The Korg microKEY 49 MKII Compact MIDI Keyboard is a compact MIDI keyboard, featuring a natural touch mini-keyboard, with 49 keys, a pitch bend wheel, a modulation wheel, and octave shift buttons. This keyboard features Korg’s Natural Touch mini keyboard and has been carefully designed to assure playability while staying compact, and makes it easy to play chords or rapid phrases.
Since the microKEY is USB bus-powered, you only need a single USB cable to connect it to Mac or Windows. There's no need to install a driver; just connect it to your computer and start playing. The second generation newly supports connection to iPad and iPhone. Add an Apple Lightning - USB camera adaptor and one USB cable and your setup is complete, allowing you to access apps such as Korg Gadget, Korg Module, and GarageBand.
This model provides an assignable switch jack for connecting a damper pedal and you can use the octave buttons in conjunction with the key transpose function to play MIDI's entire range of notes. The microKEY comes with a serious collection of powerful music software titles including popular special editions of Korg Gadget and Korg Module plus the Korg Legacy Collection M1 Le which includes a plug-in version of the classic Korg M1 instrument.
The main features of the Korg microKEY 49 MKII Compact MIDI Keyboard include:
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This model strikes a good balance between portability (or usability with a desktop DAW) and playability. Its action, if a bit on the smaller side, is both smooth and responsive.
A simple, compatible and affordable keyboard for Windows, Mac and Linux.