![]() ![]() The keyboard has no built-in sound capabilities of its own it is intended to be used with the Session software, which has a good collection of MIDI samples and effects and outputs via Fast Track, or with M-Audio’s Micro USB Audio Interface, which is supplied with Session. There are Pitch Bend and Modulation wheels on the keyboard to tweak the sound as you play, and Octave buttons for when you want to emulate a piccolo or double bass. The action feels a little light, but the ‘touch’ is OK and you soon adjust to playing forte or pianissimo. The KeyStudio keyboard is well made, with 49 full-size, touch-sensitive keys. Our challenge was to try out this hardware - specifically the KeyStudio MIDI keyboard and Fast Track audio interface - with Linux applications. Unfortunately, its bundled software, called Session, is for Windows only. Its new “make-music-now” line of products, aimed at musicians just getting into computers or PC users with an interest in music, includes a microphone, speakers, drum machine, and DJ mixer deck. M-Audio has supplied hardware and software to computer-based musicians for 20 years.
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