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Not bad, not amazing (with a caveat)
Caveat: my use case doesn’t get the most of this thing, as I’m terrible at keys and I use very little MIDI.
I had the MPK Mini III initially, for recording MIDI (keys and drums) in realtime and cleaning them up in the DAW. It did the job well and certainly can do a lot more than I know how to get out of it.
Switched to the Play in order to have the option of using the drum pads and keys for writing parts without the DAW. I needed those internal sounds and was never going to use the full power of the MPK.
The Play does the job, and it’s good enough. But the sounds aren’t great. They’re alright but not terribly impressive. And the overall output is quite weak, through the Phones output and through the internal speaker. The latter point in particular seems like it needn’t be so, this thing could pack a little more volume without breaking the bank, I think.
So for what I need it works and I’ll keep it (I don’t know what other options there are on the market for this use), but I can’t help but feel this idea could be executed quite a bit better.
I had the MPK Mini III initially, for recording MIDI (keys and drums) in realtime and cleaning them up in the DAW. It did the job well and certainly can do a lot more than I know how to get out of it.
Switched to the Play in order to have the option of using the drum pads and keys for writing parts without the DAW. I needed those internal sounds and was never going to use the full power of the MPK.
The Play does the job, and it’s good enough. But the sounds aren’t great. They’re alright but not terribly impressive. And the overall output is quite weak, through the Phones output and through the internal speaker. The latter point in particular seems like it needn’t be so, this thing could pack a little more volume without breaking the bank, I think.
So for what I need it works and I’ll keep it (I don’t know what other options there are on the market for this use), but I can’t help but feel this idea could be executed quite a bit better.
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Internal sounds and pads bad
I don't know if this is just a production error, but the pads were totally unusable unless Full Level was enabled. The sounds all had some weird phasing/vibrato-like effect, even the piano sounds in the decay phase.
It's off course inexpensive, but nevertheless I returned it and start looking for a different solution.
It's off course inexpensive, but nevertheless I returned it and start looking for a different solution.
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Not bad, but far from 100%
I will work with it just for simple production and demo recordings, and for writing some music. The connectivity is not usb-c (my mistake for not doing the research right) but it does an honest work. 60/100 (3/5).
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