AKAI Professional midimix

Akais midi mixer er ikke en smuk sag den er heller ikke super fedt bygget. Den er til gengæld billig og fungere vildt godt og vejer ingenting.

Jeg bruger den når jeg spiller elektronisk musik live og hvis man øver sig lidt med den kan man spille en hel koncert kun med den.

Jeg bruger den sjældent som mixer jeg laver istedet mine egne midi bindings så den fungere som et lille instrument.

I tried one of these, and found that it worked so good, that I had to buy another one.
The build feels sturdy and the manegability of the midi-inputs was just what I needed. I ofter play live with Ableton and a huge amount of channels, clips and effects etc, so I needed some tangible knobs to control things on the fly while playing and singing.
This thing does just that and I could adapt it to my special setup on Ableton in a short time.

The Midimix is a great -but not the best- solution at a great price, if you're looking for a compact midi controller for your DAW.

Quality is excellent - This thing is build like a tank. AKAI is no stranger in manufacturing things that last (my SG01v from 1997 still works flawlessly), and this device is no exception. It feels substantial and very sturdy!

The faders are small, but it seems that their value distribution is logarithmic, so as you raise the fader you get better precision! They work well. However what is disappointing, is that the knob height is short, meaning that while you can, of course, twist them, you can't get a firm grip on them, very easy.

Besides the official configuration for Cubase, you can also get unofficial Remote codecs for Reason in GitHub. By default the unit is configured to control 6 parameters x 8 channels. However I've created my own setup, that maps all knobs to one selectable channel. This gives me more control from the unit.

In the end, Midimix may not be the best controller, ergonomically speaking, however it will fit nicely on a small desk space, and it will last for many years!