M-Audio KEYSTATION 61 MK3

It features 61 notes with full, velocity-sensitive keys and a variety of controls that expand the range of playable notes, expression capabilities, improve your workflow and make recording easier. Use the octave change buttons, pitch-bend and modulation wheels, transport buttons or directional controls. The Keystation 61 MK3 also features a 5-pin MIDI output to connect your old synthesizers to, and a 1/4" pedal input, which allows you to connect an external footswitch, such as the SP2 (sold separately), and enjoy sustain like a real piano.

A playing experience

Lightweight and rugged, the Keystation 61 is ideal for traveling musicians looking for a simple, on-the-go solution to control their virtual instruments, or for producers who want to add an intuitive USB/MIDI control keyboard to their home studio. For easy installation, the Keystation 61 is class-compliant, so it doesn't require a driver; it's USB-powered by connecting it directly to your MAC or PC. In addition, the Keystation 61 supports iOS connectivity with the APPLE Camera Connection Kit (sold separately), allowing you to perform and compose with music production audio apps on your iPad or other iOS devices.

Pro Tools / First

Pro Tools / First, is a comprehensive and powerful audio production and music creation solution for recording, editing, mixing and sharing your music. Go mobile and polish your music anywhere with the included 1GB Avid cloud space allowing you to record and sync up to 3 projects, and why not collaborate with other musicians.

Ableton Live Lite

Also included with the Keystation 61, Ableton Live Lite, one of the most popular music performance and production programs among musicians. Ableton Live Lite is a powerful music creation tool that allows musicians and producers to spontaneously compose, record, remix, improvise, and edit musical ideas in a stable, fluid audio/MIDI environment. Explore the sonic possibilities in real time whether on stage or in the studio. When you're happy with your work, Ableton Live Lite lets you record and mix it all together.

Touch Loops

Based in Los Angeles and London, the team at Touch Loops develops sonic atmospheres, samples of all kinds with an unwavering love for analog processing and classic recording techniques to help musicians enhance their productions. M-Audio and Touch Loops have selected more than 500 sounds and packaged them into a 2GB library of all kinds of sound content for unprecedented musical creativity.

AIR Xpand!2

Xpand!2 is a powerful multitimbral synthesizer and feature-rich, versatile workstation that allows for patching of up to 4 layers of instruments. Using everything from a wavetable to FM synthesis to sample playback, Xpand!2 offers thousands of sounds and ready-to-use patches for a wide variety of genres.

AIR Mini Grand, also included in this suite, is a powerful piano emulation featuring seven distinct piano sounds, cleverly tailored to accommodate a wide range of musical styles and cover production needs. Combining a host of carefully selected piano samples, a choice of 7 piano models, an innovative technology called "re-pedaling" (for realistic string resonance) and environment simulation; Mini Grand offers composers an arsenal of customizable sounds, perfect for live performance or for your studio recording sessions.

AIR Velvet is a virtual electronic piano that combines five legendary electric pianos from the 60s and 70s into one versatile instrument. Based on the legendary Fender Rhodes Suitcase, Fender Rhodes MKI and MKII, Wurlitzer 200A and Hohner Pianet-T stage pianos, Velvet accurately emulates the sound quality and nuances of each original instrument.

- Touch: Semi-weighted

- Key size: large

- Category: Master keyboard

- Inputs: Sustain pedal

- Software provided: Ableton Live Lite, Velvet Air Music Tech, Xpand!2 Air Music Tech, Touch Loops Samples (2GB), Mini Grand Air Music Tech, ProTools First

- Controller: Directional buttons

- Power: USB

- Dimensions (mm): 995 x 189 x 68

- Weight (kg): 4.10 kg

- Velocity sensitive: Yes

- Bluetooth: No

- Aftertouch: No

- Sequencer: No

- Arpeggiator: No

- Backlit pad: No

- Transpose: Yes

- Bluetooth Midi: No

- Pad velocity sensitivity: No

- No. of faders: 1

- No. of keys: 61

- Additional specs: - USB-Midi master keyboard 61 velocity-sensitive solid keys with a natural feel

- 3 transport and 5 directional knobs for easy control of music production software

- 1 volume fader for deeper control of plugins

- Ergonomic pitch and modulation wheels for expressive performances

- Advanced customizable features of knobs, fader, pitch and modulation wheels for DAW or virtual instrument parameter control

- Octave change buttons for extended ranges

- Compact, USB-powered design, plug & play Mac and PC

- Includes Pro Tools | First edition M-Audio software, Ableton Live Lite

- Includes AIR Music Tech's Mini Grand, with sounds sampled from 7 acoustic pianos

- Includes AIR Music Tech's Velvet, a virtual electric piano based on 5 legendary pianos from the 1960s to 1970s

- Includes XPand!2 by AIR Music Tech, an all-in-one multitimbral workstation