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The AKAI MPK 88 (Music Production Keyboard) is a hammer-action, 88-key MIDI controller keyboard released by Akai in November 2009. [1] It is the only MIDI controller in the MPK series to feature hammer-weighted keys.
The first model, the MPC60 (MIDI Production Center), was released on December 8, 1988, [4] and retailed for $5,000. [1] It was followed by the MPC60 MkII and the MPC3000. [5] After Akai went out of business in 2006, [6] Linn left the company and its assets were purchased by Numark. [7] Akai has continued to produce MPC models without Linn. [2]
Korg Taktile USB MIDI Controller Keyboard - with PC - 2014 NAMM Show, one style of MIDI keyboard based on the piano user interface. A MIDI keyboard or controller keyboard is typically a piano-style electronic musical keyboard, often with other buttons, wheels and sliders, used as a MIDI controller for sending Musical Instrument Digital Interface commands over a USB or MIDI 5-pin cable to other ...
Akai was founded by Masukichi Akai and his son, Saburo Akai (who died in 1973 [4]), as Akai Electric Company Ltd. (赤井電機株式会社, Akai Denki Kabushiki Gaisha), a Japanese manufacturer, in 1929. [4] [5] [6] Some sources, however, suggest the company was established in 1946. [note 1]
As technology improved, cheaper standalone samplers with more memory emerged, such as the E-mu Emulator, Akai S950 and Akai MPC. Samples may be loaded or recorded by the user or by a manufacturer. The samples can be played back by means of the sampler program itself, a MIDI keyboard , sequencer or another triggering device (e.g., electronic ...
The success of the Fairlight drove competition, improving sampling technology and lowering prices. [19] Early competing samplers included the E-mu Emulator in 1981 [19] and the Akai S-series in 1985. [20] The Yamaha DX7, released in 1983, was the first commercially successful digital synthesizer and was widely used in 1980s pop music.
Akai AX80 synthesizer. The AX80 is a polyphonic analogue keyboard synthesizer manufactured by Akai Professional in 1984. [2] It was Akai's first venture into the professional electronic musical instrument market. The AX80 used digitally controlled oscillators (DCO) [1] [3] [4] and filter circuitry based on the Curtis Electronics CEM 3372 ...
The Akai S1000 is a 16-bit, 44.1 kHz professional stereo digital sampler, released by Akai in 1988. The S1000 was among the first professional-quality 16-bit stereo samplers. [ 3 ] Its abilities to splice, crossfade, trim, and loop sound in 16-bit CD quality made it popular among producers in the late 80s through to the mid 90s.