Play a keyboard, and want to loose the cables? M-Audio MidAir 25 is a wireless 25-key MIDI controller keyboard with all the functionality of the M-Audio Oxygen 8 controller keyboard. With 25 velocity sensitive keys, 8 MIDI-assignable knobs, Mod and Pitch Bend wheels, and assignable Sustain button, you can use the MidAir 25 to control MIDI instruments, soft synths, and DAWs wirelessly. The MidAir 25 ships with the MidAir receiver, a wireless interface that connects to a PC or Mac and receives MIDI data transmitted from the MidAir 25 in the 2.4GHz band, high above the UHF band used for wireless microphones or guitar systems. The MidAir has an effective range of 30 feet with the same reliable, real-time response and low latency of hard wired MIDI controllers. The MidAir receiver can also be used without a host computer connected directly to a standard MIDI instrument. Set up your MIDI instruments off stage and control them wirelessly from the MidAir 25. The MidAir receiver also functions as a standard USB MIDI interface, allowing you to control most standard MIDI instruments from the MidAir 25 without seperate interfaces. Powered by a 9V DC power adapter or the included AA batteries, the MidAir 25 does not even require a mains lead.

The battery life of the MidAir 25 being powered by standard AA batteries exceeds 20 hours of continusous power. The MidAir receiver is a class-compliant device, no drivers required.

Features

• Wireless USB MIDI controller.
• 25-key velocity-sensitive synth action with full-size keys.
• 8 MIDI-assignable knobs.
• Program change buttons.
• Preset/octave up/down buttons.
• Assignable sustain button.
• Assignable data slider.
• Pitch bend and modulation wheels.
• 3-digit LED.
• MIDI Out jack.
• 10 non-volatile memory locations.
• Controllers fully programmable to MIDI controller number and channel.
• USB 1.1 and MIDI In/Out ports on MidAir receiver.
• Powered via 9V DC power adapter or batteries.
• On/off switch.
• Class-compliant with Windows XP and Mac OS X.
• Includes Ableton Live Lite 5 music production software so you can make music right away.

Minimum Requirements

• Windows XP (SP2) or higher, Pentium 3 600 MHz, 256 MB RAM, DirectX 9.0c or higher, Windows 98, Me, NT or 2000 not supported. Native USB port required.
• Macintosh G3 800/G4 733 MHz or higher, CPU may be higher for laptops, OS X 10.3.9 with 256 MB RAM, OS X 10.4.2 or greater with 512 MB RAM. Native USB port required. G3/G4 accelerator cards are not supported.
  

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• Part 3: Section 1: MIDI controllers

  Long live software instruments! Gone are the days when you needed a stack of keyboards to create tunes, as everything can now be done inside your computer at the click of a mouse. However, do you really want to be playing all of that software with a mouse? Wouldn’t you rather be doing it all with a proper piano type keyboard? Eh? So doesn’t that mean a return to piles of keyboard again, the very thing that software replaced? No! All you need is one keyboard to control every soft instrument you own! So you’d better make sure it’s a good one, right? Yes, and fortunately, or unfortunately depending on your viewpoint, there are loads of different sorts to choose from so we will discuss all of them here. And if you already own a keyboard but need extra control, don’t worry, because in Section 2 we’ll be looking at some keyboardless controllers that will enhance your desktop music making no end…