10 Best Midi Controller For Beginners of December 2025

• Music Production and Beat Maker Essential – USB powered MIDI controller with 25 mini MIDI keyboard velocity-sensitive keys for studio production, virtual synthesizer control and beat production
• Total Control of your Production - Innovative 4-way thumbstick for dynamic pitch and modulation control, plus a built-in arpeggiator with adjustable resolution, range and modes
• The MPC Experience - 8 backlit velocity-sensitive MPC-style MIDI beat pads with Note Repeat & Full Level for programming drums, triggering samples and controlling virtual synthesizer / DAW controls
• Complete Command of your Virtual Instruments and FX - 8 360-degree knobs assign to all your music studio plugins for mixing, tweaking synth controls and more
• 1500+ Sounds and Everything You Need for Pro Production – Complete Music Production Starter Kit including MPC Beats, 6 Virtual Instruments and 2GB of sound content

Akai Professional

• Fl studio music production essential - dedicated USB MIDI hardware controller for the FL studio DAW platform with seamless plug-and-play connectivity
• Workflow revolution - 64 velocity-sensitive RGB pads for creation of patterns in the step sequencer and recording notes/ Synth parts on a pad-based MIDI keyboard controller in performance Mode
• Beat production simplified – transform fire into a beat maker essential with a MPC style 16-pad layout in drum Mode
• Maximum tweak-ability - 4 Banks of assignable touch-capacitive MIDI knobs/ encoders for controlling mixer, channel and custom user-assignable mappings
• Improved navigation - instantly navigate the channel rack, browser, tool bar and playlist Windows; dedicated controls to browse audio and project files with clear feedback from the oiled display

Akai Professional

• Let’s Get This Party Started Portable two channel DJ Controller for Serato DJ Lite (Included) compatible with Mac and PC
• Complete DJ System with DJ Lights Built in light show with three room filling LED light arrays that auto sync to your music and guarantee to make your party utterly unforgettable
• Connectivity Covered On board audio interface with 1/8 inch headphone output and 1/8 inch main output for connection to DJ mixers, DJ Speakers & PA systems
• Mix Control Two decks outfitted with a crossfader and jog wheels access to critical, must have tools for seamless mixing are right at your fingertips
• Enhance Your Performance Four pad modes for total control of cue points, auto / manual looping and sample playback to add some flair to your DJ performance
• Note: There is a card in the box that explains where to locate the digital version of the software to download.

Numark

• The perfect DJ controller to introduce you to DJing, with Serato dj Lite included
• Built-in sound card to pre-listen to the headphones and speaker outputs
• Control the back lights on the base: RGB and strobe effects
• All the essential features: bass/filter, Hot cue modes, loop, FX, Sampler, pressure sensitive jog wheels, etc.
• Compact and easy to carry wherever you want

Hercules DJ

• Lightweight and compact with a pro-style layout it’ll help you learn to mix

Pioneer DJ

• Beat Production, Anywhere - Ultra-portable, feature-packed and USB powered pad controller with 16 thick fat MPC pads for triggering drums, melodic samples, effects and more
• Expandable Banks - Easily accessible dedicated controls for three pad banks provides a total of 48 assignable pads
• Assignable Control - 18 fully assignable 360-Degree potentiometers accessible via three banks for controlling DAW, virtual effect and virtual instrument parameters
• Feature Packed - MPC note repeat and full level controls for immersive expressive performances
• Comprehensive Software Suite Included - Ableton Live Lite, Sonivox Big Bang cinematic percussion and Big Bang universal drums
• The MPC Production Experience - Includes MPC Beats Software complete with the finest features and essential production tools from the Akai Professional MPC Series
• iOS Connectivity Covered - Control your iOS apps and open up a world of pad control capability using the Camera Connection Kit (sold separately)

Akai Professional

• Ultra-Portable, Feature Packed – Compact 2 channel Serato DJ Lite (Included) USB DJ Controller for Mac and PC; MIDI mapping for use with other popular DJ Software (including Virtual DJ)
• Connectivity Covered – On-board audio interface with 1/8-inch headphone output and 1/8-inch main output for complete hookup flexibility with DJ equipment including DJ mixers, speakers & PA systems
• Total Mix Control – 2 DJ decks with a crossfader, touch capacitive jog-wheels and pitch faders - access to all the must-have tools for seamless blending and scratching are right at your fingertips
• Enhance Your Performance - Four pad modes for total-control of cue-points, auto / manual looping and sample playback to add some flair to your performance
• Stream Millions of Tracks - Stream everything from the freshest underground sounds to certified classics directly in Serato DJ Lite from leading providers including SoundCloud and TIDAL

Numark

• 64 RGB pads – RGB pads give you a perfect reflection of your Ableton Live session, making it easier than ever to see your clips
• Ableton Live Integration – quickly launch your clips and scenes at the press of a button. Stop, Solo and Mute controls make it easier and more tactile to control your performances, no mouse needed
• Three Custom Modes – use Components to customise mappings and control anything MIDI easily from Launchpad Mini
• Small, light – Launchpad Mini’s slim, lightweight design means it’ll fit into any setup, anywhere
• Get Started Easily – Use our interactive onboarding site to get all the software you want, and step-by-step video guides to get you set up with Live and making music in minutes. Novation now offers a 3-Year Warranty on this and all other Novation products.

Novation

• 25 velocity-sensitive keys. 8 backlit trigger pads.
• 4 MIDI control groups. 4 banks for different settings. (4 assignable control knobs plus 4 assignable control sliders)
• 8 control buttons: CC Mod, Mod, Bank, Prog, Pitch down / Pitch up, Octave down / Octave up.
• Plug and Play USB 2.0 cable, no need of driver installation.
• USB bus powered - no additional power cable needed.

ammoon

• Premium midi controller with 25 expressive synth-action keys, on-board pitch bend and modulation wheels for performances
• 8 Hyper-Sensitive backlit pads
• Mac, PC and iOS compatible
• Software instruments automatically mapped to controls
• Includes Bitwig 8-Track DAW

Nektar