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Akai
Akai Professional is a music-technology brand — part of inMusic Brands — best known for the MPC line of samplers and drum machines that shaped hip-hop and electronic production. Its MPK and MPD controllers bring those signature MPC-style pads to compact, computer-based setups.
- Known for
- MPC samplers & MPK controllers
- Reviews
- 9 reviews
Latest reviews
MIDI Controller· $299· 2026-08-08Akai APC64
Akai deleted every knob and fader from the APC and gave it eight touch strips instead — which is exactly the thing reviewers cannot agree about.
12 sourcesconsensus 784 contested
MIDI Controller· $99· 2026-08-07Akai MPD218
The default $99 way to put MPC pads on your desk — and a decade later reviewers still cannot agree whether those pads are too sensitive or not sensitive enough.
11 sourcesconsensus 762 contested
MIDI Controller· $149· 2026-08-06Akai Fire
The only hardware ever built for FL Studio — and the community had to finish the job.
18 sourcesconsensus 763 contested
- MIDI Controller· $99
Akai APC Key 25 MK2
Keys and a clip grid for $99 — as long as Ableton is where you live, and you never wanted to remap a thing.
consensus 6415 sources2026-07-16 - MIDI Controller· $99
Akai APC Mini MK2
The Launchpad rival that brings nine real faders — and asks you to accept a grid that senses nothing and a life inside Ableton.
consensus 6712 sources2026-07-15 - MIDI Controller· $169
Akai MPK Mini Plus
The 37-key mini that finally speaks hardware — real MIDI, CV and an onboard sequencer on board, if you can live with mini keys and a little first-hour setup.
consensus 748 sources2026-07-14