Alesis Q88 MKII – 88 Key USB MIDI Keyboard Controller with full size velocity sensitive synth action keys and Music Production software included
Introducing the Alesis Q88 MKII
Core Keys Control!
When inspiration hits you, your creativity demands the right tool for the job! Enter the Alesis Q88 MKII, a no-nonsense USB MIDI keyboard controller with 88 full-size, velocity sensitive, semi-weighted keys that capture your performance with every subtle nuance of your delivery
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Capture Every Detail of your Delivery
The Alesis Q88 MKII’s keybed captures every subtle inflection of your delivery from a sultry e-piano bed to a searing lead synth thanks to its 88 full size velocity sensitive semi-weighted keys.
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Control, Where You Need It!
Access the full piano range with Q88 MKII’s conveniently location Octave / Transpose buttons and add some flare to your performance with the dedicated pitch bend and modulation wheels
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Get Hands on with Your Software
Fusing transport & directional buttons with a MIDI mappable volume fader, experience tactile control of core DAW and virtual instrument parameters for mixing and manipulating sounds on the fly
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The Perfect Partner for iOS Music Making
Q88 MKII is fully compatible with iOS devices for control of apps including Garageband – simply grab an Apple Lightning to USB Camera Adapter (sold separately) and you’re set!
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Expanded Expressive Capability
Seeking some genuine piano style sustain? Q88 MKII features a 1/4†TS sustain pedal input for connecting an external sustain pedal (sold separately)
Production & Education Software Suite Included
Packed with Production Essentials
Whether you’re a songwriter, producer or beat maker, Q88 MKII’s production suite won’t disappoint! With DAW and instruments from AIR Music tech – Vacuum, BOOM, DB-33, Xpand!2 – everything you need for immediate creation from the get-go is here!
Master Your Controller with Melodics
Melodics is a desktop app that teaches you to play and perform with MIDI keyboards, pad controllers, and drums. Whether you’re just starting out or are a seasoned pro looking to learn advanced techniques, Melodics grows with you. Register your Alesis Q88 MKII for instant access to 60 free lessons!
| Weight: | 4.1 kg |
| Size: | Q88 |
| Dimensions: | 7.59 x 21.69 x 137.8 cm; 4.1 Kilograms |
| Model: | Q88 MKII |
| Size: | Q88 |
This midi controller is ideal for composing on the go. I have got a Digital piano with 88 keys where I play all the long and more involved stuff, and a small Komplete Kontrol A25 Midi controller for the short parts, which I use when I’m composing at home. This Alesis Qmini Portable 32 keys is by no means a replacement for my current setup, but an alternative for when I’m away from home and I need to get something on the DAW before I forget. I particularly like the MODE wheel (which is really a button) and the volume knob. I’m happy with the purchase.
A lot of people that are buying this are clearly not aware that this is not a regular keyboard.
It’s not meant for playing piano, it is meant for use with sound programs and rather complex software. I did not buy it for myself, but rather for my husband, who is very impressed with the quality and functionality of this MIDI keyboard. He has had a blast playing around with the different settings and sounds. It was easy for him to install and set up the software without any of the issues that others have mentioned.
No esta nada mal para, alguien que quiere empezar con el uso de un controlador midi, si tiene algunas funciones escondidas que no vienen en el manual contenido en el teclado y deberas buscarlo en internet, me paso que bloquee las octavas y solo hasta buscar el manual en internet di con el error, de igual manera para calibrar la sensibilidad
Easily best value out there. Grab this 88 key keyboard and some high quality digital synths like VPS Avenger & Omnisphere, and the rest is history. They take care of the analog soundsets and this takes care of 88 keys. Get the best of the best without spending like it.
Conectado a un pc y un software de grabacin, gran tacto teclas de piano, en un controlador y por tanto necesita un software o mdulo de sonido. Pesa poco pero es muy aparatoso por sun 88 teclas.
Molto comoda, stato praticamente plug & play, e quello che amo di pi che se non ho il DAW in primo piano posso comunque suonare
Lleg super rpido. Cumple su funcin. Se utiliza para presentaciones en vivo y no hay queja alguna
Lo compr para regalarle a mi esposo y le es sper til adems el diseo lindsimo
Buen teclado, econmico, de buena calidad, no tiene acabados de primera pero es de esperarse por el precio que tiene. Responde muy bien la sensibilidad de las teclas.
I sent this back as it was far to small for my fingers,so I can’t really comment on the performance.I’ve given 4* as others recommend it.
Bought to replace an earlier model that died. Love it!
MON FILS QUI L’UTILISE EST TRS RAVI APRS DEUX ANS SUR UN YAMAHA. ATTENTION IL Y AS PAS DE HAUT PARLEUR, ET UN PC EST OBLIGATOIRE D’O LA RAISON DE CETTE ACHAT POUR PASSER UN AUTRE STADE DE NIVEAU.
Por lo que vale no est mal. Obviamente no es el mejor teclado, pero suficiente para un uso espordico.
La caja lleg maltratada y rota como se ve. Me asustaba la idea que hubieses sido abierto o se hubiera daado el producto, pero ya lo prob y funciona perfectamente. No s si fu cosa de a pequetera pero fuera de eso me encanta!
Everything came as advertised and on time. In good working order. Used for in home studio interface
It works great with iPhone and Mac. Good quality for the reasonable value
Keyboard is lightweight and very easy to use with both the iPhone and iPad. Only downside for me is the lack of a headphone output and when I paired my AirPods there seemed to be a latency issue which was off putting. Overall though I think this is great value for money.
For a mini keyboard, it’s pretty playable. Everything works the way it’s supposed to. No complaints.
Prix vraiment bas boxing day fonctionne tres bien et j’aime la touche.
Perfetta, ergonomica, sensibile al tocco. La consiglio anche per il rapporto qualit-prezzo
Qualit/prezzo a mio parere la migliore che qualcuno possa acquistare
SUPER….nice product good one also it as velocity sensitivity … I downloaded the fl studio trial version and using this device .. also its mpc beats also works well … a quality product. loved it …go for it.
Midi works well on usb and on the 5 pin Midi. Reasonable feel on the keys and the velocity works well. It also has an expression input that many keyboards do not have.
Leggera, piccola e stupenda.
si collega tramite usb che viene fornito e soprattutto compatibile con ogni software per suonare !
De acuerdo con la publicidad e informacin del vendedor. Verstil y muy fcil de usar. Cumple con las expectativas que tena.
Well made and designed in every respect. Portability has meant I’m creating more now..then going to my 88keys after. Very fond of this little kb! Check it out on the Utoob to see more. I like it a lot. Very good velocity and sensitivity…so enables expression very well. Kinda loathe giving @m@zon ANY kind of support..however in this case I could not resist.
This was an early Christmas present for my grandson who is taking GCSE music. He is more than pleased with it. It matches the school key boards and helps with his studies
Ho acquistato questa tastiera e grazie ad essa ho potuto incidere grandi melodie su fl studio con una spesa veramente piccola ottimo oggetto
Je l’utilise rgulirement pour la composition de musique MAO. Je n’ai rien de ngatif dire sur cet article qui est de trs bonne qualit !
Je recommande !
Piccola, pratica e funzionale ma i tasti non danno un buon feedback, sono evidentemente di bassa qualit.
It is a great keyboard for beginner level composing music on computer. Not to be used as alternative of a piano.
Likes: Easy to use, inexpensive, seems solidly built, nice little free software bundle.
Dislikes: Not entirely flat. Seems the base is ever so slightly curved. There are
Six pads on the bottom so removing the centre two stopped it from rocking whilst in use.
Used it solidly since purchase and although it was bought as a bit of fun, I’m now learning how to use it for inclusion in mixes and backing tracks.
Top notch, and pretty good software that comes with it, brilliant for logic as well and other DAW you use
La tastiera con dinamica piccola e compatta che mi mancava 😉 Ottima per Logic Pro e MainStage, ma c’ anche del software incluso molto valido, anche per Windows.
Si collega via Usb (cavo incluso) e si suona… veramente leggera e funzionale!!! Soddisfattissimo!!!
It feels good to play – the keys are small but not so small that I constantly press wrong notes. I was worried about that because I’ve never had mini keys before. But it’s fine.
I did have to knock off a star because I actually had to purchase an external USB hub to get my computer to recognize it! My MacBook simply would not recognize the device when it was plugged directly into the onboard USB ports. So that was an extra $20 I had to spend but fortunately with the USB hub it worked without any further issues.
Be warned: the tech support from Alesis for me was non-existent. I reached out to them for help but they didn’t respond. I hope this is not typical of this company. I’ve never purchased an Alesis product before.
un ottimo prodotto ma con il mio pc con una scheda audio vecchia non funzionava bene
Moto Z Play, Android 8.0 – does NOT work. It doesn’t even power up the keyboard. Tried with an OTG with power input and still doesn’t work.
Walmart ONN 10″ tablet, Android 9 Go – device recognized, but practically unusable. The tablet/apps recognize the device. BUT! The latency is pretty bad. Also, some keys get “stuck”. I’m guessing the processor/hardware is just too slow.
ATT Radiant Core U304AA, Android 9 – device recognized, but practically unusable. Got this phone from ATT as a free upgrade because of their network updates. Again, this seems more like incapable hardware, not incapable OS. Latency is unnoticeable, but the sound eventually starts crackling like the CPU is overloading.
Moto E5 Play, Android 8 – surprisingly WORKS perfectly. This was just an ATT prepaid phone off the shelf. It is able to power up the device, the OS and apps recognize it, latency is unnoticeable. It seems that the hardware is very capable to provide very stable performance. Only caveat is to set the display to stay on for as long as possible. Even with battery optimization turned off, my MIDI app seems to go to sleep with the screen is off and when it’s in background.
So, it is a bit unpredictable. Why the Moto Z Play, which is a much better phone than the Moto E5 Play, doesn’t work…I don’t know. It would be difficult to lay out minimum requirements in that context. So, I can understand why Alesis just doesn’t want to even mention it.
Funciona bien, el software que supuestamente regalan, es gratuito o sea, que regalarte no te regalan nada.
Great value keyboard, but the black keys are wider than most keyboards, leaving a thinner gap on the G and A keys. For most people this won’t be an issue, but if you have particularly big or stocky hands you will not be able to play chords like Eb which typically require playing deeper between the black keys, because you’ll end up pressing down those black keys by friction of squeezing into the gap. I don’t have this issue with any of my other keyboards.
If you have more average hands, though, this is a very excellent keyboard for the price. I had tried the previous model of this which had clicky keys–no good for detailed dynamics–but this one has fixed this issue with very smooth, quiet and responsive keys. I’m sad to have to be returning it but I had to leave my recommendation all the same because for most people this will be a really great purchase.
Mi hijo esta comenzando a tocar piano y a producir msica, todo funciona correctamente y funciona para lo bsico en FL Studio. Eso si, la mayora de comandos del teclado estn enfocados en MPC Beats, sin embargo esto no afecta realmente mucho.
It is Awesome. Nice keys. I like it. One of the best keyboard under 10k. Go for it. It is not Alexis Q49,Alexis Q49 MKII. MKII*
Marche parfaitement bien sur des logiciels comme Synthesia ou autres, compatible sur Linux et Windows !
Nanmoins des fois on place son doigts sur la touche et elle s’active, donc on a l un toucher plutt lger. Il fait trs bien l’affaire pour dbuter 🙂
It’s smaller than you think it is, which if you’re struggling for space or portability, this thing is excellent. It’s also not very complicated so it’s brilliant for beginners. The keys respond well to touch and it feels sturdy enough
Keyboard 9 & 10 came today- number 9 is reviewed elsewhere, but at number 9 having ALL been utter embarrassing failures, I was considering not even wasting my time on it. Holy Moly was I wrong…
Pros:
1. keyboard is totally playable, low hit, low fatigue, registers well (even gentle piano) and is SUPER quiet, like each key is individually felted. No squeak, no scratch, and no clang. Beautiful experience.
2. Knobs are high quality and register fine parameters
3. Buttons are easy to use and well placed.
4. SUPER light
5. all casing surfaces are matt and textured, and surprisingly rugged, this will fend off greasy-fingered late night playing.
6. Set up on Win 10 was 2.3 seconds- plug and play (with Saurus) took 9 seconds.
7. The modulation button (which I gag at even the mention of usually) is actually reminicent of the old Juno white buttons, I actually liked it- who knew?
8. Has a Kensington lock port.
Cons:
1. Pitch bend is unusable, no control, no precision, sometimes no logic behind it. For something performing this bad NOT having it would have been less of a downvote.
2. The usual and expected USB-B connector is replaced here with a mini-usb for no reason that I can see, there is PLENTY of real estate, we all know how strong and durable these are don’t we? (said no one) I never had a B end go on ANY device EVER. But I’ve had about 40 Mini-USB’s fail.
To summarise, a fantastic feeling and performing keyboard, well made, low fatigue and at a fantastic size and weight.
9.5/10 (for the dumb cable and wasted pitch bend opportunity.)
Sencillo pero muy practico. Tiene todo lo necesario y es econmico. Lo uso con Logic Pro X
Fantastic controller for a pianist that needs the whole breadth of the keyboard to do his work, and also to feel more comfortable when writing music digitally. It is also very portable – while long it is also quite thin and light making it easy to fit in the back of a car. I had a much smaller controller from alesis before, and while loving the key sensitivity and the feel of their controllers, felt increasing frustration when writing music as I was unable to express myself pianistically. This is the perfect solution. 5 stars.
No such issue with this keyboard, I even have it running through a non-powered usb hub that also has my mouse and its perfect. Size is perfect, see the comparison above next to my (already small) apple magic keyboard 2. Lovely keyboard, keys feel nice, plugged and play’d with garageband immediately. Possibly the best 60 bucks i ever spent music-wise?
Composition feels great, it is plastic but DEFINITELY not cheap plastic. It feels great really.
The keyboard comes with a plastic adhesive that sticks to all the keys at once, just peel it off ofcourse, but I did find it left a very squeaky feel to the keys for like 6 hours of playing before they began to feel normal but whatever it feels great now. Just a packaging precaution is all that it was.
I like that there is Pro Tools First included, and additional software. That’s super cool I guess.
Look, if you want a good keybed, well functioning and nice feeling faders (wheel, pitchbend, volume) and nothing else really matters, I would recommend. Had to subtract a star for programming. It is just plug and play magic, and I’m happy. There are not a lot of informative reviews, not only is Alesis a smaller company, but this is a newer product, hence the little discussion and reviews. So I tried my best to give you the gist of it.
USB connection worked straight away with no additional software/drivers. Using with Ableton Live and Addictive Keys.
All keys are touch-sensitive – impressive response in the DAW.
As pictured, it’s about the same size as a standard QWERTY keyboard. The black and white piano keys are probably 3/4 scale to a standard musical keyboard, but still very usable, even with big hands.
Only used for a weekend so far but does the job for adding additional MIDI instruments and small parts. May be a touch on the small side if you use MIDI all the time in everything you do.
Note: I’m no MIDI expert. Also have an AKAI LPD8 pad controller; but that’s quite rubbish by comparison (similar price point)