*NEWS FLASH* Advance 49 now features the updated VIP 3.0 software, allowing you more hands-on control of your favourite VST instruments and effects. The VIP Native Plugin Map Standard allows 3rd party virtual instrument and effect developers to produce their own plugin maps for enhanced VIP integration, if your plugin of choice doesnt come with a pre-mapped profile then simply map your own! The Advance Keyboards are just that...advanced. Not only do you get a semi-weighted velocity-sensitive keybed with aftertouch but you get some of the most sophisticated hardware/software integration possible. With transport controls and a killer hi res colour screen you can replace your need for a computer screen. With Akais intuitive VIP software you get to have a true tactile piece of gear that matches up with what s going on in your computer. Keys The custom semi-weighted, velocity-sensitive keybed supports aftertouch and is a joy to play. One of the main features of the Advance is the amazing things you can do with virtual instruments its great to see Akai kept the keys super playable. Using VIP software Akai have worked very hard to make you feel like a very important player with their VIP software. You can control Soft synths just like on most keyboards you have your 8 macros with banks of 4 on each and you can control parameters like filter cutoff or volume but where things get advanced is you are able to swap out and layer up to 8 VSTs in your DAW, all on the keyboard. Playing multiple instruments on the same track or even swapping out vsts used to mean picking up a mouse or heading over to your computer. The possibilities for live gigs and extensive key zones are astonishing. All with a simplistic approach when it comes to organisation just a few knob turns and presses of a button and you can dive deep into your own preset library. Pads Akai are known for many things but the MPC and its pads are becoming something of legend now with the Advance series you get 8 velocity- and pressure-sensitive MPC pads with RGB illumination. Connections The Advance is USB powered and is the perfect synth companion with MIDI in and out ports as well as room for expansion with 1 expression pedal jack and a sustain pedal jack. Included Software The advance series comes with one of the most jam packed software offerings for any midi controller on the market you get: Vacuum Pro Loom Hybrid 3 Xpand!2 Velvet Transfuser, and Creative FX Collection Plus by AIR Music Tech Eighty Eight Ensemble by SONiVOX exclusive artist launch packs from TOOLROOM RECORDS (downloads) AIR Music Tech Xpand!2 Xpand!2 is a workstation with over 2500 presets,,,just take a second 2500 PRESETS! if you need any sound its now at your fingertips. However this is more than just a preset machine it also incorporates subtractive and FM synthesis opening the door to a new universe in sound design. Xpand!2 includes two independent effect processors with fifty studio-grade effects so get ready not only will your mind Expand but your music will .2! Hybrid 3 Hybrid 3.0 high-definition virtual synthesizer that combines old skool analogue sounds with a full range of futuristic digital manipulation capabilities. There is over 1200 presets to get you started but hybrid really shines when you start to tweak the 6 oscillators. Heaps of filtering options, step sequencer, envelopes, fx as well as 8lfos, Hybrid is the best of both the analogue and the digital worlds. SONiVOX Eighty-Eight Ensemble No more searching for piano emulations, the flagship piano instrument for SONiVOX is here. Eighty Eight Ensemble 2 is an exceptional recreation of the Steinway 9-foot CD 327 grand piano and sounds amazing. With the ability to layer patches and make your own split combinations playing the piano just took a step into the future. Exclusive artist launch packs from TOOLROOM Records Toolroom is one of the most innovative and well-respected dance labels going around. With the huge impact the label has made over the last decade, not only on the charts but also with education of modern dance production, the exclusive artist launch packs were a natural and very much welcomed next step.

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