Alesis Q88

music production knowledge

The Alesis Q88 is an extended-range piano keyboard designed with 88 sensitive semi-weighted keys for a more realistic feel. It provides a great look and feel that will enhance your playing sessions and compositions. This device comes standard with a pitch bend wheel and modulation one. As a result, it becomes an expressive piano keyboard. Given that it’s semi-lightweight, at only 10kg, you can take it along with you without major effort. Plus, it’ll sit great on your home studio or at a live performance.

Alesis Q88: Features

The Alesis Q88 is USB MIDI ready. In turn, this enables you to connect it directly to your preferred computer. Also, it has a MIDI jack connection for you to hook it up to sound modules, samplers, and synthesizers. Consequently, this makes it a versatile and powerful workstation. In addition, it’s ready to use on any music software available. Moreover, the compliment of 88 keys will definitely expand your music production horizon or performance capabilities. Similarly, it’s also a great choice for connecting MIDI hardware devices. You can even send changes to your programs and patches.

Moreover, the Alesis Q88 is Ableton Live Lite ready. This gives you the chance to start producing as you pull it right out of the box. It also comes with AIR Music Tech’s Xpand software for performing, recording, and sequencing music. Plus, i’s class-compliant, which means that it doesn’t need any drivers downloaded or installed to run it. In other words, it’s plug and play ready.

At the moment, Alesis is offering Melodics with the purchase of their piano keyboard. That is to say, they’re letting you download it when you register your controller. This contains over 60 how-to-play lessons for you to start playing if it’s your first time or if you want to seek further advancement of techniques to polish you playing skills.