Akai MPK88 Keyboard Controller

Professional performance instrument for the modern keyboardist.

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 of the MPK keyboards to features 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 MPK 88 is born for the stage and is equally at home in the studio.

• 88-key fully weighted, hammer-action keyboard with aftertouch for expressive melodic creativity
• MPC-pad section of 16 genuine MPC pads with pressure and velocity sensitivity
• MPC pads access four banks each for instant access to 64 samples
• Assignable Q-Link controller section for flexible control of most software parameters
• Eight Q-Link knobs, eight Q-Link faders, eight Q-Link buttons, three banks each
• Key Split enables control of two different sounds from the same keyboard
• Dedicated transport controls for tracking and editing
• MPC Note Repeat, MPC Swing, and arpeggiator aid in creative process
• 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 most MIDI recording, sequencing, and performance software