M-Audio KeyRig 49 Note MIDI Controller
The M-Audio KeyRig 49 is a 49-note, USB MIDI velocity sensitive keyboard featuring professional grade synth-action. It’s a feature rich, affordable solution for computer-based audio production and comes with a few tricks up its keys. Packaged together with the award winning Key Rig software for the PC as well as Abelton Live Lite (PC/Mac), you get everything you need to start making music right out of the box.
Among the top panel controls is an assignable modulation wheel and dedicated volume slider and assignable octave buttons. Around the rear is a sustain pedal input and MIDI USB port. Hookup is quick and easy.
The included M-Audio Key Rig software (PC only) outfits your PC with incredible sounding virtual instruments, working in sweet harmony with the KeyRig 49.
The M-Audio KeyRig software includes 4 top-quality virtual sound modules:
The SP-1 Stage Piano, which includes acoustic grand pianos and electric favorites such as Wurlitzer, FM synth type and clavinets. Effects include delay, chorus, phaser and more!
The MS-2 Polyphonic Synthesizer is an easily tweakable synth. There are awesome presets ready to go and sub-presets for building and adjusting your own.
The MB-3 Tone Wheel Organ provides an authentic recreation of the famous Hammond organ sound accompanied by a realistic sounding rotary speaker emulation. Variable key-click, chorus, vibrato as well as tube overdrive, speed and tone controls puts you in a decidedly organic mood.
The GM-4 General MIDI Module delivers 128 GM instruments plus a great GM drum kit. It instantly plays GM-compatible standard MIDI files from host applications and provides an extremely easy way of sequencing additional backing tracks.
All these modules benefit from some nifty features including variable velocity and controller settings, split and layer modules for performance combinations, module and master effects processors to really finish off your productions in style. They can either work as standalone units or show up in your DAW as RTAS, VST, AU plug-ins, compatible with your favorite host software.
To round this incredible package out, M-audio has included a copy of Ableton Live Lite. This amazing software delivers much of the functionality of the popular Ableton Live—the revolutionary, multi-award winning music production solution that allows you to spontaneously compose, record, remix, improvise and edit your musical ideas in a seamless audio/MIDI environment. Live brings your acoustic, electronic and virtual instruments—as well as your digital audio recordings and MIDI sequences—together in a single interface with unparalleled ease of use.
The M-Audio KeyRig 49’s USB port is compatible with both USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 so it should work with any computer.
So while all this might have you wondering just how much you’ll have to pony up to get into a package with so much content, flexibility and function ability, remember that it’s coming to from the good people over at M-Audio, and incredible value is their trademark. Now power up and get to work!
Features:
49-note, synth-action keyboard Assignable modulation wheel and volume slider Pitch bend wheel Assignable octave +/- buttons Edit mode button Sustain pedal input USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 compatible Connection and power via a single USB cable Instant installation on Mac OS X and Windows XP computers—just plug and playIncludes Ableton Live Lite music creation software Includes award-winning M-Audio Key Rig software (PC only) featuring:
Four top-quality virtual sound modules: SP-1 Stage Piano, MS-2 Polyphonic Synthesizer, MB-3 Tone Wheel Organ and GM-4 General MIDIUse stand-alone or with a sequencer Variable velocity and controller settingsSplit and layer modules for performance combinationsModule and master effects processorsCompatible with most popular software System Requirements (PC):
Pentium 3 800MHz or higher (CPU may be higher for laptops) 256 MB RAM DirectX 9.0b or higher Windows XP (SP2)* (Windows 98, Me, NT, or 2000 not supported) * Home and Professional Edition only. Windows Meda Center Edition is not currently supported.
** M-Audio suggests you also check the minimum system requirements for your software, as they may be greater than the above.
Key Rig software
Pentium® III 500 MHz or AMD7 (P4 / Athlon 1 GHz or faster recommended)256 MB RAM600 MB free hard disk space Windows® XP* VST 2.0 compatible host softwareCD-ROM drive for installationInternet connection (on any computer) for software activationASIO-compatible soundcard for standalone operation * Home and Professional Edition only. Windows Media Center Edition is not currently supported.
System Requirements (Mac):
Macintosh G3** 800/G4** 733MHz or higher (CPU may be higher for laptops)OS X 10.2.8 w/ 256 MB RAM,OS X 10.3.4 w/ 512 MB RAM *M-Audio suggests you also check the minimum system requirements for your software, as they may be greater than the above.
**native USB port required; G3/G4 accelerator cards not supported
Warranty:
One year.
