CME XKEY AIR 25 Electronic Keyboard
- Brand: Unbranded
Description
I had some piano training many years ago, but I'm a half-ass keyboardist at best, and I will occasionally hit a bunk note here and there, requiring another take or editing of the MIDI track. There's a Mac, Windows, iPad (but not iPhone) management application that you can use to configure the keyboard, as well as to install firmware updates. The original 25-note Xkey remains an ideal size for music on the move, as you can fit it in a rucksack or a large laptop bag, and you can operate it on your knees while sat next to someone without getting too antisocial. Xkey Air has two or three octaves … and a quick-touch button to instantly go 3×3 octaves higher or lower. They all work, certainly, with increased finger pressure deepening the up/ down bend or modulation, but achieving any real degree of accuracy is pretty much impossible, since maintaining an intermediate level of finger pressure between 'none' and 'full' is a haphazard exercise at best.
Micro USB for the Xkey, Mini USB for the Zoom H1 and a normal USB for the Samson Graphite 49 that I have on the desk. It could take a little time getting used to it if you have played conventional keyboards for some time. In the world of iPad, the XKey Air allows me to connect to my iPad without a dongle (as it would to a newer Mac [2012? The contents of this article are subject to worldwide copyright protection and reproduction in whole or part, whether mechanical or electronic, is expressly forbidden without the prior written consent of the Publishers.It can change a whole bunch of internal settings, even allowing the velocity curve to be redrawn, and it updates the firmware as needed. If all my talk about Xkey's compactness has you thinking it might be kind of flimsy, you'd be wrong.
The black keys are very slightly raised above the white ones, and all of them trigger consistently along their entire length - again, this can only help in terms of playability. This can be very useful if you feel the Xkey to be too sensitive when playing certain types of instruments and such. Compatible with Mac, PC, iOS and Android, class-compliant (so no drivers required) and USB bus-powered, the Xkey manages to be very low-profile (a mere 16mm deep) yet still retaining a decent amount of key travel, making it surprisingly playable. This would make connecting difficult–much as we found with our Bluetooth QWERTY keyboards in our 1:1. This significantly changes the feel from a normal pivoted key, but is probably easier to adapt to than small keys with the wrong spacing, or squishy pressure pads.
but generally, if you have a modern device, the WIDI BUD can add BLE MIDI to your computing device if it does not have it. I've read there's some slight latency with it being bluetooth and I think I might be able to detect it indeed but it is so tiny it's negligible. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. Learn from people who have made expensive mistakes and shortcut your way to success in running a successful studio. The keys from the first nanoKey batch was so fragile that it a few keys broke after a week of moderate usage.
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