While much of Frankfurt Musikmesse 2009 was caught on video, sometimes it’s a single picture that can paint a thousand words. So here’s an entire book’s worth: a gallery of gear, rock stars and, er… pizza.

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Welcome to day three of Frankfurt Musikmesse 2009! After a sleepless night of video editing and over-peppered pizza (don’t ask) we’ve managed another glorious lap of the show floor.

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MusicRadar’s Frankfurt-based colleagues have been up all night… editing video.

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Hall 5 here in extremely sunny Frankfurt is a treasure trove of tech goodness. We took the chance to hook up with the good folks at Akai who gave us the skinny on their hottest new products for Musikmesse 2009: the MPD18 USB pad controller and the Miniak virtual analogue synth. Check out the vocoder action on that!

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If you thought day one’s highlights were impressive, you might want to sit down before you read on.

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Akai Professional has debuted the MPK88 Performance Controller, a new addition to its popular MPK series of keyboard controllers with MPC pads and technology.

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Akai Professional has announced the MPD18 portable pad controller, the smallest model in Akai Professional’s line of MPD pad controllers.

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The MINIAK is a synthesizer specifically designed for today’s music production and performance styles. It’s the first synthesizer from Akai Professional developed in partnership with the world-renowned Alesis synthesis team.

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