Akai Professional’s MIDImix is a high-performance portable mixer and DAW controller that offers unprecedented management and precise control at the press of a button. The ideal on-site mixing solution for any musician or sound producer, the MIDImix allows you to mix, modify, and manipulate multiple projects on the fly, offering a vast and flexible array of improvisational opportunities whether you’re in the studio or on the go.
As a high-performance mixer, the MIDImix boasts 8 individual line faders and a master fader, 24 control knobs (arranged 3 per channel), and 16 buttons arranged in 2 banks to provide mute, solo, and record arm functionality per each channel. The layout is familiar, allowing for intuitive control that helps you get right to crafting your mix, without taking up time in learning where everything is. As for software compatibility, it features 1-to-1 mapping with Ableton Live software (with Ableton Live Lite included and the option to upgrade to Ableton Live Pro).
Seamlessly mix then send settings to your DAW with the MIDImix. As a controller for digital audio workstations (DAWs), it gives you the ability to manage your workflow with the press of a button, providing uncomplicated mastery over your mixing and processing of digital music. This means you can manipulate and modify your projects at the same time you’re creating them, perfecting your sound in real-time during live performances, and giving your live audio a professional, post-production polish. Another benefit of this amazing mixer/controller melding is how it opens up all sorts of new creative potential; you’ll be free to experiment and play because the technicalities of your performance are already expedited.
The MIDImix is built with Akai Pro’s characteristic high-quality, cutting-edge engineering. Its solid connectivity to your DAW allows you to perform with confidence. And its compact size gives you a portable tool that fits easily into preexisting setups, giving you a mobile solution to professional processing whether you’re in the studio or on stage.
Akai MIDIMIX Features
- MIDI mixer to control virtually any DAW
- 8 individual line faders, 1 master fader
- 24 knobs, arranged 3 per channel
- 16 buttons arranged in 2 banks provide mute, solo and record arm functionality per channel
- Sends all mixer settings to the DAW with a single button press
- 1 to 1 mapping with Ableton Live (Ableton Live Lite included)
- MIDIMIX High-Performance Portable Mixer/DAW Controller1
- Ableton Live Lite1
- Knobs
- 24 270° assignable knobs
- Banks accessible via Bank Left/Right buttons
- Faders 8 30mm assignable faders
- (1) 30mm assignable master fader
- Banks accessible via Bank Left/Right buttons
- Buttons
- 8 assignable mute buttons, amber-backlit with solo functionality
- 1 assignable solo button to change functionality of 8 Mute buttons
- 8 assignable record-arm buttons, red-backlit
- 2 assignable bank buttons: left, right
- 1 Send All button
- Connections
- 1 USB port
- 1 Kensington lock slot
- Power USB-bus-powered
- Dimensions (WxDxH) 9.4x7.9x1.2" (23.9x20.1x3cm)
- Weight 1.5 lbs (0.7 kg)
