, I created rhythms and I pilot the software with the MPD 24.

Did you try many other models before getting this one?

No. On a whim ... Akai has a good reputation with its series MPC ... and it was within my budget.

What thing do you like most/least about it?

The "Plus".

- Robustness
- Continued. The big "feet" rubber block out the MPD on the desktop ...
- The "presets" for many publishers are practical
- Midi In and Midi Out ... Used to connect a MIDI keyboard and use that as an MPD 24 midi interface ...
- Pads ... Certainly they seem hard to top ... but it can really refine the game especially percussive sounds ...
- The 6 sliders, 8 knobs, the transport bar ... can forget the Mac keyboard and mouse and play on the "hardware" ...

The "Minus"

- Editing of presets ... Since we can do "what we want," Ben is complex to modify
- Saving presets. Ben would have preferred just a save button ... Is "surfing" in the menus ...
- The pads are tough ... Well you still have "hit" ... which requires a work plan very stable ... It makes noise, so. I thought I could do this in my living room ... I quickly turned my girlfriend into my studio so the "shock" was annoying (you can understand)
What is your opinion about the value for the price?

Excellent! So far I was quite hesitant about the idea of making music on computer ... Thanks to Live and the MPD 24 and of course the Mac ... disappears and the computer uses very little mouse ... It really plays with the hardware ... a beautiful cross two worlds.

Well, he misses a footswitch input ... but it exists on the MPD-32 ... Aker sells well be the one.
Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice? ... Yes of course, whatever I may point me to the PK-25 ... since there is a keyboard of 25 notes ... It would allow me to repeat this unit to control Live, play some keyboard issues ... I told you at the intro, I bought on a whim ... Since then, I completed my equipment and the MPK-25 is more in my use (but not the same price) ...