Akai Vs Arturia

Awesome sounds from Akai to add to my library!

I already had a virtual Moog from Arturia Software, but it's great to have physical knobs to twiddle!

I use to connect Akai mpk-49 to audio interface

Nicely done on the PRO VS EVO. The PRO actually does have a full 1TB available, VS the EVO's 960GB after formatting.

I use this cable to connect my Akai MPK61 with M-Audio Interface. So far I have no complaint.

I'm using these stands with the Roland VS Series hard disc recorders....great value at the best price

Simple good value. I like that all Arturia Microfreak had the hidden Vocoder capability and this mic (with the headphone out ) enables it elegantly. I'd tend complain that as an accessory it wasn't included with the Microfreak but when Arturia priced it affordably (in contrast to teenage engineering accessories) and gave us the new Vocoder feature as a firmware add then it's really a gift. Love Arturia.

The Arturia Mini V3 is incredibly cool. There is truly sooo much you can do over a standard Model-D from an extra LFO that doesn’t eat up oscillator 3 to velocity as a modifier to varying actual pulse widths static or modulated to individual amounts of any modifier on each oscillator all made possible by the eight slot mod matrix. The major failing that I take no points off from this synth is that it does not have the natural drift of the original Model-D. I’m pretty sure I have heard & seen oscillator drift in soft software synths so I’m not sure why it’s omitted here but as long as you detune your oscillators to taste you get a rich sound that in context will surpass a Minimoog in terms of sheer flexibility & enhancements every time. The built in chorus & delay sound good but really aren’t necessary for most patches. I never found a use for the vocal filter as I would have preferred female articulations or the motion recorder as it always restarts with each note press & isn’t free running like say a Moog 1125 which would have been an ingenious touch. Maybe in a future update. For sheer flexibility from enhancements such as polyphony & velocity to being able to automate sequences & performances to never needing to service your instrument the Arturia Mini V3 delivers in spades. I literally sold my vintage Model-D because the Mini V3’s features made me feel the vintage instrument is more of a collectors piece & not forward thinking. I see myself using the Mini V3 for a long time to come.

I bought this for my Arturia Keylab 88 and the fit is great. Highly recommended - will see how it stands up over time but, for local transport, I think it last well. B&H pricing with free shipping was best I could find here in Canada, even with our dollar being weak at the moment. As far as the Arturia KeyLAB 88 goes, I'm guessing the case will far outlast the keyboard...

Well built pedal, and very useful to have a inversion toggle switch, for synths as Arturia etc, who persist in having a sustain release when the pedal is actuated :-(