The Akai MPK Mini MK3 ticks all of those boxes, giving you a nice route into MIDI keyboards but also offering enough depth that you can grow with it. If you need something a little cheaper, the Nektar ...

Native Instruments’ flagship Kontrol S MK3 MIDI keyboards continue to improve, with the latest firmware update (v1.9.4) ...

How do you disrupt the mini MIDI keyboard market again, though? Korg’s answer is the NanoKey Fold, a new 25-noter that, as its name suggests, can be folded up to make it even smaller.

as well as the all-important MIDI and USB connection. Designed for use with the Ableton Live software, though perfectly good if you prefer something else, this 25-note mini keyboard has 16 drum ...