Alesis VI49

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The Alesis VI49 is an advanced 49 key keyboard controller with USB and MIDI capabilities. With it, you’ll be able to take command of your music production or performance journey with ease. Thanks to its features, in combination with your preferred music software, this is a great platform to enhance your production workflow. Specifically, it has a series of pad, knobs, and buttons along with a 49 velocity-sensitive keybed. The latter is semi-weighted with aftertouch and octave selection buttons. All these together expand the keyboard to a full melodic range and play bass lines; melodies and chords come naturally.

Alesis VI49: Features

Also onboard the Alesis VI49 you’ll find 12 assignable knobs to program and tweak. Similarly, it has 36 assignable buttons that you can map to manipulate effect plugins and your preferred virtual instruments. You can also open and close filters, trigger effects, modify the volume, and move parameters. Additionally, with its 16 velocity-sensitive pads you can launch instant clips or play a set of drum beats. In turn, these will light up while you play thanks to its backlit and colorful visual effects. Finally, this device integrates Pitch and Mod wheels. They will definitely add expressiveness and more creative options for your production venture or live performance.

The Alesis VI49 is connection-ready and can effortlessly get in sync with your favorite music production software. Thanks to is USB connection and MIDI functionality you can connect it to external MIDI modules, synths, and more. Moreover, there’s a LED screen that delivers some greater visual feedback. Practically everything illuminates with it, making it easy to manipulate even in low light. Even more so, Ableton Live and XPand!2 come bundled with this keyboard controller. As a result, you can create powerful music right out of the box. Lastly, given the Alesis VL49’s size and weight. you can take it along with you with ease to set up your music production studio wherever you go.

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