The Alesis V25 is a 25-key USB MIDI keyboard controller. Designed and created by American manufacturer Alesis, it’s a powerful and versatile and has several goodies like pads, buttons, and knobs. Also, it has octave selector keys for you to play in the full octave range. Whit this controller you can produce great basslines, melodies, and chords. Moreover, it’s flexible enough to map your knobs and buttons to take effect directly on your plugins and virtual instruments. As a result, you make adjustments like volume levels and filter. Plus, you can turn trigger effects on and off. Additionally, it has expression capabilities for performing with its pitch and modulation wheels. In particular, the backlit pads are a great feature that looks pretty cool at night.
Alesis V25: Features
Connecting the Alesis V25 is simple and straight forward. A single USB connector is all you need to integrate it with your Mac or PC. In addition, this controller provides MIDI, so you can connect it with your favorite music production software. Plus, it’s versatile enough to take it with you anywhere you like! It’s not bulky and doesn’t weigh that much, so you can take it on the road, to perform, or it can sit on your home studio. The Alesis V25 is ready for Ableton Live and Xpand!2, which lets you plug, play, record, produce, and perform right away. Xpand!2 comes with a vast array of premium sounds for your musical venture.
In the case you have a Mac, you’ll need at least OS X 10.7 onwards to be able to connect the Alesis V25, and at least OS X 10.8 onwards as software. On Windows, you’ll have to, at least, work on Windows 7 with a 2GB RAM processor or more.
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