Akai Force Stand

Recently I purchase this KS7350 Folding-Z Keyboard Stand by On-Stage for my Akai MPK-49. I'm very pleased with this stand, is very strong and functional.

I use this stand for my AKAI MPK88 and it handles it absolutely fine. It is easily set up out of the box and ready for your keyboard in under 15 minutes of assembly. For the price it really can't be beat. The only downside is that with this type of stand you have no legroom underneath for playing. But again, for the price it is an excellent stand. More than adequate to do the job until you are ready to spend big $$ for a top end stand.

I use this product in my home studio, but if I ever needed to tour with two keyboards I would definitely use this stand. I have an Akai MPK88 and a Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard, and they both fit great on this stand. The MPK is a beast, weighing around 70lbs, but this stand has no problem keeping it stable enough to strike the keys precisely without wobbling. It takes maybe 15 minutes to set up the stand the first time, but I'd imagine you could put it together faster once you have a little practice. I highly recommend this stand.

Awesome sounds from Akai to add to my library!

It's a force multiplier!

A very light and easy to deploy stand. Some stands require you to use some force to deploy but this one seemed very easy to extend and get started. This is a lighter stand so I wouldn't recommend mounting something very heavy on this. I mainly use my camera speedlite or the medium sized LED video light panel on this and it holds very well. For the price and quality, there's nothing to complain.

All in all, a good C-stand base. As one would expect, it takes a bit of force to move the legs from the folded position to spread them out for use. Frankly, you want the legs to require some force to move into position, as they then stay in the correct position when placed.

The force feedback works really well!

Gaff tape - it's like the Force.

I use to connect Akai mpk-49 to audio interface