NAMM 2010: Akai iPK25 and APC20 in pictures
The new APC20 Ableton live controller - like the APC40 but without the bit on the right...
The Akai APC20
The APC20 will ship in April and cost around $199 (estimated street price)
Angle number two
A simple power plus USB. The APC20 can run in slave mode alongside an APC40
APC20 rear panel
The iPK25 is a controller keyboard that holds an iPod Touch or iPhone
Akai iPK25
The SynthStation app comes free with the iPK25
The SynthStation app
The SynthStation app boasts three different synths plus drum kits, built-in effects and filters, an arpeggiator and even an X/Y pad. It sounds surprisingly nice and althought there were some lag issues, the iPK25 is still at the prototype stage.
Not our grubby fingerprints, honest...
The control panel
The iPK25 can also be used as a standard USB controller
iPK25 rear panel
Estimated street price for the iPK25 is $99 and it'll ship from March. The SynthStation iPhone app will be on the Apple App Store later this month.