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Piano-action production powerhouse.
The Akai Professional MPK88 is a professional performance
keyboard controller with MPC production controls. The MPK88 draws on the design
of the popular MPK49, the first keyboard ever to feature MPC pads. This
first-of-its-kind keyboard is ideal for performance, starting with a premium,
fully weighted, hammer-action keyboard, adding MPC pads, Q-Link controls, and a
selection of MPC technologies. The MPK88 is born for the stage and is equally
at home in the studio.
CREATIVE INPUT
MPK88 features an 88-key keyboard and 16 genuine MPC pads. The hammer-action
keyboard is fully weighted and features aftertouch for expressive melodic
control. The MPC pads are pressure and velocity-sensitive to capture every
nuance of your creative concepts. The pads can access four banks of sounds, so
you have 64 samples at your fingertips with the touch of a button.
The MPK88 places dedicated transport controls within your reach for easy
control of some of the most important tracking and editing controls. The MPK88
has modulation and pitch-bend wheels for expressive musicality, and two
assignable footswitch inputs enable you to connect an expression pedal or other
continuous controller and a footswitch for momentary controls like patch change
or start/stop.
Q-LINK COMMAND
One of the most important input devices on an MPC is its Q-Link assignable
control section. Akai Pro built a massive collection of Q-Links into the MPK
series. The MPK88 gives you eight virtual knobs that are assignable to control
nearly any software parameter. You can control three different parameters per
knob thanks to the knobs' three-bank selection, totaling 24 parameters of
instant, hands-on control. Like the virtual knobs, eight virtual faders and
eight virtual buttons also control three banks of parameters each, so you get
24 virtual faders and 24 virtual buttons. That's 72 Q-Link controls!
EXPRESSIVE ENGINE
Two technologies pioneered in the MPC series and built into the MPK series are
MPC Note Repeat and MPC Swing. These note-modifying features can be heard in
many of the most popular tracks over the last two decades. MPC Note Repeat is a
capability that enables the MPK (or MPC) to automatically play a rhythm
pattern, such as 16th notes on a hi-hat, for accuracy and speed of entry. MPC
Swing is sometimes referred to as "the heart and soul of hip hop"
because it turns perfectly aligned sequences into human feeling time
alignments. You can specify exactly the degree and timing of swing you want to apply
for the perfect feel.
The MPK88 has Key Split, enabling you to control two different sounds from the
same keyboard. On top of MPC technologies, the MPK88 has its own arpeggiator,
which enables you to create quick, creative riffs in seconds. Just pick a note
or chord and a rhythm pattern in the arpeggiator's library and the MPK will
play your notes in the rhythm and sequence you choose.
The MPK88 also has MPC Full Level and MPC 16-Level on its pads, as well as Tap
Tempo and Time Division so you can nail the tempo, timing, and dynamics exactly
as you hear them in your head.
COMPLETE SYSTEM
The MPK88 is a MIDI controller that sends its MIDI values over USB. It is bus
powered, so all you need to connect and power the MPK88 is the supplied USB
cable. Because it is MIDI compliant, the MPK88 works with most MIDI recording,
sequencing, and performance software for musical performers from keyboard
players to producers to DJs and even VJs!
The MPK88 comes with Ableton Live Lite Akai Edition, one of the most popular
and powerful performance and production programs in the world. Ableton Live
Lite enables musicians to spontaneously compose, record, remix, improvise, and
edit musical ideas in a seamless audio/MIDI environment.
Hit the stage with the only keyboard designed to enable you to perform the way
today’s music is made.
- 88-key
fully weighted, hammer-action keyboard with aftertouch for expressive
melodic creativity
- 16
genuine MPC pads with pressure and velocity sensitivity
- MPC
pads access four banks each for instant access to 64 samples
- Control
up to 72 software parameters with 24 assignable Q-Link knobs, buttons, and
faders
- Key
Split enables two different sounds from the same keyboard
- MPC
Note Repeat, MPC Swing, and arpeggiator aid in creative process
- Transport
controls for use with sequencers and DAWs
- MPC
Full Level, MPC 16-Level, Tap Tempo, and Time Division assist with tempo
and dynamics
- MIDI
output over USB, bus powered, class compliant: plug and play with one USB
cable
- Comes
with Ableton Live Lite Akai Edition software
- Works
with virtually all MIDI recording, sequencing, and performance software
Includes
- MPK88
keyboard controller
- USB
cable
- Software
CD
- Quick
Start guide
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