Product Description

The M-Audio KeyRig 49 will turn your Mac or PC into a virtual keyboard workstation!The KeyRig 49 package includes award-winning Key Rig software for the PC and tons of virtual instruments to play with. You can audition loops and compose songs with M-Audio's Session, Apples GarageBand, Abletons Live Lite (included) or other music-creation programs. Key Rig 49 includes pro features like a pitch and mod wheels, an assignable volume slider, octave +/- buttons and sustain pedal input. Its powered via a single USB cable and works instantly with computers running Mac OS X or Windows XP.The KeyRig 49 has officially replaced the popular Keystation 49e. It's simply Its a better package at the same price!Full Features49-note, synth-action keyboard for professional feel and responseassignable modulation wheel and volume sliderpitch bend wheelassignable octave +/- buttonsedit mode buttonsustain pedal inputUSB 2.0 and USB 1.1 compatibleconnection and power via a single USB cableinstant installation on Mac OS X and Windows XP computersjust plug and playincludes 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 sequencervariable velocity and controller settingssplit and layer modules for performance combinationsmodule and master effects processorscompatible with most popular softwareincludes Ableton Live Lite music creation software

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #205 in Musical Instruments
• Brand: M Audio
• Model: 99005223910
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 6.70 pounds

Features

• Edit mode button
• Assignable octave +/- buttons
• Pitch bend wheel
• Assignable modulation wheel and volume slider
• Includes Ableton Live Lite music creation software

Customer Reviews

Just Right
This is exactly the keyboard you need if have a computer that does it all. This keyboad is compact, well made, and has all the features you need for simple MIDI entry. I don't recommend it for performance, though - not at all rugged. Great for Apple-based studio (or Wintel).

Great keyboard, no gig bag fits it though.
This keyboard is perfect for basic MIDI entry, which is all I need - it's compact, light, portable, and USB powered. The only problem is, there is no gig bag that I can find that fits a keyboard like this. All gig bags are 14 to 15 inches deep and 5 inches high, while the keyboard is only 8 inches deep and 3 inches high. The box that it came in has a plastic handle, but who wants to use a cardboard box as the carrying case? I ended up getting the Musicians Gear 49-Key Keyboard Gig Bag, but the keyboard swims in it. I would love to know if there were a compact gig bag that fit this keyboard.

Perfect for me
All you have to do is plug it in to your computer's USB port, turn it on, and run SimplePiano, or any other similar free Windows program that takes input from a MIDI device and outputs it to the MIDI sound output that comes with Windows, and start playing. It's perfect on my lap, with my laptop computer on the table. You can play 4 octaves on it without having to use the octave-shift buttons. This has been perfectly adequate for me to learn piano and just fool around with melodies and chords.