Roland introduce it’s newest synthesizer , Roland Lucina AX-09 Synthesizer. The Roland Lucina AX-09 is a stylish, compact and lightweight shoulder synthesizer with audio player. This stylish Shoulder Synthesizer represents Roland’s bold move and commitment in continuous innovation. The Lucina AX-09 features 37-key velocity-sensitive keyboard, 128-voice Polyphony, 150 high-quality sounds, Category and Preview buttons, USB Memory Audio Player function.
Additionally, the Lucina AX-09 is equipped with robust sound system and expressive controllers. The Category and Preview buttons enable users to quickly select sound and hear selected sound with ease. A USB port allows users to play WAV, MP3 or AIFF format, directly from a USB stick, making it easy for them to jam along with their favourite songs. Audio from an external MP3 or CD player can be played by connecting the device to the EXTERNAL IN jack. Users can also enhance their performances with the expressive controllers built into Lucina, like wave their hands over the invisible D Beam for dramatic effects, and dig their fingers into the Modulation Bar and Touch control to bend, twist, and sculpt each sound they play.
The ultra-light and super easy to use synth is designed to fit all musicians, even kids, and it is a great family keyboard. Strap on the Lucina AX-09 and you are in the spot light. You can play it standing up or sitting down. Designed for mobile operation, the Lucina AX-09 can runs on AC or roam free with batteries. It can runs for approximately four hours on eight Ni-MH AA Rechargeable batteries. The Roland Lucina AX-09 portable keyboard weight merely 3.7 kg and comes in standard Pearl White and premium Black Sparkle finish.
The Yamaha YPT-220 is an entry-level portable which incorporates all the cool features that most of us look forward in a portable keyboard. The YPT-220 features 61 regular-sized keys, with Organ style, 32-note Polyphony, 375 high-quality instrument voices including Stereo Grand Piano, 361 XGlite voices, 12 Drum Kits and Sound Effect Kit, 100 preset accompaniment styles, 102 built-in songs, Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.), Reverb Effects - 9 types, LCD display, Portable Grand Button are all the diverse features included into one power house musical instrument.
For students learning to play, the Yamaha YPT-220 Portable Grand features reset the entire keyboard into the industry best piano sounds with a touch of a button, including the setting up of the keyboard to play as a piano. And the Yamaha Education Suite teaches students to perform and play the 102 built-in songs in easy lesson steps. Additionally, when it is time to perform the YPT-220 also functions as a user friendly keyboard, with rich reverb effects enable you to add rich, concert-hall ambience to your performance. Together, these Effects, Styles and Voices enable player creates cool sounds, many styles and more.
The Yamaha YPT-220 portable keyboard weight merely 9lbs 11oz . Additionally, it can also be battery operated with six “AA” size batteries. However, batteries can only last for a few days if you practice daily. If you are budget conscious or have limited space the Yamaha YPT-220 is a good choice.
The Kurzweil SP76 Mark II Stage Piano features 76-key Semi-weighted keyboard, 128 Preset sounds , 4 zones including Splits and Layers, Assignable Control knob, Effects, Pitch and modulation wheels. The Stage Piano is an entry level piano which delivers the highest quality sounds.
The Kurzweil SP76 II is a preset stage piano with 128 programs migrated from Kurzweil Flagship sounds, including acoustic pianos, electric pianos, basses, strings, guitars, drums, synths, ensembles, and many more. The SP76 II can do splits and layers up to 4 zones and setting up zones with split and layers is as fast and simple as configuring four separate zones. It has an assignable control knob that can control timbre and add effects.
Play both piano and synth parts simultaneously and you will love the way the Kurzweil SP76 II keybed feels, offering you enough resistance for piano-style parts, while also providing the fast response you need for synth lines. Weighing less than 20 lbs, the compact and sleek stage piano is comfortable enough for pianists to play piano, small and lightweight enough to make it as portable as it can be for musicians’ live performances.
Kurzweil latest workstation, Kurzweil PC3K8 is an upgraded PC3 and a new addition to Kurzweil’s workstation and family. The PC3K8 features 88-keys keyboard, with the addition of 128 MB of sample memory, real-time control over volume and sound parameter, basic sample editing and full keymap editing, a USB host port to support the use of thumb-drives for data loading and storage as well as OS updates. Not forgetting, the PC3K8 also features all the presets and features of it’s predecessor PC3, including anti-aliasing VA oscillators, improved KB3 Mode, Classic Keys, Orchestral and String Sections sound sets, the renowned Kurzweil Grand Piano, Cascade Mode, 16 independent Riffs and arpeggiators, Song Mode and QA mode, unparalleled MIDI control, and many more.
The PC3K8 non-volatile user sample memory can load your user samples, turn the unit off and the samples are still intact. This is especially applicable for keyboardists who use samples in a live setting. This new feature has been most sought after by musicians and professionals alike for at least a decade. The ‘K’ implies backward compatibility to Kurzweil K-Series from K2000, K2500 to K2600 keyboards. All the K-Series samples can be loaded in the PC3K8 with 100 percent compatibility whereas, the K-Series programs have about 70 percent compatibility. However, users will have to tweak the sound a little in order to have the exact sound. The keyboard can be set up with up to 16 zones and layers.
With the new Kurzweil PC3K8 ability to load legacy K-Series sample patches and almost two decades of programmes with almost full compatibility via Dynamic V.A.S.T. synthesis engine, once again underscoring Kurzweil commitment to non-obsolescence by design.
Alesis introduced it’s Q49 USB/MIDI Keyboard Controller during Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. The Alesis Q49 is an entry-level Keyboard Controller which is ideal for Students, Studios environment and Stage performances.
The Q49 is a fully featured keyboard controller, with 49-key synth-action keyboard that is compatible with virtually any music software and MIDI hardware devices, USB-MIDI and conventional MIDI jacks for easy connection to your Computer and MIDI device, full controls of pitch and modulation wheels, octave up and down, and an assignable data slider. The Q49 allows you to send velocity sensitive note information from the keys and you can also send program changes from the keys, which is very useful for both programming and performing music.
The compact keyboard controller is designed with tools that will enable musicians to make music the way they enjoy most. The Alesis Q49 is compact, affordable and user-friendly, and it is compatible with virtually any MIDI software and hardware devices.
