Korg microKEY-2 49-Key Compact Midi Keyboard Controller

Korg microKEY-2 AIR 49-Key Bluetooth MIDI Keyboard Controller
Too many wires in your studio? Are they literally holding you back from the freedom of different configurations and setups?

Korg, creators of the best-selling microKEY series and the next-gen microKEY2 series can help you break free with the new microKEY Air series of wireless MIDI controllers!

The microKEY Air supports Apple’s Bluetooth LE (Low Energy) MIDI Standard for wireless devices. You can easily connect wirelessly to iPad / iPhone music apps such as KORG Gadget, KORG Module, and GarageBand, as well as any MIDI-capable music production software on your Mac. Painstaking tuning of the Bluetooth capabilities means high stability and low latency, no strings – or wires – attached.

With an average of one hour of use per day, the batteries allow approximately one month of operation. And best of all, the microKEY Air runs on just two AA batteries.

MicroKEY Air can also be connected via a traditional USB cable. Since the microKEY is USB bus-powered, you only need a single USB cable to connect it to Mac or Windows. There’s no need to install a driver; just connect it to your computer and start playing. The second generation newly supports connection to iPad and iPhone. Add an Apple Lightning – USB camera adaptor and one USB cable and your setup is complete, allowing you to access apps such as KORG Gadget, KORG Module, and GarageBand.

KORG’s Natural Touch mini keyboard has been carefully designed to assure playability while staying compact, and makes it easy to play chords or rapid phrases. Choose between 25, 37, 49 or 61-key configurations to suit your specific playing style and space / travel requirements.

The 37, 49, and 61-key models provide an assignable switch jack for connecting a damper pedal. The 25-key model provides a sustain button that implements the damper function. On all models, you can use the octave buttons in conjunction with the key transpose function to play MIDI’s entire range of notes.

The 37, 49, and 61-key models provide pitch bend and modulation wheels. The 25-key model provides a joystick that can also control pitch bend and modulation, as well as an arpeggiator function, giving you full control in spite of this model’s space-saving dimensions, and providing a wealth of performance expression.

The microKEY comes with a serious collection of powerful music software titles including popular special editions of KORG Gadget and KORG Module plus the KORG Legacy Collection offering five classic KORG instruments as plug-ins. With microKEY Air you won’t have to purchase additional software; you can start creating music right away.

Software bundle for Mac / Windows:
• KORG Legacy Collection – M1 Le (synthesizer sound module) with a special upgrade pass to the KORG Legacy Collection – Special Bundle
• UVI Digital Synsations (synthesizer sound module)
• AAS Ultra Analog Session (synthesizer sound module)
• AAS Strum Acoustic Session (acoustic guitar sound module)
• AAS Lounge Lizard Session (electric piano sound module)
• Propellerhead Reason Limited (DAW music production software)
• Ableton Live $50 discount coupon (DAW music production software)

FEATURES
&61607; 49 Natural touch keys
&61607; Wireless connect to iPads, iPhones and Mac via Bluetooth
&61607; Compact size for portable performance
&61607; Pitch bend and modulation wheels
&61607; Switchable octaves
&61607; Mac, PC and iOS compatible
&61607; 1/4" Input for damper pedal
&61607; Powered from two AA batteries or USB bus power
&61607; 30 Hour battery life (approx)
&61607; Includes a variety of synth modules and DAW software

SPECIFICATIONS

Power Battery
Interface USB, Blueooth
Connections USB, 1/4" jack
Controls Keys, Pitch/Mod wheels, Octave buttons
Keys 49
Dimensions (mm) 709 x 54 x 139
Weight (g) 1400
System Requirements (PC) Windows that supports Bluetooth 4.0 or later, and has Windows 8.1 or later (32-bit / 64-bit) [KORG BLE-MIDI Driver is required]. Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 or later (32-bit / 64-bit).
System Requirements (Mac) Mac that supports Bluetooth 4.0 or later, and has OS X10.10 Yosemite or later installed. MacOS 10.8 Mountain Lion or later.