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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, clavinet and more. The MS-2 Polyphonic Synthesizer delivers a new, easy way to call up and edit great synth sounds. The MB-3 Electromagnetic 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. Features: Four top-quality virtual sound modules: SP-1 Stage Piano; MS-2 Polyphonic Synthesizer; MB-3 Electromagnetic Organ; GM-4 General MIDI Use stand-alone or with a sequencer Variable velocity and controller settings, optimized for M-Audio keyboards Independent MIDI channels Integral mixer Split and layer modules for performance combinations Dual effects processor for each module Master effects section in addition to individual module effects Compatible with most popular softwa....../ M-Audio Key Rig Virtual Instrument / cd rack
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Useful and Fun : M-Audio Key Rig Virtual Instrument
I grew up in the 1970s. That was the age where pop keyboard players were expected to have a half dozen or more expensive keyboards in a keyboard rig or key-rig to cover the basic sounds of the day. M-audio's low-priced Key Rig let's you duplicate most if not all of these sounds right on your computer.
Key Rig has four different modules which you can use individually or in combination. You can layer a sound from each module and use just one track in your sequencer, so you can come up with some very fat and interesting sounds. The CPU load is modest. By panning different pianos right and left, or using the effects, you can make some very interesting stereo piano sounds. You can save programs for individual modules or as combination patches. Each module has an effects section and there is a master-effects section. I'll give a brief rundown of each individual module
At the top is the SP-1 Stage Piano module. This module actually lets you mix up to two piano or electric piano sounds, and apply some basic effects. Personally, I prefer the Rhodes and Whirly type sounds to the acoustic pianos. I prefer the standard acoustic piano from Garageband, but the Keyrig piano is fine. The second piano slot aslo has a generic synth pad sound that is especially useful in layering with the other modules for huge and evolving synthesizer pad sounds. By panning different pianos right and left, or using the effects, you can make some very interesting stereo piano sounds.
The second module is the MS-2 Polyphonic Synthesizer This is kind of a generic soft-synth, but it is set up to be quick and easy to make basic sound changes even if you don't know much about synthesizers. This is my favorite module to "noodle" with. It has presets that cover most of the "bread and butter" generic synth sounds. All are editable.
The MB-3 Organ module has drawbars, key-click, distortion and Leslie-type features like a Hammond B-3 tonewheel organ. I'm no organ expert, but it sounds good to me.
The fourth module, GM-4 is a General Midi module. It's useful, but I have to say, to me, it's the only disappointing module in the bunch. You'd think with all the memory they had to play with that they would have blown away the quicktime general midi sounds that come standard with the Quicktime mac or WMP Windows soundset. Unfortunately, it doesn't. For some sounds, the GM-4 is better, but for some sounds the computer's set is better. Also, there is no way to just play General Midi sequences from Key-Rig. This module provides basic general midi compatibility, not GM2, XG or GS extensions. Again, this module really shines when combined with the other modules.
I bought Key Rig a couple years ago. My version contained Mac and Windows versions. The mac version was Power-PC processor only. I don't know if they ever released an intel-compatable version. The Windows version ships as Key Rig 49 in a bundle with a 49 note midi-controller. For under a c-note, the bundle is a good value. The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is that the competition is pretty good too.
