@TheOfficialCyntohara. Via the synth outputs through to the laptop soundcard. If you want to controll it via midi from your computer, you would need only a standard midi-cable.
@button1Pusher. I had the miniak connected via the outputs(line out) to two active fostex speakers. You could, however, connect headphones, a stereo, a computer or anything else capable of playing up the sound from this synth.
@francaisemusique. If you are using the presets(and also creating your own) you can actully decide for yourself the actual length of the sound played by using various settings. Reverb, chorus, delay, key pressure(expression) and so forth is all editable within the various patches/sounds. So I would initially say no to your question as it is all editable
It convinced me NOT to buy one. I have most those sounds spread across my other keyboards, and the Korg X50 does it better. I only wanted a cheap decent vocoder and no one demos this in detail so il save my money and forget about it.
@JohnnyX50. Hi, thanks for watching. There are plenty of vocoder based vidoes featuring the Miniak. Try searching for "akai miniak vocoder". I do not, personally, use the vocoder but there are plenty who do :)
Since the price have been sliced to half this is actually a decent piece of hardware... If you can find it in shops still.
@SeanNolan5. The software you mention are computer software modules. Any sound you create within your computer you can also save on your computer. Using the Miniak, in that scenario, it will only act as a midi keyboard. You will NOT be able to save the sounds creted in your computer to the Miniak using the software you ask about.
You rock my friend. I am going to get one of these and add it to my guitar loop station. I recently bought the "Kaossilator Pro" but I"m returning it to get this. Solid video!
@wouldiiwould . YO!. Thanks for noticing :) Apreciate it. It can get a bit dry and when doing these on the fly it is quite difficult not to be so dry :). But yes, you should invest in this funny little machine. Now since prices dropped almost 50% it is all worth the money spent.
great, thanks for this i have managed 16 vids to you tube using magix music maker im now waiting for ableton live to arrive and i cant wait to add a keyboard into the equation.....ive been looking at the mpk25 this little synth looks and sounds superb love ya basslines m8,thanks again nice vid
ok man, this is gonna be great, i love the micrkorg xl...the miniak is ok but not really great in the studio i would not use the sounds if i was recording!!! my ultimate favorite would be the nord lead 2x!!! im sure everybody would agree. I will buy one this month just for recording. goldenfuriously@yahoo.com is my email contact me there when your ready to make some music. I have some friends in the publishing buisness and maybee we can make a record for sale!.
@thagoods89. Hi, thanks for commenting and YES, you can absolutely use this as a midicontroller if wanted. Although it is not equipped with USB so you would need to either use a midi to USB cable/connector or a standard midi cable. If you browse google and search for "akai miniak back" you can see the midi in, out and through located at the utmost right side.
Hi, not had my Miniak for long, brilliant but having teathing troubles, can't find different efx for each vocoder variation a part from vocoding pre-sets that have reverb & so on. Can change these but not the vocoding settings with out efx. I'm trying to make my own patterns (multies) but having trouble. Shame it don't have USB but we have to midi it up to a midi interface with USB. My midi skill aren't good I admit. I've got the basics of how to use this to select sounds & so on. From Rich
@bestrickie2. Hi, did you solve the programming problem oif the unit yet? I understand it is a pain to actually program due to the small display but it should be possible to easily program it from another device.
i use fl studio primarily, how ever midi is univeral. A standard midi file should work between both daws. ....and i would also send over samples..mp3 or wave of drums. no sweat on the time span between messages, life is long.
hey man i also have a miniak, i also have a juno and and a microkorg, I have some excellent drum samples and some editing software. Would you be interested in doing a collaberation? We can exchage wave files, i saw that you were willing to give people mp3 of this video so i figured maybe you would also be willing to work on projects. Im trying to make a collaberation network, who knows we may be able to get paid! check out my vid and see if we can do a project.
@hellfirebeats. Hi, what a cool idea. I would most definitely be interrested in a form of collaboration. Please let me know you ideas for future collaborational work.
@IntoMusicLund well we could begin with a jam, loose format, i would send a drum mp3, along with the drums i would send 2 bass lines. I will send tempo and key information. Here is my idea, we will make a network of musicians and pass the song through all of them and in the end everyone has contributed. I think it would be great fun and also interesting to see where a song will end up and how long it will be passed through you tube.
@hellfirebeats. Sorry I didn't answer quicker, had a lot to do in the shop :) I use only Cubase as that is what I'm authorized to work with. Do you use that also?
I'm thinking of getting those monitors , did you compare them tot he regular pm0.4's? For the price are these worth it? Is there any other small monitors that you would recommend?
@SilverStrings25. Thanks for watching. Yes, I think they are worth it although I would go for the ADAM A3X if they are going to be used in a studio environment due to that I personally like them better. However, for this synth I preffered the Fostex ones... Depending on what you are goning to use them for :)
How does this plug into laptops?
TheOfficialCyntohara 1 month ago
@TheOfficialCyntohara. Via the synth outputs through to the laptop soundcard. If you want to controll it via midi from your computer, you would need only a standard midi-cable.
IntoMusicLund 1 month ago
omg this is awesome, for the price it would be great.
1787dude 1 month ago
where you connect it?
button1Pusher 2 months ago
@button1Pusher. I had the miniak connected via the outputs(line out) to two active fostex speakers. You could, however, connect headphones, a stereo, a computer or anything else capable of playing up the sound from this synth.
IntoMusicLund 2 months ago
is this synth a "press one key get a 5 second sound" kind of synth ?
francaisemusique 4 months ago
@francaisemusique. If you are using the presets(and also creating your own) you can actully decide for yourself the actual length of the sound played by using various settings. Reverb, chorus, delay, key pressure(expression) and so forth is all editable within the various patches/sounds. So I would initially say no to your question as it is all editable
IntoMusicLund 4 months ago
@IntoMusicLund ah thankyou very much :) !
francaisemusique 4 months ago
It convinced me NOT to buy one. I have most those sounds spread across my other keyboards, and the Korg X50 does it better. I only wanted a cheap decent vocoder and no one demos this in detail so il save my money and forget about it.
JohnnyX50 7 months ago
@JohnnyX50. Hi, thanks for watching. There are plenty of vocoder based vidoes featuring the Miniak. Try searching for "akai miniak vocoder". I do not, personally, use the vocoder but there are plenty who do :)
Since the price have been sliced to half this is actually a decent piece of hardware... If you can find it in shops still.
IntoMusicLund 7 months ago
@IntoMusicLund cheers bo, il look into it :) thanks :)
JohnnyX50 7 months ago
can you make your own preset? make your own sound you play on the synth?
SeanNolan5 9 months ago
@SeanNolan5. Hi there. Thenks for watching. Yes. It is possible to customize your own sounds and then store them and play them.
IntoMusicLund 9 months ago
@IntoMusicLund even using software that doesnt come with the miniak? like native instruments, razor?
SeanNolan5 9 months ago
@SeanNolan5. The software you mention are computer software modules. Any sound you create within your computer you can also save on your computer. Using the Miniak, in that scenario, it will only act as a midi keyboard. You will NOT be able to save the sounds creted in your computer to the Miniak using the software you ask about.
IntoMusicLund 9 months ago
great video.
does the miniak come with software to make your sounds?
SeanNolan5 9 months ago
You rock my friend. I am going to get one of these and add it to my guitar loop station. I recently bought the "Kaossilator Pro" but I"m returning it to get this. Solid video!
mattotisacoustic 10 months ago
Hahaha he's all professional then @ 6:53, "YO!" lol. But yeah this video convinced me to buy one.
wouldiiwould 10 months ago
@wouldiiwould . YO!. Thanks for noticing :) Apreciate it. It can get a bit dry and when doing these on the fly it is quite difficult not to be so dry :). But yes, you should invest in this funny little machine. Now since prices dropped almost 50% it is all worth the money spent.
IntoMusicLund 10 months ago
great, thanks for this i have managed 16 vids to you tube using magix music maker im now waiting for ableton live to arrive and i cant wait to add a keyboard into the equation.....ive been looking at the mpk25 this little synth looks and sounds superb love ya basslines m8,thanks again nice vid
moffFROMyork2 11 months ago
@moffFROMyork2. hey, thanks for viewing and commenting. Yes, that little piece of hardware is quite good and it does just what you want it to do.
IntoMusicLund 10 months ago
sounds good & good vid
KenRStone 1 year ago
@KenRStone. Hi, thank you for listening and commenting.
IntoMusicLund 11 months ago
can you customize and save your own voices?
Cockoblock 1 year ago
@Cockoblock. Yes. You can customize and save.
IntoMusicLund 1 year ago
I am looking at getting them Fostex's PM0.4n's and they sound awesome! I have the MPK25, but I wish I had the Miniak!
SaltSlasher 1 year ago
@SaltSlasher. You should look for it in europe. The prices for these units have dropped about 50% recently.
IntoMusicLund 1 year ago
can you plug this in a bass amp????
TheMetro666 1 year ago
@TheMetro666. Hi, yes you can. Should give you some great bass lines :)
IntoMusicLund 1 year ago
ok man, this is gonna be great, i love the micrkorg xl...the miniak is ok but not really great in the studio i would not use the sounds if i was recording!!! my ultimate favorite would be the nord lead 2x!!! im sure everybody would agree. I will buy one this month just for recording. goldenfuriously@yahoo.com is my email contact me there when your ready to make some music. I have some friends in the publishing buisness and maybee we can make a record for sale!.
hellfirebeats 1 year ago
could you use this as a midi controller for like reason or other software?
thagoods89 1 year ago
@thagoods89. Hi, thanks for commenting and YES, you can absolutely use this as a midicontroller if wanted. Although it is not equipped with USB so you would need to either use a midi to USB cable/connector or a standard midi cable. If you browse google and search for "akai miniak back" you can see the midi in, out and through located at the utmost right side.
IntoMusicLund 1 year ago
Hi, not had my Miniak for long, brilliant but having teathing troubles, can't find different efx for each vocoder variation a part from vocoding pre-sets that have reverb & so on. Can change these but not the vocoding settings with out efx. I'm trying to make my own patterns (multies) but having trouble. Shame it don't have USB but we have to midi it up to a midi interface with USB. My midi skill aren't good I admit. I've got the basics of how to use this to select sounds & so on. From Rich
bestrickie2 1 year ago
@bestrickie2. Hi, did you solve the programming problem oif the unit yet? I understand it is a pain to actually program due to the small display but it should be possible to easily program it from another device.
IntoMusicLund 1 year ago
i use fl studio primarily, how ever midi is univeral. A standard midi file should work between both daws. ....and i would also send over samples..mp3 or wave of drums. no sweat on the time span between messages, life is long.
hellfirebeats 1 year ago
@hellfirebeats. Hey, cool. Any way you want. I'm really eager to get things started.
IntoMusicLund 1 year ago
hey man i also have a miniak, i also have a juno and and a microkorg, I have some excellent drum samples and some editing software. Would you be interested in doing a collaberation? We can exchage wave files, i saw that you were willing to give people mp3 of this video so i figured maybe you would also be willing to work on projects. Im trying to make a collaberation network, who knows we may be able to get paid! check out my vid and see if we can do a project.
hellfirebeats 1 year ago
@hellfirebeats. Hi, what a cool idea. I would most definitely be interrested in a form of collaboration. Please let me know you ideas for future collaborational work.
IntoMusicLund 1 year ago
@IntoMusicLund well we could begin with a jam, loose format, i would send a drum mp3, along with the drums i would send 2 bass lines. I will send tempo and key information. Here is my idea, we will make a network of musicians and pass the song through all of them and in the end everyone has contributed. I think it would be great fun and also interesting to see where a song will end up and how long it will be passed through you tube.
hellfirebeats 1 year ago
@hellfirebeats. Sounds great, however to be able to contribute we need a standard DAW to be able to add or remove stuff from the song.
IntoMusicLund 1 year ago
@IntoMusicLund take your pick i got fl studio, acid pro. soud forge..i got a roland 8 track recorder..magix and reaper. :D
hellfirebeats 1 year ago
@hellfirebeats. Sorry I didn't answer quicker, had a lot to do in the shop :) I use only Cubase as that is what I'm authorized to work with. Do you use that also?
IntoMusicLund 1 year ago
@hellfirebeats what you prefer Akai MiniAK or Korg Microkorg???
perfectdisasterband 1 year ago
nice job
trofai 1 year ago
@trofai. Thanks...
IntoMusicLund 1 year ago
I'm thinking of getting those monitors , did you compare them tot he regular pm0.4's? For the price are these worth it? Is there any other small monitors that you would recommend?
SilverStrings25 1 year ago
@SilverStrings25. Thanks for watching. Yes, I think they are worth it although I would go for the ADAM A3X if they are going to be used in a studio environment due to that I personally like them better. However, for this synth I preffered the Fostex ones... Depending on what you are goning to use them for :)
IntoMusicLund 1 year ago
Absolutely loved the song, couldn't resist tapping along to the beat :)
Ediconification 1 year ago
@Ediconification. Hey, thank you so much. I like it also although I pålayed wrong. Will probably put up another one soon.
IntoMusicLund 1 year ago
For users: Multi name ---> autocompose
Backom2 1 year ago