Akai Skilled has unveiled the MPK Mini IV, a brand new compact MIDI keyboard controller which goals to “set a brand new commonplace for moveable music creation”.
The unit arrives 5 years on from its predecessor, the MPK Mini Mk3, and is touted because the “most substantial redesign” within the historical past of the MPK Mini sequence.
Chief among the many updates is the addition of pitch and modulation wheels – which exchange the four-way joystick discovered on the earlier mannequin – whereas there’s additionally a revamped keybed and an much more responsive velocity-sensitive RGB backlit set of MPC pads.
Moreover, the MPK MINI IV comes with Studio Instrument Assortment, an all-new complete software program instrument with over 1,000 “professionally crafted” presets from Akai Skilled, Moog and AIR.
A single obtain guarantees to have customers up and working inside quarter-hour, with one-to-one parameter mapping which gives “seamless management over each sonic element”.
Akai is hoping the straight-forward plug-in-and-go attraction of the MPK Mini IV will attraction to a brand new technology of content material creators, producers and streamers.
“The MPK Mini IV embodies our dedication to empowering creators of all ability ranges with professional-grade instruments,” says Andy Mac, Artistic International Advertising and Artist Relations Supervisor at Akai Skilled.
“We’ve utterly reimagined what’s doable in a compact controller – delivering tactile, expressive controls; instantaneous entry to premium sounds; and true portability at an accessible worth level. It’s designed to encourage creativity from the second you plug it in.”
Different options embrace an enhanced interface and workflow – with a full-colour display screen for real-time visible suggestions, and expanded transport part mapped to DAW controls, and enhanced arpeggiator and Scale and Chord Modes – and up to date connectivity, now with a five-prong MIDI output jack for integration with exterior gear, and USB-C compatibility.
The MPK Mini IV additionally has pre-programmed DAW scripts for compatibility with Ableton Reside, Logic Professional, FL Studio, Bitwig and Cubase.
The MPK Mini IV is on the market now, priced at $99.
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Sam is the Affiliate Information Editor for Guitar.com and MusicTech. Completely immersed in music tradition for almost all of his life, Sam has performed guitar for 20 years, studied music know-how and manufacturing at college, and likewise written for the likes of MusicRadar, Guitar World, Complete Guitar and Metallic Hammer.
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