Designed to make the most of today's music production software, the VI Series keyboards are the perfect combination of a keyboard, backlit pads, potentiometers and buttons, all assignable. Whether for controlling your computer via USB or managing external sound modules via MIDI, the ALESIS VI 49 master keyboards will allow you, using the provided editing software, to optimize your performance in all circumstances .
Almost as many controllers as there are keys on the keyboard!
The music lover can take advantage of the VI49's 49 keys, and his keyboard sensitive to velocity and aftertouch to compose or execute melodies in every nuance. And if he wants to add a little groovy rhythm to it as we would on a rhythm machine, it has 16 dynamic pads, backlit in color, a perfect device for this kind of exercise.
The VI49 also includes keys dedicated to transport functions as well as 12 potentiometers and 36 buttons assignable to Midi commands, to facilitate its integration into music production software and plugins for virtual instruments.
Everything is in the box except the musician ...
If its versatility allows it to be the ideal Midi controller for experienced musicians, the VI49 is also the perfect keyboard for the beginner user, Alesis doubling it, via download, with the Ableton Live Lite software to make your first compositions and plugin VSTi Xpand! 2 from Air Music Technologie, a real generator rich in sounds ranging from acoustic instruments to futuristic synths.
The combination of these two software, the VI49 and its dedicated editor, Mac and PC compatible, provides you with everything you need to get started in your new passion: electronic music or R&B or simply the classic. Indeed, computer-assisted music offers you the freedom to orient yourself towards any style of music, without limits, apart from that perhaps, of your imagination or your talent!
Features:
- 49 piano-style keys, semi-weighted with aftertouch
- Pitch bend and modulation wheel
- 16 Pads backlit by multicolored LEDs
- 8 assignable control potentiometers
- 24 assignable buttons
- Transport and program selection keys
- Input for sustain pedal
- USB / MIDI port and MIDI output
- Internal Midi clock (Sync / Tempo / Rolls)
- Comes with Ableton Live Lite Alesis Edition
- Optional power supply
Brand reference number:
KAL VI49