Price: $59.00
(as of Sep 17, 2024 04:45:12 UTC – Details)
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Enter the world of unrestricted computer-based music creation and performance with the Keystation Mini 32 MK3 keyboard controller from M-Audio – successor to the iconic Keystation Mini 32 II. Whether you’re a seasoned pro looking for just the right controller when on the go, or simply looking to get started with the right mini USB MIDI keyboard, the Keystation Mini 32 MK3 is a simple, powerful solution engineered for sequencing music and playing virtual instruments on your Mac or PC. Fusing a low-profile, ultra-portable footprint with 32 natural feeling mini-size velocity-sensitive keys and comprehensive controls that expand the range of playable notes, Keystation Mini 32 MK3 provides core control to capture every subtlety of your most expressive performance.
Pro Music Production Wherever You Go – USB MIDI keyboard controller with slimline footprint and 32 mini piano style velocity-sensitive keys for a natural feel
Customisable Response – Mini keys with selectable velocity curves match any playing style inc’l traditional piano, synthesizer, key-based beat making; pitch bend / modulation buttons add expression
Immediate Creativity – Simple plug-and-play connection to your Mac or PC—no drivers or power supply required
Express Yourself – Octave up and down buttons for extended keyboard range, Volume knob delivers smooth control and Sustain button adds expressive capability
The MPC Production Experience – Includes MPC Beats Software complete with the essential production tools from Akai Professional
Premium Educational Options Included – Featuring 60 interactive MIDI keyboard lessons from Melodics for immediate creative potential right-out-the-box
4.5
Reviewer: J. H.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: good value
Review: Light weight and decent feel make for a good value.
Reviewer: Doug
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent piano
Review: Feels wonderful and is an absolute joy to play. Works out of the box with Logic Pro on an M1 Macbook, just plug it in and it works. If you want to get the record/play/stop buttons working you’ll need to manually setup a new ‘Control Surface’ called “Mackie Control” in Logic settings and set the output to ‘Keystation (MIDI)’ and the input to ‘Keystation (Transport)’. Luckily that’s only a couple clicks, I just wish it were better documented somewhere. Can’t beat the price, especially considering the quality. Will be using this keyboard for years to come.
Reviewer: Steven Parrish
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Impressive value
Review: I spend a lot of time playing along with Amazon music. I run it through a sound bar and sub woofer. I get amazing results. Comes with studio software and a ton of voices.
Reviewer: Art-of-Zen Digital
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautifully Simple or Incredibly Complex
Review: + Plug and Play on Mac OS-X+ Very clean and stylish looking+ Small footprint allows for portability+ A great array of included software- It looks fantastic, but it doesnât feel very rugged at all. The keys fell slightly spongy and somewhat brittle, so play it with care- On Windows 10 it can be a nightmare to get working, or incredibly simple- I have 2 of these, one sits flat, one came slightly bent and it wobbles slightly on flat surfaces- If you decide to use it, the software needs to be downloaded, requiring creating a profile on M-Audio, the regestering your serial number. Pro Tools First requires multiple registrations, one for the program, one for Pace Softwareâs iLock Security, all for a highly watered down version of Pro Tools. The XLN virtual instruments software is highly limited and also requires setting up a profile if you decide to use it. Most of the best software based keys are locked behind an expensive paywall- This is the 3rd version of the Keystation Mini, yet the incredibly simple and excellent Air Ignite Digital Audio Workstation is only included for free with the first oneNow based on what you see so far, there are more negatives than positives, however, I can break it down further. On my Mac, I simply plugged it in, and it worked. I didnât install anything extra at all. It worked across the board without any noticeable latency. I tested it in Logic Pro, Garage Band, Presonus Studio One and even far more basic mini apps. Next came Windows 10. I have 2 HTPC builds with 2 series Intel i5 processors, 1 larger and very powerful tower build with an Asus Zonar DSX sound card and an Intel i7, and 2 newer PC Laptops, 1 brand new Intel Core i9 model Dell XPS, and a lower end Acer Aspire with an Intel i5 7 series processor. All of these have the latest updates for Windows 10. On my i7 tower, the Keystation Mini MK3 was plugged into a USB 3.1 port. There are many online sites claiming that the Mini MK3 will only work on USB 2.0. In my case, this wasnât an issue at all. Now there is an odd issue where due to how short the cable is, I used a USB 3.0 extension cord. This cord works on every high powered USB 3.0 device I own, including my Logictech Brio 4K webcam, which drinks power from the USB port. On the MK3 which only requires 5 volts from the USB 2.0 port, the extension cable prevents it from working on Mac or PC. Itâs worth noting that the Asus Zonar DSX soundcard on my desktop comes with low latency Aiso audio drivers designed for USB Midi devices. Next I tested the MK3 on my i9 laptop directly, there were no issues on any of its USB 3.0 ports, and thereâs no external soundcard, just the standard laptop motherboard audio. The MK3 also worked fine on my Acer Aspire, there are 2 USB 3.0 ports and one USB 2.0 port. It worked across the board on all 3 ports as a simple plug and play.Now I went to my main HP small form factor Intel i5 2500 based HTPC located in my room. This HTPC also has a USB based Asus Zonar U3 Dolby Live sound card. This is where the nightmare setup occurred. Plugging the MK2 into any of the 4 front USB 2.0 ports simply did not work. Those ports have powered my larger and smaller Intous model Wacom Styluses, as well as my wireless X-Box One Controller adapters, and numerous other devices in the past. There are 9 USB ports. I tried installing the software suit from the M-Audio website after regestering everything, that didnât work. I tried using the Device Manager to locate drivers either online or on my system, that didnât work. I opened up Air Ignite 1.4.1, which I got when I found out it wasnât included, itâs supposed to simply work with it, it didnât pick it up. Then after restarting, unplugging every USB device and unistalling them in device manager, that also didnât work.What did work was going online and downloading the free ASIO 4 All program. When itâs installed, you need to check all 3 options on the installer, including the offline settings option. Now this didnât work initially either, and rather than giving up, I re-tested every single USB port. None of the front ports worked at all. Only 1 port worked this time, which is incredibly strange given that every single USB 2.0 port on my HTPC has been tested to work with a wide array of plug and play devices. Once it showed up properly as the Mini Keystation 32 MK3, it showed up in Acustica MixCraft 7, Air Ignite 1.4.1, my friend has 1.3.1, and after contacting the company that makes it, they verified that those are both the exact same. 1.3.1 is the one thatâs bundled for free with the first Keystation, 1.4.1 is simply the one thatâs not entirely free that you purchase separately, despite having a newer version number. Thatâs just wrong in so many ways as those who have the free version may be tempted to purchase the newer one. That being said, on Windows 10, this device can be plug and play, or a literal nightmare to get working.The other thing that should be mentioned if you have an Asus Zonar U3 USB sound card, itâs not low latency ASIO compatible, you need to install the free ASIO 4 All, which will use a few processor cycles to force the lower latency youâll need for Midi devices like the MK3. On any modern i5 series Intel chip, from the first gen one to the latest one, this isnât really an issue for Digital Audio Workstations. My older MacBook Pro is a 2008 core2duo model attached to an Alesis Mixer, while I have vastly more powerful PCs, and a newer i7 MacBook Pro given to me by my job for graphic design work, the MK3 works the same across both without issues. The Mac does however come preconfigured for low latency Midi devices. Modern motherboards do too. Older mother HTPC motherboards simply donât, so the ASIO 4 All driver rectifies this by using modern CPU power to reduce the latency of Midi devices. This is most likely why the Keystation Mini works right away on some Windows 10 PCs and not others. The odd USB extension cord issues and the short USB cord, as well as not working in USB ports that have powered devices that use far far more power than 5 volts is bad. A lot of these issues could be rectified if M-Audio simply included a driver for Windows that would make it work accrues the board. My case is an unusual one because I have a lot of PCs due to working primarily as a graphic designer/web designer, and a DJ/music producer on the side. If I didnât have the ability to test it on so many devices, I wouldâve simply returned it because it should come with drivers. The instructions mention downloading ASIO drivers for Windows, but that didnât fix the issue initially, it was in combination with another fix. The instructions also didnât mention that ASIO 4 All is literally the only freely available version of ASIO for Windows, or that if you use your CPU to reduce latency, you need to keep the samples at roughly 512 to avoid any audio popping. Lowering it to 128 without a newer motherboard or internal soundcard like the ones on my non HTPC builds, can indeed cause issues, so even with it, youâll still have slight latency. Meanwhile on my Asus Zonar DSX sound card, the latency is 2 milliseconds, which is lower than it is my newer i9 XPS laptop. Again, if M-Audio simply included class compliant Windows 10 drivers instead of boldly claiming on their website that it works across the board as a plug and play midi device on Windows 10, or suggesting you buy a 100 plus dollar audio interface to make a 50 dollar midi keyboard work, there wouldnât be any issues at all with any recent version of Windows.With all that being said, if youâre a Mac user, itâs as sublime and simple to use as plugging it into a USB port, and having it work even on my trusty 2008 Core2Duo MacBook Pro. Now on 2 of the 5 of my Windows 10 PCs, it was a nightmare to simply get working. Both HTPCs had the same exact issues. It worked on both on my PC Laptops, and on my larger i7 tower desktop, but I canât say for certain if it wouldâve been the case if my Asus Zonar DSX didnât have custom ASIO drivers which installed with the sound card.
Reviewer: Moster
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: GREAT KEYBOARD. GREAT SERVICE.
Review: This MIDI Keyboard Controller has everything I need at a great price. It’s plug-and-play and worked great on my old Windows 10 PC and on my new Windows 11 PC. About 5 1/2 months after I bought the keyboard, my new PC stopped recognizing it. I hooked it up to my old PC and same thing happened. M-Audio customer service walked me through some diagnostics, and after a few days it was clear there was a mechanical fault in the keyboard. M-Audio gave me a pre-paid FedEx label and I boxed it up and shipped it back. As soon as I gave M-Audio the FedEx tracking number, they immediately shipped off a brand-new keyboard to me. GREAT SERVICE.
Reviewer: Computer Geek
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Not expensive and really useful
Review: I’m enjoying having a larger keyboard. I didn’t need all 88 keys and this one was not expensive and had the features I wanted. I use it with Cubase to drive a bunch of soft synths. I am primarily a guitarist so my keyboard needs are quite basic.
Reviewer: Scott E Linnenkohl
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I sure made the right choice.
Review: What a great MIDI keyboard. My only regret was only getting the 49 key model. Got a feeling I’ll outgrow fast. Works flawlessly with Toontrack EZKeys.
Reviewer: Thomas C. Banks
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: What I expected
Review: To be clear at the outset, me rating this a 5-star item doesn’t mean I think it’s as good as some 88 key MIDI controller with genuine weighted piano key feel. It is what it is. But it met my expectations so I can’t dock it any stars given the inexpensive price.I’m just toying with digital music creation which is near impossible without a MIDI controller. I literally wanted something I can hold in my lap and this fits that need.If you want to learn to play the piano or are serious about music creation this is not for you. While you can play the full range of a piano keyboard by simply shifting octaves with the controller’s +/- buttons obviously you’re not going to be able to play it like a piano. Not to mention the keys are understandably a bit narrow because of the unit’s compactness so they’re easy to fat finger. As expected in this price range, the keyboard’s sensitivity isn’t tactile nor is it something you’ll be able to play nuanced notes with. But it opens up my ability to play various VST instruments which was the entire point of me buying it without any real investment. I can edit to my modest needs from there.The unit comes with software I’ve never used because I already own my own so I can’t rate that. It’s plug ‘n play without manually installing drivers. The only installation hassle is getting it configured for a particular software program but that isn’t M Audio’s fault.Build quality is good enough. It’s very light but feels sturdy enough. I don’t notice any flex firmly pressing down keys even though it’s sitting in my lap so it doesn’t have a lot of support.Are there other cheap or even a bit cheaper MIDI keyboards that meet my needs? Sure. What swayed me with this one is it had 32 keys whereas competitors in this low-end range generally have only 25.
Reviewer: Jonathan DomÃnguez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Excelente producto, llegó en la fecha programada, incluso un poco antes, buena calidad, materiales bueno, responde muy bien con los diferentes VST, sin problemas comprarÃa otro más.
Reviewer: Fabio Pedroza Vieira de Melo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Demorei um pouco a me acostumar com as mini teclas mas depois deu tudo certo. Muito bom! Uso com Kontakt e com iPad.
Reviewer: angelac
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I’ve read a lot of the reviews and it seems most, if not all the negatives are because this piece of gear doesn’t have its own built in sounds. It is a midi controller, so it won’t have it’s own sounds. You’ll need a DAW to use it, which is why I purchased it 🙂 I am a professional musician (and music teacher) as well as a producer, and I purchased this after reviewing many compact midi keys. I wanted something small and portable for when I’m not at home or not at my digital piano. This is amazing, I love it! It does come with free software for a few different DAW’s which I don’t need. Works amazing with Logic Pro X. I am using Novation’s launchpad Mk3 with it, and it’s a great addition and the price is super amazing! The keys are not designed for practicing the instrument (or learning it for that matter) so if you’re a student or a potential student, maybe invest in a full size keyboard and give yourself a good set up to be successful. If you’re a producer, this thing is pretty solid and does the job.
Reviewer: Stefan K.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Ich bin mit dem Produkt sehr zufrieden! Es entspricht genau meinen Erwartungen und erfüllt seinen Zweck einwandfrei. Die Qualität ist überzeugend, und die Handhabung ist einfach und zuverlässig. Insgesamt eine klare Kaufempfehlung, wenn man nach einem Produkt sucht, das hält, was es verspricht!
Reviewer: Gorkem Ozkul
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Ãrün yer problemi vs olanlar için harika özellikle içeriÄinde gelen lisanslı ses paketleri mükemmel! Ãok memnun kaldım, teÅekkürler
