Key Rig from M-Audio covers all the basic needs for today’s keyboardist
in a single virtual rack. Compatible with most Mac and PC environments,
Key Rig delivers four great sounding modules that can be used in
stand-alone or plug-in mode. The SP-1 Stage Piano module serves up
grand pianos, Wurlitzer, classic electric pianos, FM and more. The MS-2
Polyphonic Synthesizer delivers a new, easy way to call up and edit
great synth sounds. The MB-3 Tone Wheel Organ emulates the classic
Hammond™ sound complete with rotary speaker. And the GM-4 General MIDI
Module is great for sequencing the rest of your backing tracks.
The
master MIDI/Mixer section lets you route, split, layer and mix these
four powerful modules in whatever way best suits your performance and
recording needs. A master effects section even allows for adding a
common effect in addition to the individual effect section included
with each instrument.
It’s All There In Black and White
The SP-1 Stage
Piano module serves up grand pianos, Wurlitzer, classic electric
pianos, FM, clavinet and more. Each preset can hold a combination of
two instruments with individual settings for Mix, Octave, Detune,
Velocity and Tone. Owing to a dual effects section, each preset also
has its own effect settings including delay, chorus, phaser and more.
Brave New Synth
The MS-2 Polyphonic Synthesizer
delivers a new, easy way to call up and edit great synth sounds. Each
preset consists of sub-presets for each major section: filter, amp, mod
and FX. Creating new sounds is as simple as combining these sub-presets
in different ways and tweaking any associated parameters from there as
desired.
Get Organized
The MB-3 Tone Wheel Organ
authentically emulates the classic Hammond™ sound complete with rotary
speaker. Standard features include nine drawbars that are pre-mapped to
M-Audio brand USB MIDI controllers, percussion and variable key click,
three chorus and three vibrato settings. Rotary speaker emulation
includes tube overdrive, speed and tone controls to yield everything
from glassy jazz chords to smoking rock leads.
Bring In The Band
The GM-4 General MIDI Module
delivers 128 GM instruments plus a great GM drum kit. It instantly
plays GM-compatible standard MIDI files from host applications and
provides an extremely easy way of sequencing additional backing tracks.
Multiple Effects
Key Rig modules each feature
their own dual effects processors for delay, chorus, phaser and
more.There’s also a master effects section that further processes the
combined output of all modules.
Flexible Mixing and Assignment
You get an
internal mixer and assignment controls that allow you configure
independent MIDI channels for each module. But that’s not all… you can
easily create splits and layers for things like left-hand bass with
right-hand keys, piano/string layers and any other combination you can
think of.
Use It Your Way
M-Audio’s virtual racks let you
use them as stand-alone instruments or with most host sequencers. Lots
of people, for example, are just taking their keyboard and laptop to
live performances. Compatibility with AU, VST and RTAS also means that
you can use it as sound sources for your tracks in Pro Tools, Logic,
Cubase, Ableton Live, and, well, pretty much any popular music software.
