AKAI MPK Mini Play MK3: 25-Key Gen-2 Dynamic Keyboard Controller with 8 MPC Drum Pads, 4 Assignable Knobs, Joystick, 100+ Internal Sounds, OLED Display, USB Connectivity, Integrated Speaker

I was unsure of its utility without the PC, but its worth it. The speaker is fine, but you are free to use an external speaker or headphones with the aux input jack. I haven't used it with the PC yet, but I think its worth it even without it. I have had a Casio SA-45( or 41) since childhood, and except for the range of keys, and my favourite tune ( pipe organ Tune No 006), I don't miss it.

I am a live performer & I use it in a live setup, without connecting it to a DAW (laptop/software) .. i connect it to my looper pedal and make live loops for beats / bass / keys & guitar.. does the job well !

First of all I want to thank Amazon Customer Care team Nikita for Solving my issue, Secondly I want to Thank the Seller for replacing my old product with a Brand New product. I am very happy. Well it’s a wonderful product and definitely recommend you to buy this product. Great Seller and service.

I bought this akai Mpk Mini to use with my computer and ipad for songwriting. IUt does this very well. The keys have just enough weight to them to be playable and the drum pads are nice, however you have to hit them hard. The surprise with this one is that it takes batteries (not needed with computer use) because it has a full keyboard of sound onboard! This is a welcome treat because i can use it standalone for writing, and have even used it in a recording. The keyboard has several controls you dont see everywhere on a unit this small. Apeggiator, filters! and joystick pitchbend. very cool little keyboard.

Funciona perfectamente bien, es de un tamaño práctico, funciona con carga y a baterías. Tiene buen sonido y bastantes funciones, lo recomiendo.

The midi-keyboard is awesome - 1000000 outta 10.

This MPK Mini Play MK3 is tiny and fits in my small overnight duffel along with a sustain pedal and stereo monitors (plus clothes and travel stuff)... amazing. I've owned many expensive full-size keyboards (like RD2000), and the synth sounds from this AKAI are surprisingly good and a reasonable General MIDI selection. Pianos, E-pianos, clav and harpsi are all good; organs are limited; basses are fine; string ensembles good but violin/viola not useful to me, drums are adequate, etc. The reverb is nice. The drum pads work while the keys are being played, so we've had two people playing on this tiny device... very fun. The keys are velocity sensitive (not weighted) and work fine for a 2-pound instrument. The joystick is very clever: push left to modulate volume (fade in, or volume dips for brass), right for vibrato, up and down for pitch shift. The octave transpose is essential (get the bass into the right register, get to the high strings) and designed just right. Too bad there isn't a chromatic transpose: for such a short keyboard, it would be nice to transpose on a song-by-song basis so we get the most of the keys that are here. The sustain pedal I like is item B08NSZFGC1, labeled Sovvid for $13. It works perfectly and is extremely lightweight. Most of my sustain pedals are very heavy, which is great for staying in place on stage but for travel this one is ideal. It is even lighter than a small footswitch. And it works with both electrical standards (normally open / normally closed). The lightweight speakers I carry are item B09PFGJ94L, Pyle 5.25" woofer 2-way active, though many other models (including active PC speakers with subwoofer) would work fine. Rated 300 watts (skeptica), these are plenty loud enough for a living room and they sound fine (but lacking deep powerful bass, as expected). Plug in the AKAI keyboard with a 3.5mm 15-ft stereo cable like Startech item B004G3WCNK $8. These Pyle speakers need a length of 2-conductor speaker or lamp cord to connect the passive speaker to the active one. In a pinch, the AKAI keyboard could be connected to a television analog audio input. The keyboard itself has a tiny speaker, but it's very limited.

Packs in so much for its size