LEKATO25 Key MIDI Keyboard, Mini MIDI Controller USB Bluetooth MIDI Keyboard with Velocity-Sensitive Mini Keys, 360 Knob and Music Production, Small MIDI Keyboard, Rechargeable Portable

This is edited review, because I bought another one of these MIDI controllers, since I wanted to have a separate keyboard for the Bass Cleft (Left hand notes). That way I could have the next best thing to a portable 4 octave MIDI controller only much smaller. Unfortunately the second item I was sent was defective. The enclosure's bottom was warped and the MIDI controller was rocking back and forth whenever I tried to play it. So I originally reduced my review down to two stars. I was about to return it, which was rather frustrating, because I don't have a printer, and I needed to go first to the East End of the city to print the labels, then to the West end of the city to hand in the package as I don't have the UPS return depot near where I live. However, having seen my review, the Lekato people (very promptly) reached me via e-mail directly and offered me a full refund, which was then processed in under 24 hours. Separately, they also e-mailed me the page with downloadable software for Windows. I didn't expect this at all, and I'm pretty happy about it because it saved me a great deal of my time. So I'll probably take a risk and grab another one of these, or better yet, - wait until Lekato releases a "full version" of the same keyboard (with pads and potentiometers), and just grab that one instead. Hopefully it will have the same great keybed as this one. Speaking of great keybeds - my original review is below.If you are a traditional piano player. - you should definitely grab one. Or two. I'm not sure how to even describe the experience, but when I started playing it, - I became possessed by it for days. Imagine a real analog grand piano keybed only shrank about 2.5 times. I'm sure these are definitely not full weight keys or anything of that nature, - but it feels like one when you're playing it. It allows for unprecedented level of manual dexterity and control for a portable MIDI controller, it's possible for me to play very fast melodies with my right hand, almost as though it were a tiny flute. I'm thinking of getting a second one for Bass Cleft notes, to play with my left hand. I've tried them all - Novation, AKAI MPK Mini, M-Audio, even Arturia, - none of the brand names have a comparably nice keybed which allows this level of dexterity and expressiveness. One that I found hits really close is Monoprice's "Stageright" which is also (oddly enough) a very cheap offbrand product but it's a very large, 3-octave MIDI controller which doesn't have the same portability as Lekato. I didn't even have to change its velocity settings, right out of the box - it appears to have a superb velocity algorithm. Of course stuff like that is in the Eye of Beholder, but still, I have to note that every single portable MIDI keyboard I tried before - I had to change the velocity algorithm till it resembled that of the analog piano. Not this one. Note that other than impossibly nice keys - it doesn't have anything else going for it, all the other features are fairly standard, and one drawback for me was the fact that you cannot connect it to MIDI TRS and to Sustain pedal at the same time. It's "either or" - the same 3.5mm stereo A-type TRS port is used for both. It has no pads and only one encoder so it can't compete in functionality with other similar keyboards, but with how nice its keybed is - it's definitely worth the price and rather unique. I only hope it lasts.

The media could not be loaded. you need a usb otg cable to use it on your phone, it isnt really usable on its own like i expected, but i found an app called band walk for android that finally got the latency fixed, or n tools, both free. but yeah still i cant plug in my usb c to headphone because splitters wont work, no phones have headphone anymore, and bluetooth causes latencyim lucky i have a phone with great speakers but i have to use wireless charging, so big headache. i thought this would be slim abd portable but i have to have all these adapters and a phone just to p[lug headphones in? its not standalone? how much does that cost a midi controller headphone adapter why cant it come with it?i was able to use a usb splitter so if your lucky and have those things liek me u can use it portablly with a phone and band walk

So I've been looking for a compact, budget friendly controller for the longest time. In all the research I've done, at this price point, I've never come across one that has not only USB midi, but traditional midi out, and Bluetooth let alone a built-in battery. For $60??? Within 15 mins I had it running multiple synths over bt, was able to set up chords and creating basic melodies. Love the dial encoder too. It doesn't come with any free stripped down software but I need none of that anyway. It doesn't have pads or other encoders, but that's not my use case. I'm not sure how this is flying under the radar, but for the price it's really worth giving a chance, and I love the all black keys too. I'll be keeping an eye on Lekato going forward, love making finds like this.

Very tiny. So tiny that it is hard to play in your lap, because it bounces around. But smallness is kinda the point here.The keys are stiff, but this can be fixed (I mean broken) if you take it apart and stretch the springs at the back end of the keys. The bluetooth MIDI automatically re-connects to GarageBand on the iPhone. That is great.The sensors don't trigger until the very bottom of the keystroke, so sometimes you will feel like there is a delay in the MIDI Bluetooth connection, but I think it is the sensor delay. The velocity tracking is not great, but it is hard to play with such tiny keys anyway. What do you expect?I do use this keyboard when I just want to record a little keyboard part on my iPhone, and then edit it for timing and velocity. I like that this keyboard is tiny, handy, simple to use; and I like the convenience of the rechargeable battery.

Got this for my daughter as she just got an iPad Air 11" (2024-M2 model) and she's learning music. Connecting this to the iPad was so quick and simple. She uses this every day for hours on end. We recharge the keyboard like once every 3 or 4 days, and it doesn't take that long to charge. Using this with Garage Band, the lag between device and iPad is non existent. I would say this is like playing an actual, physical piano. Couldn't be happier and highly recommend this!

I am trying to get this working via the Bluetooth connection but so far have had no luck. The manual is very vague about how to get the Bluetooth working and so far I have not been able to find a solution to get any actual MIDI output from the Bluetooth.

This little keyboard is a pretty good device for the price. I was able to mess around with it a little to make sure it worked and get a feel for it. I still haven't really dug into it yet, as the machine with MIDI I want to use it on is packed up at the moment.The build quality seemed pretty good to me. I spent more on a used MIDI keyboard on eBay a couple years back.I like it, and I hope to have it for many years to come.

Could not connect via Bluetooth to iPad or iPhone. That was the only reason I bought it. Returned.Everything else felt nice. Would have given two stars but Amazon won’t let me.