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Hammer-action response and a plethora of assignable controls make it a great tool for MIDI music production.
The M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 MIDI Controller is the world's first 88-key hammer-action USB MIDI controller. It offers you a host of advanced features and unprecedented integration with music applications. The response of the professional action has been fine-tuned to satisfy the most demanding players, and four zones accommodate up to four layers or splits per patch. The stunning complement of MIDI-assignable controllers includes nine faders, 24 rotary controllers, and 22 buttons. The pitch wheel, modulation wheel, sustain pedal, and controller pedals are all fully assignable as well. 10 memory locations store all controller settings, and the included Enigma editor provides unlimited storage.
M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 MIDI Controller Features:
- MIDI-assignable pitch bend and modulation wheels
- MIDI-assignable foot switch and foot pedal inputs
- Controllers assignable to MIDI controllers, notes, transport controls, program changes (including USB and MSB), Sysex, and RPN/NRPN
- Independent MIDI channel assign for all controllers
- Multiple dynamic velocity curves
- Large custom LCD displays controller number, assigned controller, edit icons, and edit values
- 10 memory locations for saving all controller assignments
- Sysex memory dump transmits the complete memory contents for backup purposes
- Includes the new Enigma editor software for unlimited storage
- ± 11 semitone transposition
- Dedicated buttons allow program and bank changes on the fly
- Control Mute function mutes the output of all controllers so you can position them to the value you want before tweaking
- Snap Shot button transmits all current controller settings
- Fader Drawbar mode reverses the faders for realistic operation of organ emulators such as NI B4
- MIDI Out can drive external MIDI gear or be used as USB to MIDI out interface
- General MIDI 1 and 2 compatible
- USB class compliant no drivers required for Windows XP or Mac OS X
- Drivers also included for Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP and Mac OS 9
- Powered via USB bus (cable included) or optional 9V power supply
- 57"(L) x 13"(W) x 5.9"(H)
- 47 lbs.
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An Awesome Midi Keyboard
The m-audio 88 keyboard is a great midi keyboard for any pianist out there. It has a very good action for not being a real piano. If you are looking for the midi keyboard to run all your synths, this is it. With several knobs, buttons, and sliders, and the available software, you can program the controller to do whatever you want. Another plus is the board will work off of USB power, no power supply needed.
Reviewed by DJ MESKO on 11/8/2006 who plays Trance, Techno, Electronica.
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fader hater
Unless you get the enigma software, all of the faders and knobs and even the pitch wheel become miss matched. Meaning that a the faders did not match up with the software (Reason 3.0 in this case) and recognized a knob as a fader in the software.
Reviewed by fader hater on 8/14/2006 who plays hip-hop and R&B.
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Wobbly, dubious value
I dunno. I tried. But it went back. If you need 88 keys, because you need to keyswitch patches, AND you want lots of assignable rotaries, a complex mapping capability, this works. But maybe the DAW should be handling mapping, and you don't need quite so many knobs either. If you are looking for expressive playing, I found this wobbly action less satisfying than a good tight synth keybed, like an Edirol, which has a bit of precision snap to it. With the Pro 88 there's an impending sense of plastic on plastic wearing looser and breaking. It's as if you just couldn't escape the plastic hammers on plastic feeling. The action per se is sloppy, a lot of side to side play, not terribly expressive, it's a very subjective thing, but a lot like driving in mud. And then it turned out not to have aftertouch. Huh? At that rate, I found I might as well go with the good value M-Audio 88es, and not try to pretend, I don't know what "semi-weighted" means in that context, these things feel like plain old spring actions. Or add a couple hundred bucks and go with a CME 88 key that's built like a tank and feels like that $3500 Yamaha you know you'd rather play, has a few pots & faders AND aftertouch AND breath controller etc. Bottom line even at that price for something that's neither light and compact, nor solid and expressive, can be a remorseful chunk of change. They'd have to add aftertouch to make it a cool controller, but I suspect that structurally the keybed would buckle if you started putting any pressure on it, and if you make aftertouch too sensitive, to get away from that, it gets to be a nuisance, triggered on every note. I'm not sure this unit is going to please a lot of people. The plus on this is the ocean of knobs and the mapping flexibility. Maybe it grows on you before it breaks. I didn't give it a chance to do either.
Reviewed by Fernand on 2/12/2007 who plays Classical to Reggae.
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