Cumberland, R.I. (Jul. 17, 2009) – Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces the LPD8 laptop pad controller and LPK25 laptop performance keyboard controller. The LPD8 and LPK25 will make their debut at Akai Professional's booth, number 400, at the Summer NAMM Show held at the Nashville Convention Center, July 17 – 19.
The LPD8 and LPK25 are USB-MIDI controllers for musicians, producers, DJs and other music creators. Each model is less than 13 inches across and weighs less than a pound to easily fit into a laptop case, backpack or messenger bag for extreme portability.


Each controller works plug and play with Mac and PC and requires no software driver installation or wall power for operation. Both the LPD8 and LPK25 have four memory banks for programming and recalling settings appropriate to different software programs they use.
“Today’s music is in constant evolution, and that requires the tools for music creation to evolve similarly,” said Adam Cohen, Director of Business Development, Akai Professional. “The computer has entrenched itself as the new core of the music studio, and we are now seeing more live performance with computers than ever before. The LPD8 and LPK25 are the perfect extensions of the computer for making music in any setting.”
The LPD8 and LPK25 will be available from musical instrument and professional audio retailers Q3 2009.
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Good job Akai for taking up this market, someone needed to compete with Korg. I hope the quality is up to snuff. If so they should have a real winner.
ReplyDeleteThe keys look so tempting, they better not be a let down like the nanokeys.
At any better than the korg
ReplyDeleteThe built in Arpegiator is nice. A built in 8-step sequencer that can be controlled by the knobs and triggered by the pads on the LPD8 would be super sweet.
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