The Open Labs Neko EX5 Keyboard is the Home Studio Gen 5 E-Series. The Neko EX5 is an alternative to Neko and Miko L-series products and at a more affordable price. The Open Labs Neko EX5 features 61-key semi-weighted, synth-action keyboard with after touch, 15″ LCD Display Color Touch Screen, 200 plus world-class virtual instruments and effects, including 7,500 plus high-quality pre-sets sounds , with virtually unlimited capability for third party plug-ins and applications.
In a nutshell, the Open Labs Neko EX5 Home Studio instrument is fully integrated, custom configured, and well-equipped to allow you to record and produce music right out of the box. The components that create professional studio have been unified into a single coherent instrument with keyboard synthesizers, drum machines, audio interfaces, a mixing console and a powerful computer foundation to give your home studio the power to produce music like a professional for a fraction of the cost and take your music production to new level of realism.
The Open Labs Neko EX5 is perfect for studios, producers and gigging keyboardists. The Portable keyboard weight 46 lbs. The large touch screen is great because you can physically touch anything on the screen (VST controls, Pro tools and etc.,) without requiring the use of a mouse. With superior audio quality and upgrade capabilities, the Open Labs Neko EX5 will always be updated and your workstation always sound good.
The M-Audio KeyStudio 49i USB Keyboard Controller is a 49-note touch sensitive keyboard. The KeyStudio 49i is the first USB keyboard controller to incorporates 2-in/2-out integral audio interface and on-board stereo-sampled Steinway grand piano sound with 20-note polyphony, features a user-friendly and all-in-one music making solution., the M-Audio GM sound module provides you a total 128 instruments sounds from synths, bass, drums, flute, sax and many more right at your fingertips.
When designing the KeyStudio 49i keyboard, M-Audio engineers focused on songwriters need by combining everything songwriters need in a single, easy-to-use package so that technology is transparent to the creative process. Users can play the on-board piano as a stand-alone instrument with no computer or software required. In addition, users can also connect the KeyStudio 49i keyboard to a PC or Mac via USB. Musicians can record vocals and instruments as well as listen to sessions and mixes from the audio outs or headphone jacks. The feature set and compact form factor make it also ideal for classrooms. The audio interface is compatible with Pro Tools M-Powered, delivering seamless integration with industry-standard music production software. These make the M-Audio KeyStudio 49i a complete solution for songwriting and education applications that also allows for easy expansion in the future.
The M-audio KeyStudio 49i is a powerful midi controller. Although the keys are not weighted, this instrument responds expressively to subtleties in your playing. The on-board grand piano sounds are superb and the sound module has very good sounds and much better than sample from keyboards twice the price. The M-Audio KeyStudio 49i downside is that it has only 49-keys instead of the 88-keys but, if you can handle the octave buttons well then you can change your octave with just a push of the button. The portable keyboard is a perfect companion to Garageband.
The Kurzweil PC3LE6 is the first Kurzweil new PC3LE line of Performance Controller Keyboards. The PC3LE6 features 61-note semi-weighted action with velocity and after-touch sensitive keys. The PC3LE6 incorporates the widely acclaimed sound set from the PC3, including features like Setup Mode, Song Mode and Quick Access Mode. The Performance Controller Keyboard was designed for quick learning curve and unprecedented ease of use.
The Kurzweil PC3LE6 also features 16 track sequencer, 64 Voice Polyphony, all the DSP synthesis power of the PC3 and up to 10 available insert effects, USB thumb-drive storage, 16 independent arpeggiators, 16 simultaneous Riffs, 8 backlit impact-sensitive drum pads and high quality 24-bit D/A converter. The Kurzweil PC3LE6 is the perfect choice for musicians seeking high-end, professional sounds and features in an affordable keyboard. In addition, no other keyboard in this price-range offers such a broad and deep selection of sounds; orchestral, string sections, vintage keys, virtual analog, KB3 organs as well as drums, basses, guitars, voices and horns are all well represented in a sound set that numbers over 1050. And world-renowned Kurzweil Triple Strike Grand Piano is front and center, continuing Kurzweil legacy of providing the best, most realistic piano sounds in the industry.
The Portable Keyboard weight 14.06 kg. The LE new interactive user interface feature has taken the music tech industry into new level of realism. The combination of features and sounds are amazing and the price is absolutely unbelievable. The Kurzweil PC3LE7 and PC3LE8 will be released shortly after Kurzweil PC3LE6.