General What is your overall opinion of this product? Great Akai quality product. Ease of Use How easy is this product to use? How well are the controls and connections laid out? Easy. Simplest of the mpd series. Features Are the features on the product what you were expecting? What are your favorite features? Exactly what i was expecting. Just needed a right hand man to my software, aside from the keys ya know? Value Did you get what you were expecting for the price? How does it compare to similar products in the same price range? Man $100... go get one today.

Features What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could? The 3 banks of 16 pads. Ease of Use How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be? I never used any Midi controller till I bought this. I'm controlling my DMX light show with it (ADJ MyDMX) and it works as long as you don't install the MPD18's included software. Once I uninstalled it, it works great! The instuctions might make sence to a Midi pro but not very clear to me. Value Was this item an overall good value? It seems to be worth the money to me. I can us my laptop to play music and run the light program in the back ground and control it with this.