KORG MICROKEY61 Compact 61-key, USB Controller bundled with Korg's Legacy
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KORG MICROKEY61 Compact 61-key, USB Controller bundled with Korg's Legacy
The microKEY-61 AIR made by Korg is a professionally designed slim MIDI controller that comes along with a pitch wheel, a modulation wheel, and a set of 61 velocity-sensitive Natural Touch mini-keys. If you wish, you are capable to bus-power this unit with the use of the USB port, but the microKEY Air also comes featuring Bluetooth capabilities, this gives you the ability to connect wirelessly to Mac and iOS devices. Hooked up in such a fashion, the keyboard is possible to last up to 30 hours on two AA batteries (alkaline are recommended).
An assignable switch jack is allowing you to plug in a sustain pedal, and two octave-shift buttons are giving you the capability to change the range of this three-octave unit. You are able to make edits to MIDI parameters with the use of the Korg KONTROL Editor software, which is available for free download on the Korg website. This is possible to be useful in customizing the microKEY Air to your specific sensibilities, such as adapting the instrument's velocity curve to your individual touch.
The controller also comes including a five virtual instruments (Korg Legacy Collection, UVI Digital Synsations, AAS Ultra Analog Session, AAS Strum Session, and AAS Lounge Lizard Session), as well as two apps (Korg Module Le for iPhone and KORG Module Le for iPad). Finally, purchasing the Korg microKEY Air will allow you to download a limited version of Propellerhead's Reason.
Controller
- USB-powered by your computer, iPad, or iPhone
- Bluetooth compatibility with Mac and iOS devices
- 61-key, velocity-sensitive Natural Touch mini-keyboard
- Includes pitch wheel, mod wheel, and two octave-shift buttons
- Includes jack for sustain pedal
5 Virtual Instruments Included
- UVI's Digital Synsations module provides sampled emulations of classic digital and hybrid synths from the early 1990s
- Lounge Lizard Session, the sound module from Applied Acoustics Systems, provides expressive electric piano sounds
- Applied Acoustics Systems' Strum Acoustic Session is a physical-modeling software synthesizer that lets you "play" acoustic guitar parts with the expressiveness of an acoustic instrument
- Ultra Analog Session, also by Applied Acoustics Systems, is an analog-modeling synthesizer featuring analog-style synth sounds
- Korg Legacy Collection-M1 Le software synthesizer brings the sounds of the M1 music workstation to your computer
Korg KONTROL Editor
Korg KONTROL Editor MIDI-mapping software allows you to set the keyboard to respond to one of eight distinct velocity curves, or set a fixed velocity value. This is useful in customizing the microKEY Air to your personal playing style
Keyboard | 61 Mini Keys |
MIDI Control Surfaces | 1 x Wheel (Pitch-Bend) 1 x Wheel (Modulation) |
Performance Functions | Octave Shift |
I/O | 1 x USB Type-B |
OS Compatibility | macOS 10.8 iOS 8 or Later Windows 7 or Later |
Wireless Transmission | Bluetooth LE |
Power Options | Battery, USB Bus Power |
Operating Current Consumption | 100 mA |
Battery Type | 2 x AA |
Dimensions (W x D x H) | 33.5 x 5.5 x 2.1" / 850.0 x 139.0 x 54.0 mm |
Weight | 3.9 lb / 1.7 kg |