Transform your iPhone into a music production studio. The SynthStation25 transforms iPhone or iPod touch into a portable music production studio for mobile music creation. This MIDI keyboard controller gives your handheld device a two-octave set of piano keys and professional audio outputs, and it integrates perfectly with the Akai Pro SynthStation app and select third party apps.
The SynthStation25 is powerful enough for professional musicians, yet virtually anyone can use it to easily create music. Think Outside the Screen This 25-key synth keyboard features a built-in dock for iPhone or iPod touch that allows you to take performance beyond simply touching the screen. Touchscreen technology is amazing, but it doesn't respond to velocity which is a key component to capturing your musical expression. The SynthStation25 gives you two octaves of velocity-sensitive, synth-action keys, pitch and modulation wheels, and octave up and down and sound-bank buttons so everything you play get laid down in the mix.
The SynthStation25 has a stereo pair of RCA line outputs and a headphone output for connection to recording and sound reinforcement systems. Unleash Your Creative Genius You can use the SynthStation25 with Akai Pro's SynthStation app as well as virtually any MIDI music software on your computer or with MIDI hardware devices such as sound modules, samplers, and MPCs using its USB/MIDI output. Available exclusively through the Apple App Store, SynthStation gives you three powerful synthesizers for creating and modifying sonic textures used for melodies, chords, and bass lines. Built around Akai Professional’s history in synthesis and drawing on the newest MINIAK synth, the SynthStation app sounds great and offers wide-ranging sonic flexibility with its virtual analog synthesis.
Expand Your Studio We didn't stop with building a great performance controller for your iPhone or iPod touch. Akai Pro offers a free software development kit (SDK) that enables third party app developers to extend the capabilities of their apps to include support for SynthStation25 so you always have something new for SynthStation25. This means you're never left out in the cold when it comes to apps that work with your SynthStation25. In fact, developers are lining up to support SynthStation25 so let's look at a few. 50-in-1 is just what it says; 50 great instruments all in one convenient app. Music Studio combines a piano keyboard, 90 studio-quality instruments, a 128-track sequencer, a piano roll editor, real-time effects and much more in a user-friendly interface. VirSyn's iVoxel is the world's first iPhone vocoder app with SynthStation25 hardware support.
Another great app with SynthStation25 support is nanoStudio by Blip Interactive. NLog by Tempo Rubato is another app with SynthStation25 support and include 96 factory sounds, POLY, MONO and LEGATO modes and more. All of these apps extend the capabilities and usefulness of your SynthStation25 and more apps are coming soon. If you're an app developer, visit our developer page and grab the AkaiConnect SDK.
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At the, Akai Professional introduced their concept for the Synthstation25 as an early prototype. Even as a prototype, though, the Synthstation25 interested a lot of musicians that had already made the jump to using iPhones and iPod Touches as musical tools. The Synthstation25 is basically a $100 MIDI controller with a built-in dock for an iPhone or iPod Touch.
It’s compatible with the original iPhone, iPhone 3G & iPhone 3GS; it’s also compatible with the 1st gen to 3rd gen iPod Touch. Now that it is out and has support with several apps, we thought we’d take a look at the Synthstation25 and try to get a perspective on what it means for musicians now and what it may mean for the future of mobile devices as music platforms. First, though, let’s take a look at Akai’s own introduction to the Synthstation25 and their vision for the device. Akai positions the Synthstation25 as a device that transforms your phone into a full-blown performance and production tool. For people with a casual interest in synthesis, the Synthstation25 and Synthstation app combination turns an iPhone or iPod Touch into an inexpensive, but capable, mobile synth workstation.
For musicians already using their laptops as a mobile platform, the Synthstation offers a flexible alternative to other mini-key USB MIDI controllers. The Akai Synthstation25 Hardware The SynthStation25 is a compact controller, but features two octaves of velocity-sensitive mini-keys, 8 control buttons and standard pitch-bend and modulation wheel controllers. Around the back, it’s got:. a volume knob;.
stereo RCA audio out;. a mini headphone jack;. power in; and. power off/on. In addition to these connections, the Synthstation25 has a USB connector on the right side. While the Synthstation25 is lightweight, it feels sturdy enough to handle travelling around in a laptop bag. Build quality is comparable to Akai’s other mobile USB-MIDI controllers.
It’s solid, nicely-designed and has a pretty good “feel” for a portable controller. Getting Started With The Akai Synthstation25 First impressions of the Akai Synthstation25 were good. Getting started with it, though, is a bit rougher. The Synthstation25 manual is limited to a 2-page “Quickstart Guide”. The Guide explains the basic functions of each of the controls on the Synthstation25, offers a few troubleshooting tips and the controller’s specifications. The discussion of using the Synthstation25 with an iPhone or iPod Touch, though, is abbreviated: Dock – Connect your iPhone or iPod Touch here. Gently rock the device back and forth over the connector when attaching or removing it.
Other than that, there’s just a note that the Akai Synthstation Studio app is not included and to download it from the App Store. It is actually straightforward to download the Synthstation app and get started with it. The manual should include a discussion of this, though, and cover the basic use of the Synthstation25 hardware with the Synthstation software studio. The manual’s coverage of getting started with the device is inadequate enough that it may come back to haunt Akai; it’s easy to imagine people buying the controller, hooking it up to their iPhone or iPod Touch and asking “WTF” when it doesn’t immediately turn their device into an awesome synthesizer.
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Using The Synthstation25 With Synthstation Once you’ve installed the Synthstation app on your device and plugged your iPhone or iPod Touch into the Synthstation25, things get interesting. This review is for the Synthstation25 controller, but the Synthstation app packs a lot of power for a virtual studio running on a mobile device, and works well with the controller. Synthstation offers 4 instruments: drums and three synths. The synths are virtual analog and sound surprisingly good, with three oscillators per voice and basic subtractive synth options. In addition, the Synthstation app features a sequencer and arpeggiator, several effects, a mappable X/Y control pad and a mixer.
The integration is a no-brainer. The keyboard and mod wheels just work. The top row of buttons on the Synthstation25 lets you select parts: drums or synth 1, 2 or 3. The bottom row lets you switch programs and jump the keyboard an octave up or down. Using Synthstation25 With Other Apps The Synthstation25 isn’t limited to use with Akai’s Synthstation app, though. Earlier in the year, Akai introduced a free. The AkaiConnect SDK lets music app developers build support for Akai Pro’s SynthStation25 keyboard controller into their apps.
This makes the Synthstation25 a lot more useful, at least for apps that support it. Currently, Akai 5 aditional apps that are compatible with the Synthstation25:. iVoxel – a great-sounding vocoder from VirSyn;. Nlog Synthesizer – a soft synth that features a sound set by trance producer 7-skies;.
50in1 Piano – a tool for learning to play the piano, with 50 different instruments;. NanoStudio – a popular mobile virtual studio; and. Music Studio – a mobile music production environment.
Unfortunately, MIDI support on iOS is a work in progress, so you can only expect to use the Synthstation25 with apps that explicity support it. The Synthstation25 can also work as a standard USB MIDI controller with your laptop or workstation, which opens up a lot more options. The Bottom Line On The Synthstation25 Pros:.
Tiny and portable. Feels solid.
Doubles as a USB MIDI controller. Makes working with supported apps a lot more fun Cons:. Documentation is inadequate and may frustrate some new users. Not compatible with 4th generation iPhone & iPod Touch. Limited list of supported apps.
MIDI on iOS is rapidly evolving With the Synthstation25, Akai is taking a bold step in supporting the idea of mobile devices as a new platform for musicians. We expect both Akai and early adopters to hit some speed bumps over the next couple of years, though, as Apple upgrades its phones, as MIDI on iOS evolves and as the smartphone market gets more competitive. Is the Synthstation25 right for you? If you own a 1st gen iOS device, you’re better off upgrading your device to something more powerful before you invest in music peripherals. If you’re into making music on iOS, have a Gen 2-3 iPhone or iPod Touch and are considering getting a mobile MIDI keyboard, the Synthstation25 offers an interesting new option for mobile music making. If you’ve got a 4th generation iOS device, or if your favorite music apps don’t support Synthstation25, you’ll be better off waiting to see how MIDI on iOS develops.
More information on the Akai Synthstation is available at the Akai. Have got one, the weight of the keys (though small) is lovely, latency is good, better with nanostudio, not a silly toy(re:McGlobalfields!!!,) sits proudly next to my Doepfer, also fits in my rucksack, perfect for beat making on the commute to work! Overall, if you like using your 'touch/iphone' etc for music creation, a worthy addition to a small form portable studio/live rig (korg mini kp/monotron/akai synthstation/gakken sx150/Ipad/ehx2880)-can't wait for the 49key one for the ipad version! I use mine with an iPhone 4 no problem, though not while the phone is in its bumper case.
Great to make some of these apps playable (I suspect there will be more and more compatible apps as time goes on). I love the footprint of this thing, fits nicely with a laptop in a laptop bag. Great price too, and acceptable build quality (glad that while they could have probably made not quite as nice, that they didn't).
One thing that threw me off initially is that when you trigger keys, they don't graphically move or change in any way on the iPhone (this initially had me thinking that it wasn't working with my phone). If you think your SynthStation isn't working, make sure the power is on (no guarantee that the included batteries are good), that the volume knob on the back is turned up, and that you're either listening via the audio outs, or via headphones (the audio won't play out of your iPhone speaker, only out of the SynthStation outputs). Heheh, but the reason the on-screen keys don't mirror what you're playing is so that.you can play the tiny iPhone on-screen keyboard while you're playing the SynthStation.
I use it to play tiny bass notes. It's true you can hook up an LPK25 (which, oddly enough, has slightly smaller keys and no pitch or mod wheels) to the iPhone/iPod but this thing tricks my brain into thinking that I'm playing a neat little instrument. It fits on my desk, on my lap, in my bag, and on top of other keyboards.
Great device. Never understood why calling something a 'toy' meant it was bad somehow rather than lighthearted and fun. I guess I always thought the toy piano was an underrated instrument, I liked Leopold Mozart's brilliant Toy Symphony, and I still think that musical instruments, synthesizers, and computers are the world's greatest toys. I'd rather 'play' my instruments than 'work' them any day. Not all music has to be Beethoven, Wagner, or the Adagio for Strings. Not that I have anything against such music, particularly if played on appropriate instruments like the Crumhorn, Kazoo, and CasioTone. Bring on the musical toys!
So I thought I had learne my lesson with my MPC, which I must baby now but NO, had to just try out the synthsattion.looked too cool, could take it to work with me. I bought one, plugged in the batteries, read up on the immensely lame manual (which even idicated a lengthy troubleshooting scenario in case the unit would not work), then placed my IOS 4.2 White Iphone 4 (Model A1349) into the rounded (obviously designed for Iphone 3) cradle and opened up Akai Synthstation ver.
You could see the keys highlight in red on the App as I pushed the keys on the synthstation 25 hardware controller but but no sound from the headphone out and I had the volume knob cranked up full blast. Updated my Iphone software, yada yada, no go.
I tried it with Beatmaker 2 and same issue, no sound. I Took it back to the store and two of the sales guys tried to help me figure it out and none could. We all gave up and I said to hell with it, I am getting the IK Multimedia IMidi and using a REAL controller with a Midi out to run this thing.that is, if the iRigMidi ever makes it to market.its had a high falutin flash site going for it for almost two months now and no sign of this supposedly miraculous IOS midi interface.God, I just hate electronic musical instrument manufacturers.they are so full of SH&^&.T.
I Took it back to the store and two of the sales guys tried to help me figure it out and none could. We all gave up and I said to hell with it, I am getting the IK Multimedia IMidi and using a REAL controller with a Midi out to run this thing.that is, if the iRigMidi ever makes it to market.its had a high falutin flash site going for it for almost two months now and no sign of this supposedly miraculous IOS midi interface.God, I just hate electronic musical instrument manufacturers.they are so full of SH&^&.T. I Took it back to the store and two of the sales guys tried to help me figure it out and none could. We all gave up and I said to hell with it, I am getting the IK Multimedia IMidi and using a REAL controller with a Midi out to run this thing.that is, if the iRigMidi ever makes it to market.its had a high falutin flash site going for it for almost two months now and no sign of this supposedly miraculous IOS midi interface.God, I just hate electronic musical instrument manufacturers.they are so full of SH&^&.T. I Took it back to the store and two of the sales guys tried to help me figure it out and none could. We all gave up and I said to hell with it, I am getting the IK Multimedia IMidi and using a REAL controller with a Midi out to run this thing.that is, if the iRigMidi ever makes it to market.its had a high falutin flash site going for it for almost two months now and no sign of this supposedly miraculous IOS midi interface.God, I just hate electronic musical instrument manufacturers.they are so full of SH&^&.T.
I Took it back to the store and two of the sales guys tried to help me figure it out and none could. We all gave up and I said to hell with it, I am getting the IK Multimedia IMidi and using a REAL controller with a Midi out to run this thing.that is, if the iRigMidi ever makes it to market.its had a high falutin flash site going for it for almost two months now and no sign of this supposedly miraculous IOS midi interface.God, I just hate electronic musical instrument manufacturers.they are so full of SH&^&.T. I Took it back to the store and two of the sales guys tried to help me figure it out and none could. We all gave up and I said to hell with it, I am getting the IK Multimedia IMidi and using a REAL controller with a Midi out to run this thing.that is, if the iRigMidi ever makes it to market.its had a high falutin flash site going for it for almost two months now and no sign of this supposedly miraculous IOS midi interface.God, I just hate electronic musical instrument manufacturers.they are so full of SH&^&.T. So I got my SS25 about a month ago and it worked great until like 2 days ago the headphone out stopped working.
I never dropped it or got it wet or anything, I’ve tested the headphones on multiple other devices and they work fine. I’ve also tested multiple pairs of headphones with the ss25 and still no sound. I can get sound from the main outs and the iPod is connected fine(it still interacts with the apps and communicates correctly) so I know it’s a problem with the headphone out. Anybody else had this problem and solved it? Ive looked all over the Internet but haven’t found anything.
Still just starting to mess with it Was deal of the week at our local Guitar Center: $24.95! At that price worth it even if it sucked, but it doesn’t. Great little gizmo for working on some riffs with it on your lap on the couch or wherever For the people who said “NO SOUND OUTPUT even with volume maxed”, etc Just go to the multitasking bar on your iOS device (double click the button), slide left, and to the left of the audio transport controls there is a multi-function button. Mine has always been set to ‘lock vertical orientation’ but apparently if you had ever configured it as a mute button, that mute is kind of handled strangely in iOS. You just need to un-mute there, or go find in the Settings app how to put mute button back there and then un-mute, and the Synthstation will work just fine.
That mute is separate from the rest of the iOS volume controls, and I think AKAI just forgot to check for it’s state in their app. But quite easily remedied. Great little device, especially for the rock bottom price I payed.
I agree it looks toy-ish, but hey it’s a great little toy! The systhstation app is kind of weak, but I already owned MusicStudio app, and it works great with it (and others). Peace – VRMan.
Join the conversation! SynthStation49 is the most advanced, intuitive music controller designed specifically for use with the iPad and is the first true iPad performance tool for musicians. Working seamlessly with Akai Professional's heralded SynthStation software, SynthStation49 provides unparalleled music creation capabilities, including direct in-app MIDI recording from its velocity-sensitive keyboard, nine MPC-style drum pads and array of transport controls. In addition to its integration with the SynthStation app, SynthStation49 is also completely iOS CoreMIDI compatible, making it instantly compatible with dozens of music apps already in the App Store and hundreds more on the way.
An ultra fantastic synthesizer for the price. By far the funnest musical instrument i own for the price. Holy crap where to begin? The 9 dollar price tag on the software wasn't bad.
Because it also works with fruity loops and some other apps. The keys are a bit small, but being able to press a button to jump one octave up when writing music is just fun. The 4 synths make great for when i just want to get some music making done on the fly, and the programs just work.
The portability of this one is great with my laptop, i can take it places and play wherever. The device will power on via usb power but NOT charge the ipod. But from what i heard (have not confirmed) if you get the power cord for it, it'll charge the ipod too. The unit is extremely well made, and feels extremely professional. I did have one tiny problem with the USB area. I accidentally bumped it and the usb thing broke, i opened it and simply resoldered the pins back on, and it's fine. So if you are a modder, REINFORCE THE USB CONNECTOR.
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It's flimsy and can break if you are rough with it. Try not to wiggle the usb cable around in it, or you'll face breaking it like i did. MAKE FRIENDS WITH NERDS WHO CAN SOLDER to be on the safe side. I just wish the apps were easier to use lol. But simple youtube how-to's will fix this.
A great keyboard with limitless potential at a super cheap price! You can do anything with this keyboard.
I can honestly say this because if you ever come across a roadblock where you are not allowed to express one of your ideas, all you have to do is find the proper app that will get the job done! Never have I seen a piece of music equipment that can litterally transform into whatever you need it to be.
Sure, there are keyboards, beat machines, and software out there that are expandable, but this is the only piece of equipment I have ever used that can transform into what you need it to be.