MPK88 - 88-Key, Controller Keyboard

MFG# MPK88     SKU# AKAIMPK88

MPK88 - 88-Key, Controller Keyboard

 
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. 
 
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. 
 
FEATURES 

• 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