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NAMM 2010: Akai iPK25 and APC20 in pictures

By Chris Wickett
published 14 January 2010

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The Akai APC20
The new APC20 Ableton live controller - like the APC40 but without the bit on the right...

The Akai APC20

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Angle number two
The APC20 will ship in April and cost around $199 (estimated street price)

Angle number two

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APC20 rear panel
A simple power plus USB. The APC20 can run in slave mode alongside an APC40

APC20 rear panel

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Akai iPK25
The iPK25 is a controller keyboard that holds an iPod Touch or iPhone

Akai iPK25

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The SynthStation app
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.

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The control panel
Not our grubby fingerprints, honest...

The control panel

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iPK25 rear 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.

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