After the launch the latest MK3 version just last week, Amazon has now knocked the price on the AKAI Professional MPK Mini Play MIDI keyboard down to $98. Regularly $139 like it fetches at Sweetwater, this is 29% off, a new Amazon all-time low, and the best price we can find. AKAI updated its Mini Play model just last week with an OLED display and its Gen 2 keybed, but the previous-generation model is still a fantastic option for folks that don’t need the latest and greatest. It is also more than $50 less expensive. Still a perfectly capable MIDI controller for just about any DAW and for mobile music making without one, it features 25 mini keys alongside eight drum pads, a built-in speaker, plenty of built-in sounds, and more. Head below for additional MIDI keyboard controller deals for your Mac or Windows content creation rig from $59.
More MIDI keyboard controller deals:
- Alesis V25 Controller $59 (Reg. $89)
- M-Audio Oxygen MKV 25 $99 (Reg. $130)
- M-Audio Oxygen Pro 25 $149 (Reg. $199)
- AKAI Professional MPK225 $199 (Reg. $269)
- AKAI Professional MPK261 $399 (Reg. $499)
Be sure to dive into our launch coverage of the new AKAI MPK Mini Play MK3 as well. Delivering upgraded hardware and the usual set of MPC-style drum pads, anyone interested in the latest from the brand will want to take a closer look right here. Then go hit up our Tested with 9to5Toys review of the new PreSonus AudioBox GO $80 audio interface.
AKAI MPK Mini Play features:
- Standalone Piano Style Keyboard – Portable mini keyboard and USB MIDI controller with 25 velocity-sensitive synthesizer action keys, pitch/mod joystick control, plus 128 sounds and 10 drum kits
- Play Anywhere – Built in speaker, 1/8-inch headphone output and battery powered specification (3 x AA batteries – not included) for performing and producing on the go
- Beat Maker Essential – 2 banks of 8 ultra-responsive backlit MIDI drum pads with Note Repeat and Full Level functions for drum machine style performance and music production
- Tweak, Customize – 2 banks of 4 knobs (8 total) to tweak internal sounds or software parameters; In standalone mode control chorus, reverb, filter, EQ and envelope controls
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