14 DAY TRIAL // Even the utmost technology names have to show customers that they actually care for them, from time to time producing not only the usual holiday sales and discounts but huge offers on craved products and bundles people seek after. M-Audio is no exception in either of the ideas above: first of all they are one of the planet's leading names in both home and professional sound engineering and have extensive ranges of various products covering even the most exigent demands from discerning customers.
Secondly, M-Audio has prepared an offer which is quite hard to let go if you're at least a music producing enthusiast. Now... it's really frustrating to see the amazing deal M-Audio is making for US residents these days. Grouped under the ?Make Music Now? banner comes in a bundle of technology I'd instantly buy if I were in the right place.
Make Music Now is a concept which stands for offering both the software and the hardware premises for instant music creation at least at decent (if not semi-pro) levels of quality. Aiming at both people with some experience in the field and even to complete newbies, the Make Music Now idea is exactly what one needs to get started from zero and yet be able to have things ready in no time.
The present limited offer form M-Audio consists of a 49-note USB keyboard with two modulator-wheels, a low latency interface for bringing together the keyboard and your computer in great conditions and the loop-based Session music-creation software, an easy to use piece of code even your children will learn how to use in just minutes. And if you think this is not enough then add the almost 2 GB of sound samples coming with the rest of the package as well ? it will let you turn your keyboard in almost any instrument imaginable... plus the 128 traditional MIDI instruments present in your OS.
Speaking of operating systems, the Session software is a Windows-only applications yet the keyboard will work in exceptional conditions with a Mac computer. Add the overall traditional quality of all M-Audio products and then weep if you're not in the US during this limited offer time.
Finally, as specced on the M-Audio website, what will the pack do:
KeyStudio keyboard:
? 49-key, synth-action keyboard ? assignable modulation wheel for effects ? volume slider ? pitch bend wheel ? octave/transpose +/- buttons ? sustain pedal input ? on/off switch ? holes for wire-framed music stand (sold separately) ? power and connection via USB cable ? compatible with GarageBand and other music software
Powerful Session recording/production software for PC:
? record instrument tracks using included KeyStudio keyboard and the built-in Syntax sample-based software synthesizer with: 260+ instrument presets full 128-sound General MIDI sound set semi-modular design with full editing capabilities ? create music easily with drag-and-drop loops complete with automatic tempo and pitch matching?2GB loop library included ? find just the right content using the intuitive, context-sensitive browser to filter by instrument type, musical style and other qualities ? audition multiple clips in the browser simultaneously ? play, record and mix with 20 real-time effects including reverb, EQ, distortion and filters (up to five simultaneous effects per track plus two global effects) ? unlimited audio and instrument track playback ? record up to two audio tracks and one instrument track simultaneously
Also includes M-Audio Micro USB audio interface:
? 1/8? stereo output ? superior sound and latency compared to factory PC sound cards ? powered via USB
