M-Audio unveiled its new series of USB MIDI keyboard controllers designed for professional musicians.
The Axiom Pro Series adds in enhanced techniques that offer musicians with better music experience with a feeling of playing on a real piano.
The series is available in 25-, 49- and 61-key models and offer effortless software integration to digital audio workstations (DAW) including Pro Tools, Cubase, Logic and Reason – as a result of M-Audio’s HyperControl technology, which automatically maps keyboard controls to commonly accessed parameters in software instruments and DAWs.
The Pro Series feature constant two-way link with the host DAW keeping Axiom Pro series keyboards in sync with the software’s active parameters. They also sport intuitive graphic LCD which constantly updates the current values, to ensure seamless editing and prevents parameter jumps even when plug-ins are closed.
Axiom Pro series keyboard controllers combine MIDI control with ASCII keystrokes, allowing users to assign any button to send QWERTY key commands like cut/paste or undo directly to the host software.
Their other features include TruTouch semi-weighted keyboard and eight velocity-sensitive trigger pads with M-Audio’s exclusive Trigger Finger technology.
The Axiom Pro 49 is priced at $599.95, while the Axiom Pro 61 costs $699.95. The price and availability of Axiom Pro 25 is yet to be announced.
