Akai Professional MPK Mini Play MK3 USB MIDI Keyboard Controller

Prefect size

Love it!! It is small portable and great for music

John K.

February 22, 2026

Fun and feature packed MIDI keyboard!

If you're looking for a feature packed pro quality compact MIDI keyboard with a built-in speaker, built-in sounds, and battery powered to boot, this is it! Great for anyone looking for a MIDI you can use on the go, or for when space is limited. The built-in sound library and functions are actually all pretty good. The interface is very intuitive and on par with what you would find with other like MIDI keyboards. One thing that I want to note, if you find the volume of the built-in speaker low, hold the FULL LEVEL button on the left-hand side of your keyboard for about five seconds. A menu that shows v1, v2, v3, v4, and black bal with pop up. Turn black bal to 1.0 and all the rest to max. When done, hold the FULL LEVEL button again until you get to the original menu, and that should increase the volume of the built-in speaker. Connectivity and software integration is straightforward and very easy to get up and running. Great for both beginners and well-seasoned users. Battery life is also very good, and since you also have the option to plug it in, this thing is very versatile. All in all, very pleased with this device.

Excellent device and a whole Lotta fun

Everyone in the house fights to use it

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Good Midi but came with misaligned keys

At first it didn't bother me, then it did. The Fa and Sol keys of the first octave came out of the box a little raised than the others, it may look like a minor imperfection but eventually it became really annoying when playing, considering it is a new item.

Arrived damaged

Ordered gift for Christmas, arrived damaged, looks like the box was dropped.

Portable Creativity.

Love this thing. Got it Hooked up to my Mpc One they Work well together ( As it Should)

If You Travel with it, I suggest getting a deck Saver for it.

No Guarantee From Manufacturer

This was a gift for my son. He is into music, specially keyboards/piano and thought this would be great for him as a portable creative instrument. I ordered it with some anticipation because we would not be in the US for his birthday.

Unfortunately when he unpacked it 60 days after we purchased it the Display Screen didn’t work, which makes all the features unusable since you have no clue as to what feature your using.

We also contacted AKAI customer service by email (the only published means of contact) and haven’t received any response yet.. that was 2 months ago!!!

If you plan to own this as a longterm instrument, I would think twice. What good is a keyboard that you don’t have any support? I feel really frustrated... Don’t buy..

Very nice MIDI keyboard, only one complaint

This is a great little MIDI keyboard I really like everything about it except for, MCPB Is a digital audio workstation made by a car that you can use to make beats on,. The regular mini version of this the dials control some of the controls on the program but on the play version the dial will not control anything on that program so you have to use your mouse and control the dials on the PC, instead of doing it from the keyboard itself, that kind of bothers me I don't understand why they couldn't have made at least some of the dials control the couple main controls you would use, I mean I get this is a little different but I still think those dials should be able to control some of the things on MCP beats but besides that, it's probably not as big of a deal as it sounds because you can still adjust that just fine on the software itself but overall I miss this very nice. If I had it to do over again I think I would have just bought the regular mini and not the play for that reason, I thought I was going to use the built-in speaker a lot more than I do, but generally if I'm going to play it I'm just plugging into the computer,

Everything about this is great and works perfect except for those dials don't work on The MCP beats digital audio workstation or DAW, whatever you want to call it But again you can still adjust them with your mouse

David

February 4, 2023

Cheap

Not all pads are responsive. Pad 1 (kick) is soo quiet and has no kick to it even when plugged into a speaker. Not a problem if using a DAW but I was hoping this could be good enough standalone. Main reason I got it for was the drum pad so a bit disappointed.

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Talent Not Included

Someone always asks “Is there a midi keyboard that has its own internal sounds?”

Yes. The MPK Mini Play.

“How many notes of polyphony? Is it velocity sensitive?”

32 notes. Yes, it’s velocity sensitive.

“Does it have a looper or a sequencer?”

Nope. It would be amazing if it did.

“How are the sounds?”

They are adequate You can modify them to some extent and it has some effects.

“Who is this for?”

Whoever wants a really small keyboard that makes sounds, takes batteries, and has its own built in speaker. It also can be used as a midi keyboard.

“Aren’t there other small keyboards like that?”

I have a Roland boutique with the optional keyboard in the picture next to the MPK Mini Play. It’s a bit larger, it can make a lot more different sounds but it costs a lot more.

“Should I buy this keyboard?”

Absolutely not.

“What?!?”

Alright. You should buy it. It really needs a sequencer, though. You could run it through a looper pedal, so you could make a drum beat, then play another instrument on top of it, but that costs as much as the Mini Play.

“Dude, buy or no buy?”

I really like the drum pads on this thing. The display is small but looks good, better than the dated display on the Roland Boutique. This thing is a couch synth for the casual player. Sometimes that’s all you need. If you need more, get more. It’s not a “real synth”, meaning you can’t design your own sounds from scratch. You can’t add any samples. But I paid $150, not $500 or $1000. Manage your expectations.

Fito

July 7, 2022

Having fun on the move done right.

There aren't many options when thinking in midi controllers, built in sounds and built in speakers, AND portability.

While most modern Casio or Yamaha personal keyboards got USB and can be used as midi controllers, none are as portable as this is. Except for the PSSA50 from Yamaha, which is the other one I was considering, but the lack of reverb and knobs made me move away from it.

So I decided to give this akai a chance, and when I got it, I realized it is exactly what I wanted:

-Super tiny and portable

-Built in speaker (mono, yes, but good enough for playing around)

-Built in very good quality sounds (many are really nice. The synth pads and brass are among my favorites)

-4 knobs for tweaking with 2nd function each, you get 8 parameters that can be modified on the fly. This includes Attack, Release, equalizer for highs, eq for lows, amount of chorus effect, amount of reverb effect, filter and resonance, being these last two the most fun to use.

-Arpeggiator. While it doesn't have a chord option, you can set amount of octaves, playing direction (let's say: random notes, notes up, notes down, up and down, exclude or include border notes.

-I'm using 4 Epoch AA 1.5V lithium USB rechargeable batteries, they are quite new in the market but I can recommend them, I haven't had to recharge them yet and I'm using the keyboard on max volume for hours now.

I'm still getting familiar with it, but first days with it surprised me quite a lot. I can recommend this keyboard if you want everything it sports.

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