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KORG MICROKEY25 Ultra-compact USB Controller with 25 Natural Touch Keys,

Name: KORG MICROKEY25 Ultra-compact USB Controller with 25 Natural Touch Keys,
Brand: KORG
SKU: MICROKEY25
Price: 100.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Vendor: KORG

Description KORG MICROKEY25 Ultra-compact USB Controller with 25 Natural Touch Keys The microKEY25 made by Korg is a professionally designed slim, lightweight (1.43 lb), 25-Key USB powered controller that comes along with tap tempo, arpeggiator, sustain and...

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KORG MICROKEY25 Ultra-compact USB Controller with 25 Natural Touch Keys

The microKEY25 made by Korg is a professionally designed slim, lightweight (1.43 lb), 25-Key USB powered controller that comes along with tap tempo, arpeggiator, sustain and velocity-sensitive Natural Touch mini-keys. It is USB powered by connecting to your computer or iPad. It has been designed for maximizing the playability and still integrating into a compact production setup at the same time.

The microKEY25 comes equipped along with an expressive joystick that is made for giving you the capability to transmit pitch-bend, modulation and control change (CC) commands for enhancing your MIDI performances. By the time the arpeggiator is on, the functionality of the joystick changes, it gives you the ability to switch between the 3 different arpeggio types (up, trigger, and down), control the duration of the arpeggiated notes, and engage the latch function to continue play of an arpeggio even after you take your hand off the keyboard.

There is a Sustain/Tap button intended for adding sustain your performances as a sustain pedal would. During the time the arpeggiator is on, this control becomes a tap button that is making you capable to set the tempo of the arpeggio by tapping this button several times at the desired interval. The Key Transpose feature is allowing you to transpose the pitch of the keyboard up or down in semitone steps. Octave Shift buttons are letting you for extending the note range of the keyboard by 4 octaves in either direction.

Edits to advanced MIDI parameters such as the joystick control change number assignments and the keyboard's velocity curve is capable to be made with the use of the KORG KONTROL Editor software, available for free download on the Korg website. This is possible to be useful in customizing the microKEY for giving you greater control over a virtual instrument, or for accommodating harder or softer keyboard playing styles.

The controller also comes including 5 virtual instruments: EzDrummer Lite, Lounge Lizard Session, Strum Acoustic Session, Ultra Analog Session and M1 Le.

Controller

Thin, lightweight, and USB-powered by your computer or iPad
25-key, velocity-sensitive Natural Touch"mini-keyboard designed for comfortable playing feel
Expressive joystick transmits pitch-bend, modulation and control change commands
Arpeggiator function with 3 different types - up, trigger, and down. When the arpeggiator is on, the joystick will allow you to switch between the 3 different arpeggio types, control the duration of the arpeggiated notes, and engage the latch function to continue play of an arpeggio even after you take your hand off the keyboard
Sustain/Tap button can add sustain to notes as a sustain pedal would. When the arpeggiator is on, this becomes a tap button that allows you to set the tempo of the arpeggio by pressing this button several times at the desired interval
Octave Shift and Key Transpose features allow access to the full MIDI note range
Joystick and sustain/tap button command settings can be edited using the Korg Kontrol Editor from the Korg website

5 Virtual Instruments Included

Toontrack's drum sound module EzDrummer Lite, gives you a library of realistic drum sounds (download)
Lounge Lizard Session, the sound module from Applied Acoustics Systems, provides expressive electric piano sounds
Applied Acoustics Systems' Strum Acoustic Session, the 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
M1 Le software synthesizer that 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 8 distinct velocity curves, or set a fixed velocity value. This is useful in customizing the microKEY to your personal playing style. In addition, the joystick's control change number assignment can be edited and its range can be customized by setting minimum and maximum values. This can be used to control specific parameters of a virtual instrument, or to increase or decrease the sensitivity of the joystick