A full size, velocity sensitive 49-note USB keyboard with a compact and elegant design, ideal for any home computer setup. There's no need for an external power supply or untidy cabling. Simply plug it into your computers USB port and that's all the connection it needs. Once installed, the Evolution eKeys49 will work with any standard music software, as well as the fantastic Evolution eKeys49 software bundle.

Whether you want to create your own compositions, teach children basic skills such as the alphabet and numbers or learn to play the piano, Evolution eKeys49 does it all.

Complete Software Package Includes

• Evolution Picture Board - Picture Board is a fantastic early learning tool which teaches children essentials such as numbers, animal names, household objects and the alphabet, while cleverly introducing them to the music keyboard through a fun combination of sounds and images. You can personalise Picture Board by adding your own images (bit map files) and sounds (wav files), ideal for teaching children the names of family members! It's a great way to learn at many different levels and a perfect introduction to the keyboard.
• Evolution Music Teacher - Learning the keyboard has never been this much fun. Whether you're a beginner, intermediate or just need a refresher course, there are 30 lessons to take you from the basic steps right through to playing a complete composition. Practice rhythm, pitch or both together, then get a score and comments from the teacher. You can even load in your favourite songs as MIDI files and learn all the different parts! Then play with the rest of the Music Teacher band and enjoy being part of a world class performance.
• Evolution Sound Studio II - Produce your own music with this multi-track studio. Record individual parts, vocals, live instruments, add effects, even print out the score. From a simply tune to a complex arrangement, Sound Studio can do it all. Go wild with 256 MIDI tracks, 4 stereo audio tracks plus 2 VST plug-ins and 2 virtual instruments. Packed full of pro-features including Audio, Score and Drum editors. Sound Studio comes bundled with 2 full VST synthesisers, 1 full VST drum sample player and 6 more demo synths and instruments, including the best selling FM7 and B4 from Native Instruments.

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• New Low Price for Educational MIDI Keyboards

  Have you ever wanted to learn to play music but didn’t know where to start? Then eKeys is for you. Now at new Lower prices!

• 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…