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CME Ships M-Key Portable MIDI Keyboard in US

by Jesse JJ Jame
published Thu, 08 Nov 2007 – 16:04:46 +0000 UTC
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Ultra thin design, full action semi-weighted keys, and $99 price make it the perfect gift item for musicians and computer enthusiasts

CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. — CME is now shipping their new M-Key portable MIDI controller in the US. M-Key is a 49-key MIDI keyboard featuring an ultra-thin, full-action semi-weighted keyboard, a joystick control, a mobile phone sound module, trigger pad, knob controller, U-CTRL and speaker. These features and a price of $99 make the M-Key the perfect holiday gift for any musician or computer enthusiast..

M-Key also ships with the “CME MusicPack,” a CDROM with free versions of popular professional audio software including Magix Samplitude SE, Arturia Analog Factory SE, Waldorf Edition LE, TruePiano demo, Keytosound Remedy VST and Musicator MW5 UF Edition.

Key Features:
- 49 ultra thin, velocity sensitive, full action semi-weighted keys
- 1 x Programmable Joystick
- 1 x function button, 2 x data entry button, 1 x slider (assignable)
- 1 x USB port, 1 x MIDI out, 2 x pedal connect
- USB MIDI, class-compliant with Windows XP and Mac OS X
- Firmware upgraded via USB
- Universal pedal connector, for switch and expression pedal
- Note-key shortcut function

The MKey is now available in the US for $99.

For more information, please visit www.cme-pro.com.

CME is distributed in the US by Kaysound Imports. Visit www.kaysound.com.

About CME
CME(R) is the registered trademark of Central Music Co, a high-tech enterprise founded in Beijing, China in 1993 and focused on the growing digital music production market. Central Music Co imports and distributes many of the world’s top music production brands including Apogee, Emu, Event, Kurzweil, Millennia, Moog, MOTU, Novation, PreSonus, RME, Rode, and Terratec in the Chinese market. The company uses its unique talents and vision to develop and manufacture digital musical instruments to meet the needs of the new generation of professional musicians. These products are sold worldwide under the brand of CME.

[tags]CME M-Key portable MIDI controller, Central Music Co, CME MusicPack, USB music keyboard[/tags]

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JJ Jame is a percussionist and home-brew theremin player, formerly a member of the Redondo Beach based BoyRacer.com electronica band, and a long-time electronic music fan, as well as formerly an editor for the defunct EMcult website that Christopher Simmons launched in 1997 but soon abandoned (in many ways this site, MIN, is the stepchild of that project). JJ wants high-speed rail to criss-cross California sooner than later, and is madly in love with local Fox 11 TV personality Lauren Sanchez.

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