Descriptions

About: Akai Professional MPK Mini Plus II 37-Key Mini Keyboard With Advances Connections and Controls

MPK Mini Plus II gives you everything you never knew you needed from a MIDI keyboard controller. Expressive playability and deep creative control come together in a compact 37-key format with multipurpose MPC pads, assignable controls, advanced arpeggiator functions, and integrated generative performance tools to help you move from ideas to finished tracks faster.

A Creative Hub for Players

Whether you're working through a new track idea, producing inside your favorite DAW, or building a hybrid hardware and software setup in your studio, MPK Mini Plus II adapts to the way you create.

The Little Controller That Can

MPK Mini Plus II is made for DAW control and so much more. This compact MIDI keyboard gives you access to a new world of experimentation and deep sound exploration with performance features that help you translate original ideas, explore unexpected variations, create evolving patterns, and further define your sound as an artist.

Advanced Creative Tools, Simple Setup

This compact controller brings a huge selection of production tools to your music-making process. Expanded Arpeggiator, Chord, and Note Repeat modes with creative functions like Glitch, Mutate, and Strum introduce inspiring new ways to discover melodies, rhythms, and harmonic progressions.

Performance-First Features & Feedback

With an upgraded 37-key keybed, dedicated pitch and modulation wheels, eight assignable encoders, RGB MPC pads, transport controls, and an intuitive full-color display, MPK Mini Plus II puts expressive performance and creative control at your fingertips.

View parameter information, navigate workflows, and stay focused on creating with real-time visual feedback directly from your hardware.

MPC Integration for Standalone & Desktop

MPK Mini Plus II features deep integration with both MPC Standalone and MPC Desktop environments. Access everything from transport controls, plugin presets, pads, Q-link controls, track functions, mixing controls, and clip launching directly from the controller.

Designed to work alongside modern MPC workflows, it creates a more connected production experience that helps keep your hands on the hardware and your focus on the music. 

MPK MINI PLUS II Overview Feat Taetro

Join producer and creator Taetro for a deep dive into the creative possibilities of the MPK Mini Plus II. Explore seamless DAW integration, unlock ideas with Chord and Scale modes, experiment with Mutate, and spark instant rhythmic inspiration with the arpeggiator discovering new ways to make music.

Deep DAW Control & Software Integration

Get hands-on with a faster, more intuitive workflow. MPK Mini Plus II is equipped to give you instant command of your favorite DAW with real-time display feedback and pre-mapped controls. Access deep integration with MPC 3, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase, FL Studio, and more, plus full NKS compatibility with Native Instruments’ Komplete Kontrol ecosystem.

Spend less time configuring settings and more time creating with pre-mapped transport functions, mixer parameters, macros, and software instruments directly from the controller.

Full Studio Connectivity Options

Your new Swiss Army knife for at-home, in-studio, or on-the-go creativity, MPK Mini Plus II is compact enough to travel with you—and powerful enough to anchor any audio production setup.

Connect software instruments, external MIDI gear, synthesizers, and modular equipment using USB-C, MIDI output, CV/Gate outputs, and sustain pedal connectivity for versatile software and hardware workflows.

1,000+ Pro-Grade Sounds Included

Start creating right out of the box with Studio Instrument Collection. This software suite features more than 1,000 production-ready sounds from AIR Music Tech, Moog Music, and Akai Professional. You'll also get Native Instruments Komplete Select (Akai Edition)—fully NKS compatible—as well as MPC Beats and Ableton Live Lite for a complete production, performance, and sound exploration toolkit.

Specifications:

• Display: 160x80 resolution full-color LCD
• Pads: (8) velocity- and pressure-sensitive RGB back-lit pads
• Knobs: (8) assignable 360° knobs, (1) 360° encoder with push
• Wheels: Pitch Bend Wheel, Modulation Wheel
• Buttons: (2) bi-color LED buttons, (16) single-color LED buttons
• I/O:

• USB Type-C® Port (Power

• MIDI In/Out), (1) 1/4" (6.35 mm) TS Sustain Pedal Input
• (3) 1/8" (3.5 mm) TS CV/Gate Out Ports
• (1) MIDI DIN Out Port
• Power: Via USB Type-C (Bus powered, or connected to wall adapter or power bank [sold separately])
• Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 2.1" x 19.4" x 7.6" (5.4 x 49.3 x 19.2 cm)
• Weight: 3.2 lb. (1.46 kg)