Fully loaded for studio and stage.
The MPK61 is a keyboard performance MIDI controller that expands the popular
MPK line. Each MPK controller combines a piano-style keybed with a bank of
genuine Akai Professional MPC pads, assignable Q-Link controllers and key
technologies from the iconic MPC family of music production workstations.
Producers, performers and DJs will appreciate the MPK61’s mix of 61
semi-weighted keys with aftertouch, 16 MPC pads with velocity and pressure
sensitivity, 72 assignable Q-Link controllers, MPC Note Repeat, MPC Swing and an
arpeggiator. The MPK61’s size is ideal for performers who need a larger keyboard
than the original 49-key MPK49 offers, but also prefer the lighter weight and
associated portability of a semi-weighted keyboard. The MPK61 retains the key
split features from the MPK88, enabling you to divide the keyboard into two
zones for performing with two different programs at once.
Like its 25, 49
and fully weighted 88-key siblings – the MPK25, MPK49 and MPK88, respectively –
the MPK61 empowers you to create and manipulate melodic, harmonic and rhythmic
content and inspires creative production with its arpeggiator, MPC Swing and MPC
Note Repeat technologies.
The MPK61 comes with Ableton Live Lite Akai
Edition software, one of the most popular and powerful performance and
production programs worldwide. Ableton Live Lite enables musicians to
spontaneously compose, record, remix, improvise and edit musical ideas in a
seamless audio/MIDI environment. The MPK61 is a MIDI controller that sends MIDI
data over USB for plug-and-play performance with Mac and PC. Because they are
MIDI compliant, the MPK series works with virtually all MIDI recording,
sequencing, and performance software for musical performers from keyboard
players to producers to DJs and VJs.
