Akai Professional MPK Mini 4 25-Key MIDI Keyboard Controller - Grey

<p>The Akai Professional MPK Mini IV is a compact MIDI controller designed for modern music creators who need portability without compromise. This versatile creative tool is packed with pro-level features, intuitive controls, and endless inspiration for any style or flow. Featuring an upgraded, third-generation industry-leading keybed, real pitch and modulation wheels, and eight velocity-sensitive and pressure-sensitive RGB-backlit MPC pads, it offers an expressive playing experience in a portable package. A vibrant full-color screen, eight assignable knobs, and an expanded transport section provide hands-on control, while advanced performance tools like Scale and Chord modes and an enhanced arpeggiator with Pattern, Freeze, and Mutate functions make way for new creative possibilities.<br><br>This convenient controller also includes the brand-new Studio Instrument Collection, a powerful software synth available exclusively for MPK Mini IV. It comes with over 1,000 professionally designed presets from AIR, Akai Pro, and Moog for instant inspiration. Pre-mapped with 1-to-1 controls, it's easy and immediate to navigate through this massive library of sounds using only the MPK Mini IV - no mouse needed. With USB-C connectivity, a full-size MIDI output, and plug-and-play integration with major DAWs (Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Bitwig, and Cubase), MPK Mini IV is a flexible studio companion for the next generation of creatives.</p> <h2>Akai Professional MPK Mini 4 25-Key MIDI Keyboard Features:</h2> <ul> <li>Updated, industry-best keybed for an expressive playing experience.</li> <li>Full-color screen for real-time visual feedback and easy navigation.</li> <li>Real Pitch and Mod wheels for precise, hands-on control.</li> <li>Velocity-sensitive RGB backlit MPC pads for dynamic, responsive beat-making.</li> <li>Eight assignable rotary knobs for tactile sound-shaping.</li> <li>Expanded transport section mapped to DAW controls for an uninterrupted workflow.</li> <li>Enhanced arpeggiator with Pattern, Arp Freeze, and Mutate functions to encourage experimentation.</li> <li>Scale and Chord Modes for playing in key, adding harmonies, and building progressions with ease.</li> <li>Full-size MIDI output for seamless integration with external gear.</li> <li>USB-C connectivity for universal device compatibility.</li> <li>Pre-programmed DAW scripts for Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Bitwig, and Cubase with 1-to-1 mapping for convenient control of preset parameters.</li> <li>Single download and installation of Studio Instrument Collection, a brand-new virtual instrument that gives users easy, immediate access to 1,000 sounds from award-winning AIR, Akai Pro, and Moog software instruments.</li> <li>Includes a license to Ableton Live Lite 12 and free trials of both Melodics and Splice.</li> </ul>

• • Updated
  • industry-best keybed for an expressive playing experience.
  • Full-color screen for real-time visual feedback and easy navigation.
  • Real Pitch and Mod wheels for precise
  • hands-on control.
  • Velocity-sensitive RGB backlit MPC pads for dynamic
  • responsive beat-making.
  • Eight assignable rotary knobs for tactile sound-shaping.
  • Expanded transport section mapped to DAW controls for an uninterrupted workflow.
  • Enhanced arpeggiator with Pattern
  • Arp Freeze
  • and Mutate functions to encourage experimentation.
  • Scale and Chord Modes for playing in key
  • adding harmonies
  • and building progressions with ease.
  • Full-size MIDI output for seamless integration with external gear.
  • USB-C connectivity for universal device compatibility.
  • Pre-programmed DAW scripts for Ableton Live
  • Logic Pro
  • FL Studio
  • Bitwig
  • and Cubase with 1-to-1 mapping for convenient control of preset parameters.
  • Single download and installation of Studio Instrument Collection
  • a brand-new virtual instrument that gives users easy
  • immediate access to 1
  • 000 sounds from award-winning AIR
  • Akai Pro
  • and Moog software instruments.
  • Includes a license to Ableton Live Lite 12 and free trials of both Melodics and Splice.
• • Updated, industry-best keybed for an expressive playing experience.
  • Full-color screen for real-time visual feedback and easy navigation.
  • Real Pitch and Mod wheels for precise, hands-on control.
  • Velocity-sensitive RGB backlit MPC pads for dynamic, responsive beat-making.
  • Eight assignable rotary knobs for tactile sound-shaping.
  • Expanded transport section mapped to DAW controls for an uninterrupted workflow.
  • Enhanced arpeggiator with Pattern, Arp Freeze, and Mutate functions to encourage experimentation.
  • Scale and Chord Modes for playing in key, adding harmonies, and building progressions with ease.
  • Full-size MIDI output for seamless integration with external gear.
  • USB-C connectivity for universal device compatibility.
  • Pre-programmed DAW scripts for Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Bitwig, and Cubase with 1-to-1 mapping for convenient control of preset parameters.
  • Single download and installation of Studio Instrument Collection, a brand-new virtual instrument that gives users easy, immediate access to 1,000 sounds from award-winning AIR, Akai Pro, and Moog software instruments.
  • Includes a license to Ableton Live Lite 12 and free trials of both Melodics and Splice.

• Akai Professional MPK Mini 4 Product Specifications:

  Keys:
  25 velocity-sensitive keys
  10-octave range with octave up/down buttons
  
  Pads:
  8 assignable RGB backlit pads
  Velocity- and pressure-sensitive
  2 banks
  
  Knobs:
  8 assignable 360° knobs
  
  Controls:
  1 pitch wheel
  1 mod wheel
  1 navigation/menu encoder
  Transport control buttons
  
  Connections:
  1 x USB-C port
  1 x 1/4" TS input for sustain pedal
  1x 5-pin MIDI output port
  
  Power:
  USB bus-powered
  
  Dimensions (W x H x D):
  13.68" x 1.8" x 7.56"
  347.5mm x 45.7mm x 192mm
  
  Weight:
  2.31 lbs
  1.05 kg
  
  

• Each MPK Mini 4 Retail Box Includes:

  (1) Akai Professional MPK Mini 4 25-Key MIDI Keyboard Controller - Grey