New Product: CME M-Key Portable USB MIDI Keyboard
Feb 26, 2008 8:15 PM
Asher Fulero (Writer)
At only 2.2 inches tall,
the CME M-Key ($100; www.cme-pro.com/en/product-detail.php?product_id=3) MIDI keyboard is
possibly the thinnest USB bus-powered keyboard to offer full-size, full-action
keys. Based on the popular ringtone-making keyboard the U-Key, the M-Key loses
the LED display, the ringtone sound module, the trigger pads, the knob
controllers, the U-CTRL and the speaker. In fact, the only things to remain are
the 49 Velocity-sensitive keys and flexible joystick controller. Simple MIDI
I/O, two pedal connections and a single USB port appear on the back (the device
is class-compliant with Windows XP and Mac OS X), and the whole package is
designed to work fluidly and in a straightforward way without a lot of setup.
The M-Key also ships with the CME MusicPack, which contains free versions of
Magix Samplitude SE, Arturia Analog Factory SE, Waldorf Edition LE, Keytosound
Remedy VST and more, for a package that’s ready to provide
portable-yet-playable control for players on the move.
