Performing beats, notes, rolls, melodies and sequences from the hardware is accessible and fun, and it’s most at home when connected to AKAI’s bundled MPC Beats software running on your Mac or PC. The performance experience overall is very good, and you’re able to get maximum creativity and control out of an incredibly compact unit, whether you’re playing simple sequences or getting involved in more advanced, pad and arp-based programming. A quick read of the getting started guide when you’re getting up and running will familiarise you with the operation of these, after which they are pretty easy to work with. The Pad Control section contains buttons for program changes, bank A/B selection and more. Another cool performance feature is the omnidirectional joystick for pitch bend or other CC changes that saves space in comparison to an actual pitch bend wheel. These fairly quickly become second nature to work with during performance or recording. Each note is labelled with a quantize or swing value or one of a selection of other settings. Speaking of control, the Mk3 makes good use of secondary functions across its keyboard as well. There are also 8 endless rotary knobs that can be assigned in any MIDI software and also have secondary functions related to the arpeggiator and keyboard like swing, octave, sync, latch and more.
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This being an MPK, you get 8 backlit performance pads with note repeat and full level functions for creating the kinds of beats and sequences that AKAI is known for. There’s a new OLED display that gives you visual feedback about the CCs, program selection and other parameters that you are working with and this is a great help with keeping up with your movements.
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