MPK mini plus Hardware Overview | Akai Professional 

The beat you laid down at 6:00. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Lots of punch to this small device. Well done, Akai! $170 is a fair price for what this brings to the table in this form factor.

Great video and nice to see and hear someone who can play not just talk!

I ordered one of these as soon as I saw it! Excited to try this out.

Wow! Was going to buy an MPK 225 but I saw this at the store as well! Came back home to do some research and man this has me hooked! Portable and small, cv connections, step sequencer, chord and scales mode, easily compatible with Ableton, and compatible and integrated for the MPC Studio I recently just bought!! This is a no brainer only thing missing is the fully semi weighted keys that the mpk 225 has but that’s an 8+ year old machine. First midi was an Akai MPK Mini mk2 so I already know the workflow but this adds more features and more keys too! Sold! Thank you Akai! New products have been amazing and the touch strip on the Akai MPC Studio Mk2 is amazing!

Wow. Thanks AKAI Finally someone produced a competitor for keystep!

I like this Keyboard with the MPC Live 2! It's awesome workflow!

This came at the right time for me just after my mpk mini 2 broke down from using it so much! Cannot wait to get mine delivered in nov!

Wow, what a great mini keyboard! 👍😀😍

If this fits my laptop bag it's a complete no brainer, what a great portable keyboard. Could even see me putting this on my desk as a "go to" for my desktop machine.. Because all my keys are to the side of me which is annoying at times.

Very valuable lessons 👍🏻👍🏻

Just got can’t wait to unbox & get to work

THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL all the time i was like 'if only keystep 37 had drum pads and physical wheels' and there it fucking is WEEEE

the fact that they dropped this like a day after Arturia’s event had to be intentional 😉 looks like I know what I’ll be getting instead of the new minilab

pretty comprehensive right there

great work, AKAI. THANK YOU.

Just ordered mine today.. perfect timing since my the keys of original mpk mini went out.

great educational walkthrough! I have mine on order. very excited after crashing and burning on launchkey mini mk3 and korg nanokey studio as an ipad musician. this seems way easier to dial everything as needed for various ipad apps.

Well I know what I am getting myself for my b-day 🎉

may have to get this as a keyboard for my Roland boutiques! Looks like an upgrade to my mpk 25 mini I have

Very impressive!

This is looking like a very dominant competitor to arturia's keystep 37 and launchkey

This paired with an iPad is killer

Great 👍 presentation

Buying one tomorrow

I love it ! 👍

Thank God Akai let Andy Macaroni do the demonstration.

Nice!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥

🌊🌊🌊🌊 getting this

Need this to add to the mini 2.nice.under 200.bought🔥💯

October20th, 2022 will forever be the day when Akai Pro reminded Arturia who they daddy is....

got it, love it.

I like it.

Great job now release the limited edition colors especially the mpc grey please

A FL Studio deep integration video would be great!!!!🤓

Any chance of a tutorial on how to control NI's Komplete Kontrol software with this ? I'd actually prefer this over the M32 for the pads, 37 keys and physical wheels.

i love it 🥰 🥰

Sound like a Old School Bay area beat👍

I ❤️ AKAI

Does anyone know how to set up the transport control queue link knobs to work with MPC One? I feel like this should’ve been as one of stock menu options

Akaiii!! Almost what I dream of!!! I would add a built in audio interface, batteries and Bluetooth midi! The perfect portable mini music studio (when you combine it with a iPhone and a DAW app)

If im using it with an mpc does the scales and chords function sync up with pad perform or is it separate? For instance if I have a scale set on my mpc in pad perform does the mpk follow that scale?

Hope the display can finally show daw stuff

bought it, good product but where is the MPK mini plus program editor? where i can download it?

The question can you control a hardware synth and record the midi thru the mini plus to your DAW? (Like FL Studio)

I just bought one for my new mpc live II. Would it be possible to assign the joystick to navigate through the mpc screen? Mainly thinking about the envelope touchscreen. Thx a lot guys!

Thanks for the video. I have tried to link an external MIDI keyboard on the MIDI IN port but it seems not work. Is there a special setup to do ?

IT'S TIME TO COMBINE THE MINI PLAY AND MINI PLUS!!! MAKE IT HAPPEN! 🥳

Are there any plans on making the transport controls working on Logic Pro for iPad? Currently they won't work.

There is a new mini controller king in town, Arturia and Novation can't compete with this now.

Just wondering does the knobs do nrpn? - would love use it to control other hardware gear.

Those are some fire beats though 😂

Nice .

The original MPK Mini has a very fragil keybed. The white keys break off easily in a year and I have to use superglue to glue the keys back. I hope this new Gen 2 keybed is more solid. If Akai will come up with a MPK Mini Plus Play, I may replace my MPK Mini Play.

I'll buy one in a second if the "gray" or "black" model comes!

Sold😤..thx!

interesting tool!

Im new to all of this but Im interested in learning and would like to make make beats. Dont know where to start as far as what to purchase. Should I get the MPK MINI with the MPC ONE or just one piece of equipment in the MPC Key 37? Thanks in advance for help and or advice.

Does the 'Push to enter' knob and 'Next/Prev step' buttons can be assigned to some CC? What I am looking for is a program change assignment, not using pad/8 knobs for this. Is it feasible with MPK mini plus?

Is there a way to edit the velocity curve of the keybed (on the device)?

How well does it integrate with the current mpc line?

If they make one that has 49 keys and it could sync with my MPC ONE id buy it!

Will other color options be released like the 25 key?

Please do one where it integrates with MPC live

would you recommend me this for my Akia MPC ONE

I need one of these! Finally infinite scroll knobs.

Are you guys going to update the Mpk 249/261 series? It’s about that time no?

Akai... when STEMS feature on your software?? Like SERATO and KOALA??

on previous version there was CC button. can anyone help me to understand how to get into cc mode on mini plus, where I can map pads to anything in daw?

Akai alway immited but still #1

Where did the Bass and lead synth come from?

Is this overkill if you only use softsynths etc? Does AKAI make any similar 37 key mini or mid-size keyboard with pads and knobs witout these arp-features etc? =)

Do we get fabric XL vst if we buy this keyboard?

How do you set this up with FL studio so I can use the transport functions?

Nach anhaltenden Hackingangriffen wurden Sicherheitslücken des Akai Systems offenbart. Während der Sitzung wurden ohne manuelle Eingaben diverse Funtionen des MPK Keyboards ausgeschaltet, wie die Live Sequenzfuntion beispielsweise. Bitte schliessen Sie diese Lücke.

Can u interconnect this midi with the MPC 2??

200th. Now, take my money

Would love to see that Step Sequencer brought over to the MPC line

Does this controller need drivers? Meaning I want to get one of this but the system I have is old (Protools MP9, iOS 10.6.8) I would appreciate the answer or a link where I can get an answer. Thanks in advance

I have a question relating to the Akai Professional MPK Mini Plus pads: What I would like to know; and I haven't been able to find an answer to this question anywhere, is how to adjust the velocity or sensitivity of the Akai MPK Professional Mini Plus pads? I've watched numerous videos related using the Akai Professional MPK Mini Plus and in each video the moderator barely touches the pads and the corresponding sounds are clearly heard. However, when I touch the pads on my Akai Professional MPK Mini Plus I don't hear anything until I firmly press the pad(s) and then I get a sound. I thought the intention was to replicate playing the drums generally speaking of course. Shouldn't I be able to get the same results as everyone else and replicate playing the drums by lightly touching the pads and getting the corresponding sounds? Please, point me in the direction of where I can locate the information on how to modify, program my Akai Professional MPK Mini Plus pads to achieve the same results. Thanks for your help.

I just got paid today!!!! Here! Take my money now !!!!!!!!!!!!

How do you change instrument on the keyboard

My concerns are BPM sync with note repeat and arpeggiator. Also we shouldn’t ever have to configure anything in preferences to use this with MPC beats or MPC software. I hope the firmware updates have addressed this. Anywhere we can find notes on the firmware updates? I really want one to go with my Live 2 for portability.

So after I buy the oxygen pro this comes out?? Damn you Inmusic!!

It would be so cool if they made a version that also had internal sounds like the Akai mini play.

So this is more for live performances ???

How do premium keys compare to ordinary keys? ;)

Nice. But please Akai, add ratcheting. If it can do CV/gate, it should do ratchets too.

All Akai needs to do is find a way to put the Arturia keys on this keyboard and you will have a master piece

This new controller keyboard its similar to the M-Audio Pro mini 32 keyboard controller both Akai & M-Audio is under the Inmusic Brand company.

So you don't need a computer or laptop for live performances?

Please release and ALL BLACK version of this!

please do a video on setting up the whole midi setup for the MPK mini 3. I've tried to use the videos from others on RU-vid and it doesn't work - seems like a nightmare to setup with the midi software section in MPC 2

mpk mini Plus. but the drum pad is not working on Fl studio (Win OS) the other hand, it's working completely fine with other daw-like MPC beats. Can anybody help me to map it ?😢

Would it be possible to add longer samples to the pads and use the keyboard as a sample player for live performance?

Awesome...can I run this keyboard by plugging it into a Pixel 4a phone or Google Chromebook?

Please make a grey one.

One really important thing you forgot to mention is that when powering up via USB and a computer that the MIDI I/O ports are bound to the computer, meaning any MIDI message from the keyboard isn't sent to the MIDI out port unless routed via a DAW. If you want to use the keyboard as a standalone MIDI controller, you have to plug in via battery pack/wall power, then plug it back into the computer to regain the ability to MIDI map in your DAW. Why this is the default and there are no internal options to route the MIDI differently is beyond me.

Can somebody help me how to connect this software into my system and load all the other sounds and to the keyboard I'm trying to load the that Kai mpk mini it comes with some piano I'm trying to load them into my board but the serial number one attached so I can load it to my board into the the ikon license and I can't get my board to play on the MPC Beats can somebody help me out what to do I've been trying to do this since last Wednesday please somebody help

I can't get my play & rec buttons to work on the controller. I can only use the space bar to start recording somebody help?