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
some of the technologies from the icon MPC. The MPK61 offers a mix of
61 semi-weighted keys with aftertouch, 16 MPC pads with velocity and
pressure sensitivity, 72 assignable Q-Link, MPC Note Repeat, MPC Swing
and an arpeggiator.
The MPK61?s size is ideal for performers who need a larger range 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 the performer
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 musicians to create and
manipulate melodic, harmonic and rhythmic content and manipulate
quickly 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.
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