AKAI MPK Road 88
The controller-keyboard market throws up many a varied beast in terms of specs, build, uses and target audience. I’ve recently reviewed everything including keyboards that control hardware, keyboards that integrate with software, keyboards that take on DAW control, and those that do just a little bit of everything. They usually come festooned with faders, pots, switches and any other MIDI controllers that can be squeezed onto their top panels, so Akai’s latest, with just a few buttons to push, but a tonne of connectivity, could be seen as unusual.
It promises to work with just about every piece of software out there, mind and also includes Akai’s groundbreaking VIP software – so there’s obviously a great deal going on behind the scenes here which is not immediately obvious at first glance. Time to delve deeper.
