Akai Professional LPD8 Laptop Pad Controller

I used to have one of these before the USB port broke! Upgraded to the MPK Mini, but we never forget our first! GREAT little controller for the price.

'Travel' Drum Pad

The best Pad Drum for percussion and drum.very esay mapping for traktor and more DAW software.

Great for travel!

I like to map the knobs to different functions in my VSTs, it makes finding the sound you want easier.

Its quite cheap and its easy to use and its super light to carry! Some features I would love to have would be a flam an a roll function!

I was excited about this controller because it was my first one. I still use it and it's small and light.

my go to for tappin out beats. i dont have money for an mpc and i broke 2 maschines so 60 bucks for a flimsy 8pad is always dope

Expensive for what it is.

This is a great piece of gear for it's price. Very simple and easy to use. However, I do feel as though the knobs could be a little bit longer and faster to move. Still a good piece of gear

Good for programming rhythms in the studio, or triggering samples live. The knobs feel good; the pads a little bit less so, but not bad.

Drum Pad

I use the LPD8 to control effects, start loops, etc. on my computer. It's easy to use, plug-n-play and reacts reliably. Don't expect to get a good velocity curve on the drum pads, I just modify the velocity to be at 100%/127 every time.

Space saver. Very responsive. Great smooth controllers. Wonderful controller.

Bought this used for $40, and have used it for every live DJ set since. Also make use of it for midi drumming with Ableton 9, but it's more valuable to me by far in a live setting than a studio one. Bought it as a preliminary step towards eventually owning an MPD, but for now it's doing pretty well. Light-weight and portable. Not the highest quality of pad sensitivity, but it gets the job done.

This is a great and affordable addition to my control surfaces. Works nicely with Ableton Live! Very durable and has a good weight to it (so it isn't moving all around). Extremely responsive pads. Love it!

I have used this with laptop, iPad, and DAW and it functions as advertised. Nothing extra special but workmanlike.

nice and light as well as durable.

Really fun and easy to use midi sample pad.

Works like the upper half of my MPK and i use it for an extra row of knobs and pads... nothing more to say

I can't really say much about this, since I haven't really worked with this aside from practicing with Traktor. The buttons are responsive and the knobs are nice, but there's not many of either of those. I'm going to trade it in along with my pop filter.

Small & fun

Does exactly what it says it will. Never had any issues with it. Excellent build quality in my opinion. Pads are velocity sensitive, but only to a certain degree. I've had no issues mapping this controller in any of my DAWs.

i got this thinking it could replace my trigger finger in a more compact version, but without the velocity locking, it couldn't do what i wanted. i almost never use it, though i got it for very cheap

To be honest; I directly assumed that the grip I would have on those pretty small knobs wouldn't do it for me. So I directly bought alternative knobs coming from the guys of Coolorcaps. Now that I also upgraded my SX with the new colors, the setup with the same colored LPD8's (got 2) is quite lovely blending in in the end. The pads are very responsive, nothing to say about that. I truly recommend it as a default next to your SX(2) cause samples should be able to be triggered alongside effects that are under the same pads in the SX (under another tab). Getting the facts straight; there is no way to get the 4 features that come on the left side with the LPD8, basically because this is rooted to the default software, which isn't my customized MIDI setup for Serato.

I use this with Traktor Pro to trigger the Remix Decks. With the right mapping, this kit can pretty much function like the Kontrol F1.

I use this mostly in conjunction with my iPad Mini running Tabletop, a music creation app by Retronyms (they also develop the official Akai MPC app). Controller connects via Camera Connection Adaptor (29.99 at Apple store)

Have to hit the pads a lot harder than probably necessary. Gets the job done though.