M-Audio KeyRig 25 Synth Action Music Keyboard for USB with Software

M-Audio KeyRig 25 turns your Mac or PC into a Mobile Keyboard workstation. Featuring a compact 25-note USB MIDI keyboard and the award-winning Key Rig Software for the PC, KeyRig 25 makes it easy to compose and perform computer-based Music anywhere you want. Play Key Rig’s virtual instrument sounds, or audition loops and compose songs with Pro Tools M-Powered, Ableton Live Lite (included) or other music-creation programs. The keyboard also provides an easy way to harness the power of Apple GarageBand’s virtual instrument collection on your Mac. It connects via a single USB cable and works instantly with Computers running Windows XP or Mac OS X.
The SP-1 Stage Piano module serves up grand pianos, Wurlitzer, classic electric pianos, FM, clavinet and more. Each preset can hold a combination of two instruments with individual settings for Mix, Octave, Detune, Velocity and Tone. Owing to a dual effects section, each preset also has its own effect settings including delay, chorus, phaser and more. The MS-2 Polyphonic Synthesizer delivers a new, easy way to call up and Edit great synth sounds. Each preset consists of sub-presets for each major section: filter, amp, mod and FX. Creating new sounds is as simple as combining these sub-presets in different ways and tweaking any associated parameters from there as desired. 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. Key Rig modules each feature their own dual effects processors for delay, chorus, phaser and more.There’s also a master effects section that further processes the combined Output of all modules. M-Audio’s virtual racks let you use them as stand-alone instruments or with most host sequencers. Lots of people, for example, are just taking their keyboard and laptop to live performances. Compatibility with AU, VST and RTAS also means that you can use it as sound sources for your tracks in pretty much any popular music software.

25-note, synth-action keyboard

assignable volume slider

Modulation and Pitch bend controls

8 assignable knobs and buttons

Sustain pedal input

Octave +/- buttons

Powered via USB or Optional 9V DC adapter sustain pedal input