M-Audio Code 49 BK USB/MIDI Keyboard

General

USB/MIDI keyboards are hotter than ever and there's plenty of choice out there no matter what price you're shopping at. M-Audio's Code Black keyboard controllers are packed full of possibilities and come at an attractive price. They feature full-size velocity-sensitive keys with aftertouch. This M-Audio Code 49 BK is the 49-key model. With it, It's possible to split the keyboard into four assignable MIDI zones to quickly access multiple virtual instruments at the same time.

Features of the M-Audio Code 49 BK USB/MIDI Keyboard

The M-Audio Code 49 BK has virtually everything you need including backlit RGB pads, slider and encoders, transport buttons, pitch and modulation wheels and even an X/Y pad that lets you adjust two parameters in a 2-dimensional context, like surround panning, for example. That is, assuming your plugins and/or synths support such functionality, of course.

Software included

It's likely that you already have DAW software and perhaps a number of virtual instruments, but just in case you don't, the Code 49 BK comes with Ableton Live Lite so that you can started right away. You also get a large collection of sounds in the form of Hybrid 3 and an additive synthesizer called Loom, both by AIR Music Technology.