Can you tall me how what do people use these small midi keyboards

mainly for melodies and basslines

it's easier to play the notes on this thing than to map every note by hand on a daw

It's something you can keep on your computer desk and record simple ideas quickly.

>>69351465
do people work the same way with drum patterns?

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>>69351465
This basically. The same thing you'd do on your laptop keyboard but more comfortably and with key sensitivity and room to breathe. I only ever mess with the knobs probably 3% of the time

>>69351813
That's one bigass touchpad

>>69351813
i just got my 15"!

>>69351872
yeah it hasn't really improved my life in anyway but it doesn't hurt either so I'm indifferent.

>>69351914
Sweet, I hope you're liking it half as much as I am (which is a lot). I keep pushing my 13" and I still haven't even heard the fans or seen any lag yet.

>>69351432
I wonder if the pads can compete some mid-level MPC

>>69351786
no, you need electronic drums for that

it's not really often in electronic music that a melody would require two hands or range more than two octaves

>>69352098
Yes we know it's not very sophisticated genre of music

>>69351813
wtf is napkin for?

>>69352600
microfiber cloth, just cause it feels good on my palm

>>69351872
>That's one bigass touchpad
it's a tiny ass 'laptop'

>>69351813
can you assign the touch strip as a controller in ableton?

>>69352754
No the touchbar is only really useful at the moment with Apple's native apps, it should be seeing support from developers pretty soon, though.

>>69352802
>No the touchbar is only really useful at the moment with Apple's native apps, it should be seeing support from developers pretty soon, though.
it would be nice to use it as a fader

>>69351813
nice dongle

>>69352055
The hardware? I mean it is an akai product an akai makes the mpc soo

>>69351432
People use these on their desktops, and I'm not sure why.

I think these are more helpful for when you're on the go with your laptop and want to produce.

It's pretty dumb to use it at home because you have tons of room for better hardware and space isn't limiting you.