Akai MINIAK review

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Akai MINIAK review

The MINIAK is Akai professionals new virtual analog performance synthesizer. It looks great and has a few tricks up it sleeve but is it a winner?

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  • Bunny
    The Miniak is a Micron the same way a Saab 9-2x is a Subaru WRX. Different skin, exact same internals. Same preset patch names and everything. Not that that's a bad thing, but just FYI.
  • perceptual chaos
    nice one!

  • Geared at live use ... agreed .
    However an E-MU XMIDI 1X1 Tab ($30. cable no lup in the line converter )and one of the many free Micron editors available for windows and mac and it's got serious studio power too !

    One omission I have to note that I think is a major selling point for this synth ... 16 different filter types including ARP , 303 18db , Jupiter 8 , combs , and SEM emulations to go along with the now obligatory "moog" 24db LP .
    As far as the ION /MIcron / Miniak deal ... who cares if it's the same engine if that engine is good ?
  • RupertBrown
    Hey this is GREAT advice using the cable and Micron editor would help the experience big time.

    Also there is a good choice of filters the reason they weren't mentioned is I am trying to keep episodes under 10mins at the moment (Main because of attention spans and the 10 min limit on YouTube videos).

    And I agree: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose
    By any other name would smell as sweet."

    Thanks for your input, these are great points!
  • AGM
    Micron DNA? It IS a Micron. They refer to it as the Micron in a few typos in the manual. The XR20 is also a re-packaged Alesis drum machine.
  • RupertBrown
    Thats what I suspected but didn't know for sure. Thats really funny its printed in the manual though. Thanks for the confirmation!


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