Korg microKEY Air 61

The microKEY-61 AIR from Korg is a slim MIDI controller with a pitch wheel, a modulation wheel, and a set of 61 velocity-sensitive Natural Touch mini-keys. If you wish, you can bus-power this unit via the USB port, but the microKEY Air also features Bluetooth capabilities, allowing you to connect wirelessly to Mac and iOS devices. Hooked up in such a fashion, the keyboard can last up to 30 hours on two AA batteries (alkaline are recommended).

An assignable switch jack allows you to plug in a sustain pedal, while two octave-shift buttons allow you to change the range of this three-octave unit. You can make edits to MIDI parameters using the Korg KONTROL Editor software, which is available for free download on the Korg website. This can be useful in customizing the microKEY Air to your specific sensibilities, such as adapting the instrument’s velocity curve to your individual touch.

The controller also includes five virtual instruments (Korg Legacy Collection, UVI Digital Synsations, AAS Ultra Analog Session, AAS Strum Session, and AAS Lounge Lizard Session), as well as two apps (Korg Module Le for iPhone and KORG Module Le for iPad). Finally, purchasing the Korg microKEY Air will allow you to download a limited version of Propellerhead’s Reason.

Controller

USB-powered by your computer, iPad, or iPhone

Bluetooth compatibility with Mac and iOS devices

61-key, velocity-sensitive Natural Touch mini-keyboard

Includes pitch wheel, mod wheel, and two octave-shift buttons

Includes jack for sustain pedal

5 Virtual Instruments Included

UVI’s Digital Synsations module provides sampled emulations of classic digital and hybrid synths from the early 1990s

Lounge Lizard Session, the sound module from Applied Acoustics Systems, provides expressive electric piano sounds

Applied Acoustics Systems’ Strum Acoustic Session is a physical-modeling software synthesizer that lets you play virtual acoustic guitar parts with the expressiveness of an acoustic instrument

Ultra Analog Session, also by Applied Acoustics Systems, is an analog-modeling synthesizer featuring analog-style synth sounds

Korg Legacy Collection-M1 Le software synthesizer brings the sounds of the M1 music workstation to your computer

Korg KONTROL Editor

Korg KONTROL Editor MIDI-mapping software allows you to set the keyboard to respond to one of eight distinct velocity curves, or set a fixed velocity value. This is useful in customizing the microKEY Air to your personal playing style

Supports BLE-MIDI (Bluetooth MIDI)

Korg offers a downloadable system updater that provides iOS13/iPadOS13 support for the BLE-MIDI (Bluetooth LE) connection functionality of KORG microKEY Air. To perform the update, connect the product to your Mac or Windows PC via a USB connection, and download the System Updater from the Korg Website.

FEATURES

• 61 Velocity-Sensitive Mini-Keys
• Bluetooth Connections with Mac and iOS
• 30-Hour AA Battery Life
• Supports Mac, Windows, and iOS
• Damper Pedal Jack
• Pitch and Mod Wheels
• Octave Shift Buttons
• USB-Powered by Computer or iPad/iPhone
• Includes 5 Virtual Sound Modules
• Edit Controls via Korg KONTROL Editor