M-Audio KeyRig 49 49-Key USB MIDI Controller

Keyboards MIDI

M-Audio

Compact Keyboard Controllers

SKU: MDOKEYRIG49

The M-Audio KeyRig 49 turns your Mac or PC into a versatile keyboard workstation. Featuring a 49-key, synth-action USB MIDI keyboard and the award-winning Key Rig software for the PC, KeyRig 49 makes it easy to start composing and performing music with a computer. Use KeyRig 49 to play Key Rig's virtual instrument sounds, or audition loops and compose songs with M-Audio's Session, Apple's GarageBand, Ableton's Live Lite (included) or other music-creation programs. The KeyRig 49 keyboard also includes professional features like pitch and mod wheels, an assignable volume slider, octave +/- buttons and sustain pedal input. It's powered via a single USB cable and works instantly with computers running Mac OS X or Windows XP.

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Reviews

Feature:
In back: DC adapter port, USB port, MIDI out, sustain port, and on/off switch. 49 keys (4 octaves), pitch bend wheel, modulation wheel, volume fader, and + or - Octave.

Quality:
You get what you pay for. And what you pay for is up to you. Know what you are purchasing to detail.

Value:
sure, it is what it is.

Desirability:
N/A

Sound:
This product does not make sound. MIDI is not audio. MIDI is a digital protocol expressed in binary, electrical, or magnetic signals used to communicate, control, or synchronize with each other.

Ease of Use:
It is a MIDI controller. MIDI in concept is simple. Yes, this product does what it was built to do.

Support:
I tested the software drivers on two OS. Windows MCE, and Windows XP Pro. I've found that most software applications that I use for recording works the best with WindowsXP Pro. Which by the way is discontinuing production, so pick up a copy while you can. Or just go buy a Mac.

Overall:
I will use this product until my needs outgrow the things I own.