akai joining the nano midi controller bandwaggon?

[lsmith]

just got this via cdm:
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/0...h-real-action/

nice to see ome competition developing here ...

[kelsey7k]

that's pretty dope. i like the xy on the nanopad, but i like how the akai has pads and buttons...but that keyboard looks to squash the nanokey, assuming the price is competitive.

[kelsey7k]

oh...btw, just saw this disclaimer on the CDM post:

Correction: The image above was what was run on musicradar.com; I’m not in the habit of ripping anyone’s images but I assumed it was a press image. Akai has written to say these are not correct images of the new products; we’ll shortly post replacement images.

[Lambox]

The LPD looks pretty tight. I can't see a keyboard that small being useful though imo. Plus that "under a pound" thing kind of just throws me off.

Even though I understand how people could find some good use for them, I can't see myself using any kind of keyboard controller so small and light.

Just my opinion. Akai's mini-keyboard certainly seems to top Korg's attempt. Happy to see some competition though.

[kelsey7k]

i would like the idea if i was going to be stuck on a plane and/or hotel room

[djhipnotikk]

i love akai's pads, assuming they share some similarities to their other drum machines..i'll definitely be picking one of them up..

.. assuming the price is competitive.

[BentoSan]

These could be pretty decent and kill the korg nano line if they have a better build quality than the korg's

[JesC]

They look sick, I curious to see what the price is going to be.

[lsmith]

some more information emerges:
http://www.macmusic.org/news/view.php/lang/en/id/8251/

i especially like that:
"Both the LPD8 and LPK25 have four memory banks for programming and recalling settings appropriate to different software programs they use."

i assume this means that it will send different MIDI messages for the different banks?

[Jo3]

Man I need that LPD8...