New Gen2 keyboard with 25 mini velocity-sensitive keys
8 velocity sensitive MPC pads
Joystick controller
4 assignable endless knobs
OLED display
Programmable arpeggiator
Over 100 internal drum and instrument sounds
Standalone mode
Improved speaker
Headphone output
Input for sustain pedal
USB or battery powered (4x AA)
Includes MPC Beats, Hybrid 3, Mini Grand, Velvet & Melodics learning software (as download)
Akai gives the musician a deliberately focused mobile and untethered solution with the MPK mini Play mk3. The transition between DAW controller and standalone device is meant here fluently: equipped with four AA batteries you can practice for hours at any place, try out and have fun. For this purpose, the MPK mini Play mk3 shines with 128 sounds and drum kits, newly developed Gen2 keyboard with significantly optimized response and better velocity, joystick controller, eight velocity-sensitive MPC pads, four assignable endless knobs, a programmable arpeggiator and an audibly improved speaker, which is not only louder than the previous model but also capable of more bass. When you connect the MPK mini Play mk3 to your computer, you enjoy all the benefits of a compact DAW controller. The internal sounds and effects can be output via the headphone output to a connected audio interface; the communication with the computer refers only to data respectively MIDI.
Free software package
The MPK mini Play mk3 comes with MPC Beats, a compact DAW that gives beginners everything they need to make music, the PlugIns Hybrid 3, Mini GrandandVelvet which significantly expand the sonic possibilities, and the Melodics learning software, which makes it easy to learn how to play the piano. The software is provided as a download.
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