Awesome tutorial! Picked one of these up last week and you demystify the basics for us synth noobs. Minor niggle @2:04: I don't know if it's been addressed yet-and my apologies if it has-but when adding sounds as favorites, you have to hold the "Internal Sounds" button in addition to the "Favorites" button. Otherwise, it won't save. Figured this out with user guide, as I couldn't figure out why my faves kept defaulting to the presets. 😅

@AutumnGardMusic

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video! And thank you for pointing that out!

@pukingpearls

4 ай бұрын

Thank you

Im am in my first 6 months of learning piano (at 70!..never too late). I have 3 synths, which I love playing around with, getting my creative juices flowing. The Akai MPK Miniplay was bought so I could bring my mini studio (Akai, tiny Audio Box, earbuds, and iPad) with me when my wife and I travel. Thank you for this tutorial. It has helped me to know my Akai synth a little better, and has helped me to learn about Ableton a little better, and how they can work together on my PC a little better. Excellent tutorial.

@PhopDab

Ай бұрын

Just checking have you died?

@stephenogrady7583

Ай бұрын

@@PhopDab Weird Question. I just posted this 2 months ago. Still have a lot of life in me. But thanks for the concern. I use my Akai every week. I am still learning piano and music theory, and my knowledge grows week by week. This tutorial was another step in the path of inspiration to play and create music. I still have a long way to go. But as I told my wife (she is learning guitar), don’t be frustrated with how little you know at this moment in the journey, be inspired by where you will be one year from now with regular steady practice. Be more inspired by where you will be 2 years from now. It motivates us to keep practicing.

@LivingstonGina

Ай бұрын

How wonderful you’re learning to play at 70! I just turned 60 & am producing my new Single after 17 years being severely ill. Enjoy your new toys! Best wishes from Germany ❤

@guitaristdotcom

18 күн бұрын

​​@@stephenogrady7583 Hi Stephen. I'm 70, too, and researching to buy a beginner keyboard unit like this. But what I really want to tell you is this: for adults beginners over 50, learning keyboard playing is way easier than learning guitar. I taught guitar for decades and have discussed this with many teachers. The keyboard students have more fun and success for less time and work. The mechanics of keyboard playing are more natural and omfortable, easier to learn and control.

Thank you for this wonderful video tutorial. I am a beginner in using AKAI MPK Mini Play, and just discovered how to integrate my Ableton live 11 of which I am using for almost 7 years. Now I will make my self busy creating music. Keep it up!

This is a good summary for a first time user of the MKP mini play. At 2.04 it says press Favorites and the keypad you want to save to. For me this didn't work and I had to look for more information online. Turns out I had to press both Favorites and Internal Sounds together and then select the key pad. Posting in case anyone else has this issue.

@dbell9571

4 ай бұрын

Had the same issue, thanks!

Girllll I really appreciate this tutorial, I really do. Thank you so much for everything. One day, If I'm lucky enough to be one of the most famous producers, I shall not forget about you.

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

So glad this helped you. :D

Awesome tutorial. Very simple and straightforward.

This is a great tutorial, just bought an MPK mini for my GF for her birthday and this will be such a great resource for her to get into using it :)

@AutumnGardMusic

11 ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad you found this helpful!

finally got me using the arpeggiator! i thought it would be too complicated and save that for the future. well the future is now. awesome video. thanks

Extremely well put. Excellent performance. Very simple and easy to understand. Got my keyboard yesterday. What a great video in order to get the whole thing into my head without spending hours to read the manual... Thanks a lot. Many regards Chris Bunch of flowers music.

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

Congrats on your keyboard Chris! Hope you’re enjoying it! And thank you for the positive feedback. Your kind words are greatly appreciated. Keep making music!

@Reyjay77

9 ай бұрын

i got mine yesterday too ...dude the manual it came with is like two pages long, english

Fantastic tutorial.THE best introduction to all the functions.Thankyou🎉

@AutumnGardMusic

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words!

Really well explained in a smooth way. Bulbasaur Powers indeed 🙏🏻

Awesome!!! Very simple and easy to understand

Amazing tutorial. Greatly appreciated!

@AutumnGardMusic

8 ай бұрын

You’re so welcome! Thank you for the kind words!

Thank you for being so thorough! :)

Wow! Super helpful tutorial. Thanks a lot!

Thanks for the tutorial, it was very helpful.

Thank you for the tutorial, very well explained!

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

You’re so welcome!

Thank you so much!! This was so helpful. Great video.

@AutumnGardMusic

11 ай бұрын

You’re so welcome!

I've just got a miniplay, and while I have experience recording live instruments, this is all quite new and it seems a lot of tutorials take a lot of basic knowledge for granted, so I was delighted to find this. Thanks for taking the time to break it down in such a straightforward manner! Much appreciated. Now perhaps I won't end up plugging my finger into a live socket in search of the Midi (which I presume is a Yeti, but with more electricity).

Oh, such a helpful tutorial. I would love to play around with music and just bought the Mini Play for fun. With the help of your video I got a very good first impression what I can do with this little guy. I have to do some more research as I would like to use it with the iPad. But who knows… maybe I grab my computer instead. Subscribed!!!

Thx for the help awesome tutorial

This is an awesome tutorial

Thank you that was very helpful😊👍

Thanks a million i just got one and your video is so much help for me😮😊

BLESSSS YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!! I am takin a production class and im still so confused THIS video was so helpfull

Excellent video! Thank you!!!

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

great vid good message at the very end about not trying to learn it all.

Thank you, girl! Just learning music production, I'm a DJ who would love to create her own House tracks and I'm thinking bout getting this one from a friend. Very useful tutorial!

Looks good, thank you 👍

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

You’re so welcome! Thanks for watching!

Excellent.

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you, just got my AKAI MPK miniplay, a gift, sooo!! a lot to learn and once again thank you for this tutorial , I will continue learning this magnificent instrument. 👌

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

You’re so welcome! And congrats on your new midi keyboard! It’s so much fun 😄

I just got one of these for a niece! I’ll direct her here so she can figure out how to use it.

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing!

mk3 approved amazing

Hey! Autumn! wishing you the best success making your own album this year! May all your wishes come true!

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Wishing you a great new year as well!

@kirdot2011

Жыл бұрын

@@AutumnGardMusic Thank you, dear!

That was fantastic, I so need help...xx

first comment here from the proud owner of MK2. nice tutorial. i use the midi connection to mobile phone and feed back the sound generated in the phone.

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! I’ll have to try that out!

Thank you ... great video and Im buying one. I play gutiar, but using this on a stnad next to me will be amazing. Thank you.

@AutumnGardMusic

7 ай бұрын

You’re so welcome! I’ve definitely played shows with just the akai mpk mini and a guitar before as my main instruments and it’s an awesome combo!

Thank you for the guidance, is there any transpose button on it?

Hello, I was wondering if you could show how to map the drum pads on ableton or your show your midi settings on preferences. Thanks!

Just got my akai mini play and the tutuorial was an amazing start thanks, any help on how to loop with it?, like drums then keys just can’t figuire it out

Thanks!

@AutumnGardMusic

7 ай бұрын

Hey!! Thank you so much! Really appreciate that! 😁

@artiep

7 ай бұрын

I'm strongly considering getting one and I really liked how you did the review!

thanks !!!

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

You’re so welcome!

Bulbasaur is the one. It's my favourite! PS very good tutorial so far

yo yo yoyo light the g!

can this thing do a decent impression of an early 90s house piano and can it accept midi in via usb? looking for a cheap and dirty sound module for house piano.

thank you for this! This seems like a pretty cool instrument. I haven't seen a lot of other videos mention this one.

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

You’re so welcome! Glad people are enjoying it 😄

Nice guide for the user, do you know how to transpose it?

How did you learned it? Amazing I have seen many videos but this one gives an idea how MPK mini works. Great one thanks!!

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

Been using it for years so I’ve been able to learn a ton about it 😁 thanks for watching!

This is an excellent review/tutorial thankyou. Is it possible to modulate the key in standalone mode? I'm a fiddler, looking for compact keyboard to assist with writing parts to accompany our street band. but often find that the guitars are using their capos to change key requiring me to refinger. I don't need to connect to a computer for my needs at this point. I've subscribed, interested to learn more. thankyou, greetings from SW Germany.

This is so helpful I was so glad I found your video… until I realized I had bought the Akai Mpk Mini and not the Mini Play 💀 hoping for a regular Akai Mpk Mini beginner’s guide then 🤣

When you save a sound to a fave on one of the pads will it save it with any tweaks you made to the knobs ?

So quick question, unless I get and audio interface like the scarlet you have, there will be a delay when trying to make music/beats? I’m trying to venture into the edm scape

An excellent instrument. I want to buy it to work with because I am a music composer. It could help us distribute wonderful music

Just one question can we loop the drums on the board ! Or we use Daw

Can you do a tutorial on how to use this with mpc beats please

Hi, is it possible to add new customs samples inside this machine and using them without a computer?

Does this plug right into my MPC Live 2 and work for recording into the MPC

Hi my sister 🙂 I have studio one! Will this keyboard will also work with this DAW? I also have classic MIDI instruments from the late 80's and early 90's. Will this work with them? Thanks!

would you recommend this keyboard in order to learn playing the piano?

Please make a video for the new Mini plus :)

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

I wish I could! I don’t have one though 😭

HI. Thanks for this video which is very helpful. I can`t see any comments about it yet but I noticed a lot of clicking and clipping sounds (as at 12:13). I also get this and they show up in the recordings. Can you tell me how to get rid of them please? Thanks again.

To mine was bundled MPC beats and Protools First.

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

Nice! I’ve heard great things about pro tools!

Hey, is it possible to program them (without a computer) so that the drums themselves play (DRUMS)? It's hard for me to describe it in a commentary. Piano can be programmed via ARPEGGIATOR+LATCH. But can the PAD also be turned on without a computer to play drums in a loop? It's all about miniplay and no computer.

To assign a particular sound to a pad you must hold down Favorites and Internal Sounds when you press the pad, see where it says "SAVE TO FAV". :-)

@cfytcf

Жыл бұрын

I was going to say, because the way she described it - why wouldn't the instrument just save over the last one?

can this synth, do a good job at using the internal sounds, to recreate the synth tones used by THE CARS, on songs like JUST WHAT I NEEDED or LETS GO ?

Is there a way to transpose the keys in semitones +/- on the Mini Play MK3 without using the computer? I can see the Octave +/-, but how do I transpose in semitones on the hardware itself?

Hi do I need to learn organ before I go to mpk؟

Is it possible to record sound directly with the keyboard without a computer ?

So is the usb being plugged straight to the laptop as well? Sorry I’m lost on that part

She is so much better imagine if u r a absolute new user of the product this video is ur bible

Hi! Thanks a lot!!! Cheers from Perú!!! One question please, in case you could help me! I've just got one of this and the system does note allow me to save my favorite sounds... Its very frustrated... I Will really aprecciate your opinión 😢

How did you get your pads to be in the right place in ableton? when i connect my miniplay the pads are all out of sync, cant find a solution and yours are working fine :(

What we gotta do for you to bring back OVOXO?

Which model is this? I have the MK3 and there's a different button layout. I have 6 of the hard plastic buttons on the left and 4 on the right and there are 6 twisty knobs on the right. Some of your hard plastic buttons I don't have. On the right there's Bank A/B, CC, Prog Change and Prog Select.

can this unit recreate the synth tones used by THE CARS, on songs like JUST WHAT I NEEDED or LETS GO ?

@davehimlin2374

29 күн бұрын

I was hoping the internal preset synth sounds can recreate the synth tones used by the CARS.

Can I use it with a a phone ?

What if i dont have a usb input. Only have a midi . I have an older pro tools

Yeah i cant get my mpk mini play to work in ableton :( I dont think it detects it!

I want to use my mini play with mpc beats, but i cant really play anything in it and not record anything, how can i change that ? Is it maybe because on the screen of the mini play it`s written FAV: AbletonLive and not MPC ? Thanks :)

Can you get to hear and record the "built in sounds of the miniplay " into the daw on the computer? I can't figure out how... it will play alright but not using the internal sounds..only sounds that are in the daw..

@stephenogrady7583

2 ай бұрын

You need an Audio Box to have the DAW program record the Akai sounds. Otherwise your Akai acts only as a Mido Player to your DAW and only DAW sounds will play. The Akai is a Midi player first. It sends Midi information to your DAW to play its instrument sounds. As with any Synth, if you feed your Akai sound through an Audio Box and from that into your computer, the DAW will pick up the sound, replacing the midi signals to play DAW instruments. You will not hear your music through the Akai Speaker this way, but by feeding a speaker wire (or headphone) through your Audio Box will allow you to hear what you play. As an amateur, it took me several days of research on You Tube, learning new terms and terminology, to figure this out.

Having trouble mapping the 8 knobs to the synths

So, can I assume then that the MPK Mini does no looping or sequencing or recording? It is the DAW that does all that?

@jakubniec

11 ай бұрын

Yeah I was wondering if it can do looping as well, was hoping that it can do that

Hi, Bit of a trouble shooting question. When connected, powered on, no sound from keys/drum pads. Please can you shed some light on this issue? Great video. Thanks..

@ianburr7365

Жыл бұрын

Make sure your “internal sounds” button is on. It’s right next to the favorites button

Can I use it without any computer to ptactice with my band? I mean, plug in directly to a speaker and use deault sounds?

@MikkoJordman

11 ай бұрын

Yes you can!

if you plug the MPK into iPad, do the iPad sounds come out of the MPK Mini Play speaker?

@unknownlyrics1

8 ай бұрын

Great question!! I would like to know that too.

Bulbasaur!

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

LOLOL! Thanks for watching!

@JEtienneMusic

Жыл бұрын

@@AutumnGardMusic Dope Walkthrough/Tutorial as well! Happy New Year Autumn!!!

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

@@JEtienneMusic thanks so much! Happy New Year to you as well!!!

@mrsdragonite

Жыл бұрын

That's what I noticed too lmfao

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

@@mrsdragonite bulbasaur!

I want to try and do simple looping- but all of these are so insanely complex I give up in despair.

Does this the akai works with garage band?

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

Yes

AKAI MPK MINI PLAY MK3 Tutorial With Ableton Live - Beginners Guide

Does the amount of pressure needed to get the keys to register bother anyone - it struck me as soon as I started playing it!

Does the Mpk come with ableton?

@LisaElevateDJ

Жыл бұрын

No it doesn't

Just a word of advice that will probably get you more views. Always include a summarised intro in your videos that quickly explains what the Mini Play (in this case) is. Is it a sampler/synth/controller and what genres/music styles/production workflows suit it best? Good luck with your channel!

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice!

@michaellopez4746

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't they already had viewed the video to see this? And also a lot of that is opinion based.

@Morlouda

7 ай бұрын

No one watches intros

those buttons are kinda loud no?.. i get its a kinda plastic construction,incase im on the train and it annoys people lol

@AutumnGardMusic

Жыл бұрын

I gotta agree, the buttons on the MK2 were much quieter. Maybe they’ll address it in the future!

Ableton live does not come with the unit. It costs three times as much as the unit itself. Without ableton there is not a lot you can do with this mini midi controller

@Sol_daito

3 ай бұрын

I think it is sort of understood that this does not come with Ableton… but this mini controller has a standalone function to it that she spends the first half of the video previewing.