M-Audio Keystation 49 ES

General

The M-Audio Keystation 49 ES mk2 is a very durable USB/MIDI keyboard. If you combine it with a low-latency sound card, you will have all the elements you need to start making and recording music on your PC or Mac. The keyboard can be connected to the USB port of your computer; this is also how it is powered. Once connected, you can instantly start composing thanks to the accessory recording and Key-rig software.

Keystation 49 ES mk 2: simplicity
Most MIDI controllers have an extensive selection of controller functions for your recording software. The Keystation 49 ES mk2 does not, however, as its main focus is playing music. The 49 touch-sensitive keys have a much better feel than those of most USB MIDI keyboards in this price range. The Keystation 49 ES mk2 is equipped with a sustain pedal input, octave +/- buttons, edit-mode button, volume slider, pitch and modulation wheel.

Accessory software
The M-Audio Keystation 49 ES mk2 is delivered including four virtual instruments and a Lite version of Ableton Live. This software allows you to record keyboard partitions and edit them. The four virtual instruments (PC only) are: SP-1 Stage Piano, MS-2 Polyphonic Synthesizer, MB-3 Tone Wheel Organ and the GM-4 General MIDI.  The latter contains 256 standard MIDI sounds, among which drums, violins, brass instruments, synths and more!