The 8 best budget MIDI controller keyboards

Cheap they may be, but these sub-£100/$150 keyboards still deliver

Ben Rogerson

If you want a super-compact keyboard, check out Akai’s LPK25, but spend a little more and you can get your hands on its slightly bigger brother. This adds assignable knobs and pads into the mix, leaving you with one of the smallest ‘all in one’ controllers on the market.

On the downside, pitch and mod wheels are conspicuous by their absence, but if you can live without these the MPK Mini is a bargain.

45 Stars

Read Akai MPK Mini review

BUY Akai MPK Mini currently available from:
UK/Europe: Andertons Music Co. | Thomann | Gear4Music
USA: Sweetwater | Full Compass | American Musical

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