DESCRIPTION
Key Features:
- 25 full-size, velocity-sensitive keys
- Preset and DAW buttons for auto-mapped DAW controls & plugin parameters
- Smart Chord mode enables playing of enharmonic or custom chord voicings
- Smart Scale mode eliminates wrong notes making it easy to craft a perfect song
- Arpeggiator with Type, Octave, Gate and Swing controls
- 2 banks of 8 velocity-sensitive trigger pads with Note Repeat for beat production
- (8) assignable knobs for manipulating virtual instruments and plugins
- Assignable fader lets you mix your productions with ease
- Transport buttons let you control your DAW without reaching for the mouse
- Display provides instant parameter feedback
- Ergonomically designed pitch and modulation wheels & 1/4” sustain pedal input
- Includes MIDI editor software and a complete software production package
Educational Software Included:
Join over 100,000 musicians building their skills with Melodics. Melodics is a desktop app that teaches you to play and perform with MIDI keyboards, pad controllers, and drums. Whether you are just starting out or a seasoned pro looking to learn advanced techniques Melodics grows with you. It is free to download and comes with over 60 free lessons to get you started! However, because you own one of our premium Keyboard controllers you also unlock 40 Exclusive Lessons to help take your skills to the next level. Its Plug and Play no setup required, you will get something from your first 5 minutes. Take it straight to your next track or performance.
Skoove is the easiest way to learn piano—featuring in-depth online piano courses that adapt to you and give you feedback. Develop your repertoire on your own time, at your own pace with a curated catalogue filled with everything from current chart hits to classical music. Need a little help? Skoove’s experienced team of musicians is on hand with one-on-one support to answer any of your questions. New, exclusive lessons are added every month so that you can keep expanding your repertoire with new music as well as up your piano game with new music theory tips and tricks.
DAW Software Included:
Ableton Live Lite is one of the most popular performance and production programs available in the world. A powerful music creation tool, Ableton Live Lite enables musicians and producers to spontaneously compose, record, remix, improvise, and edit musical ideas in a fluid audio/MIDI environment. Explore sonic possibilities in real time whether on stage or in the studio. When you are satisfied with your work, Ableton Live Lite lets you save it or mix it down.
Whatever you set out to achieve, MPC Beats will get you started. Incorporating the finest parts of the legendary MPC workflow, MPC Beats features all the essential tools for pro production. Edit samples, mixdown your tracks, find any sound with the synth engines found on the legendary MPCs, record audio and much more. MPC Beats will host your AU/VST plugins so as you expand your arsenal, know you’ll have complete compatibility with industry standard virtual studio technology.
Virtual Instruments Included:
Hybrid 3.0 is the next generation in synthesis. This high-definition virtual synthesizer combines the coveted warmth of analog synths with a full range of futuristic digital manipulation capabilities. The result is the best of both worlds — a virtual instrument with a comprehensive set of precisely adjustable parameters that can sound like a synth you remember or something no one has ever heard before.
AIR Music’s Mini Grand is a simple-to-use yet powerful virtual piano instrument with seven different acoustic piano sounds to suit a broad range of musical styles and production needs. Combining premium quality piano samples, innovative re-pedaling technology, built-in room simulation and equal and stretched tuning, Mini Grand is the go-to plugin for authentic, emotive piano sounds.
Expansion Packs Included:
If you love making beats & productions, MPC Beats Producer Kits expansion is just for you! Delivering over 1.5GB of cutting-edge drum kits and samples created by the world’s leading producers and sound designers. Get access to everything from Hip Hop, Trap, Electronic kits to DnB, Trap Soul, Funk and RnB.
From deep dropping 808s, punchy kicks, crisp snares, and claps, to dark melodic loop textures and vocal chops, which have all been created into ready to load MPC drum kits, for instant creative inspiration. Get ready to produce your next hit inside MPC Beats using the Producer Kits expansion pack.
F9 Audio proudly presents F9 Beats Edition Instruments Collection for the MPC Beats platform. Power your MPC Beats with everything from “Deep 808” bass presets to silky smooth Rhodes and deep lush pads. The patches load up quickly and efficiently directly into your MPC workflow and thanks to the remarkable native AIR FX chains that accompany each patch, sound powerful and present straight out of the box in any genre.
F9 have pioneered multi-sampled instrument design over the last 5 years and now in this release, they have taken it even further with a ‘triple-cooked’ sampling process.