Akai Professional MPK225 25-Key Controller

[Larry Shelby]

$169 on Musician's Friend SDOTD

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/keyboards-midi/akai-professional-mpk225-25-key-controller/j08536000000000

[abacab]

One thing this has above most other 25-key mini controllers is ...

Number of Keys: 25 semi-weighted, full-size keys with aftertouch

[jngnz]

3 minutes ago, abacab said:

One thing this has above most other 25-key mini controllers is ...

Number of Keys: 25 semi-weighted, full-size keys with aftertouch

Which is why it’s not actually „mini“.

[abacab]

6 minutes ago, Jan Schmitz said:

Which is why it’s not actually „mini“.

That's what I said.

[jngnz]

50 minutes ago, abacab said:

That's what I said.

To your wife.

[Esteban Villanova]

I was about to buy the 49 keys version this week but read some bad reviews about the quality of the keys. I saw on YT a video of a guy repairing one and mentioning that the key quality is atrocious and that he would never recommend it to anyone.  I got the Alesis VI49 instead, which can be hit and miss, but people report to use them for years with no problems online, and it was a lot cheaper.  I bought it second hand and the keys are pretty nice, (semi-weighted and monophonic aftertouch like the Akai), but there is some velocity discrepancies between the white and black keys.