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The arpeggiator also has an option to sync to external clock, although IВ couldn't get this to work. Optionally, the LPK25's Tap Tempo button allows you to input the tempo on the fly, and can be set to respond after two, three or four taps. Its time base can be set to correspond to 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 and 1/32 straight and triplet note values relative to the tempo, the bpm of which is determined in the editing software. The LPK25 features aВ builtвЂ‘in arpeggiator, which offers various up/down modes, as well as random arpeggiation. As aВ result, IВ foundВ it difficult to consistently generate velocity values in the range between 1 and 70 withoutВ playing veryВ gingerly indeed! The feel of the keyboard is somewhat spongy, and its fixed velocity curve appears toВ be inversely exponential. There are no pitchвЂ‘bend or modulation controls (the LPD8 can handle modulation duties), but there is aВ sustain button that transmits CC64, providing the same function as aВ sustain pedal.

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Octave-shift buttons provide plus or minus four octaves of shift in each direction, giving access to nine octaves in all. The keys are velocity sensitive (the velocity curve is fixed) and are just about large enough to be playable by all but the chubbiest of fingers. The 25вЂ‘note, CвЂ‘C mini keyboard of the LPK25 resembles those posh types of melodica IВ couldn't afford as aВ kid. The eight rotary controller knobs are straightforward in operation, with controller number and minimum/maximum operational range assignable for each knob. In CC mode, the 'on' hit transmits aВ control value dependent on velocity, while the 'off' hit sends aВ value of zero. For note data, the togglable effects are fairly obvious: hit once for note on, and again for note off. Each pad's behaviour can be either momentary (on as long as it's held, off when released) or 'togglable'. Pad mode is the 'default' performance mode, where pads send note on/off messages. In Program Change mode, the pads transmit program change messages, assignable per pad from within the editor. This is aВ fun way of adding spontaneous rhythmical variation to synth parameters -В filter cutoff frequency, resonance or oscillator sync frequency, for example. Additionally, since the pads are velocity sensitive, variable control message values are sent depending on how hard you hit the pads. In CC mode, all eight pads transmit control change messages, and each pad's controller message is user-definable via the LPD8 editing software. In Program mode, the lower four pads become preset buttons, selecting any of the LPD8's four userвЂ‘definable presets.

The backlit, velocity-sensitive pads themselves have quadruple functions, these being selected via the four smaller buttons to the left. Although Korg's Nano Pad and Nano Kontrol between them offer more pads, knobs, sliders and buttons, the LPD8 represents aВ reasonable compromise, given the limited physical space of the single unit.

The LPD8 combines eight drum fingerвЂ‘pads with eight rotary 270вЂ‘degree control knobs in one handy, compact combo.

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PDF user manuals are accessible from within the Program Files / AkaiPro folder, although it's unlikely you'll get stuck, as operation of the software and hardware is simple and very intuitive. Once this is installed, simply connect aВ unit via the included USB cable, then fire up the appropriate software editor and you're ready to go. Whereas Korg's range offers aВ mini keyboard, drum pads andВ control knobs/sliders across three separate models, Akai have condensed aВ nearвЂ‘similar range of facilities into two units, the LPD8 Pad Controller and the LPK25 Performance Keyboard.Д®ach unit is supplied with its own mini CDвЂ‘ROM containing librarian/editing software. This diminutive pair of Akai laptop controllers follows in the footsteps of Korg's Nano controllers, reviewed in the March 2009 issue of Sound On Sound.

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Are Akai's mini MIDI controllers the perfect partners for your laptop?ДЄs increasingly powerful laptops have become viable hosts for the music studio, so the demand for portable and spaceвЂ‘saving peripherals and control devices is on the increase.