Academic M-Audio Key Rig
Virtual keyboard Rack

M-Audio Key Rig from M-Audio covers all the basic needs for today's keyboardist in a single virtual rack. Compatible with most Mac and PC environments, M-Audio Key Rig delivers four great sounding modules that can be used in stand-alone or plug-in mode.

M-Audio Key Rig Modules

• The SP-1 Stage Piano module serves up grands, Wurlie, Rhodes, FM, clav and more.
• The MS-2 Polyphonic Synthesizer delivers a new, easy way to call up and edit great synth sounds.
• The MB-3 Electromagnetic Organ emulates the classic Hammond sound complete with rotary speaker.
• And the GM-4 General MIDI Module is great for sequencing the rest of your backing tracks.

The master MIDI/Mixer section lets you route, split, layer and mix these four powerful modules in whatever way best suits your performance and recording needs. A master effects section even allows for adding a common effect in addition to the individual effect section included with each instrument.

M-Audio Key Rig covers all the basic needs for today's keyboardist in a single virtual rack housing four modules.

The SP-1 Stage Piano module serves up grands, Wurlie, Rhodes, FM, clav, pads and more. Each preset can hold a combination of two instruments with individual settings for Mix, Octave, Detune, Velocity and Tone. Owing to a dual effects section, each preset also has its own effect settings including delay, chorus, phaser and more.

The MS-2 Polyphonic Synthesizer delivers a new, easy way to call up and edit synth sounds. Each preset consists of sub-presets for each major section: filter, amp, mod and FX. Creating new sounds is as simple as combining these sub-presets in different ways and tweaking any associated parameters from there as desired.

The MB-3 Electromagnetic Organ authentically emulates the classic Hammond sound complete with rotary speaker. Standard features include nine drawbars that are pre-mapped to M-Audio brand USB MIDI controllers, percussion and variable key click, three chorus and three vibrato settings. Rotary speaker emulation includes tube overdrive, speed and tone controls to yield everything from glassy jazz chords to smoking rock leads.

The GM-4 General MIDI Module delivers 128 GM instruments plus a great GM drum kit. It instantly plays GM-compatible standard MIDI files from host applications and provides an extremely easy way of sequencing additional backing tracks.

M-Audio Key Rig Features:

• four top-quality virtual sound modules
• use stand-alone or with a sequencer
• variable velocity and controller settings, optimized for M-Audio keyboards
• independent MIDI channels
• integral mixer
• split and layer modules for performance combinations
• dual effects processor for each module
• master effects section in addition to individual module effects

M-Audio Key Rig's compatibility includes: AU (Mac), VST (Win/Mac) and RTAS (Win/Mac). This allows M-Audio Key Rig to work with Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase, Ableton Live and most other popular music software.

M-Audio Key Rig System Requirements

M-Audio Key Rig's Minimum system requirements for Windows are:

• Pentium III 500 MHz or AMD7 (P4 / Athlon 1 GHz or faster recommended)
• 256 MB RAM
• 1GB free hard disk space
• Windows XP / Vista*
• VST 2.0 compatible host software
• MIDI interface
• CD-ROM drive for installation and Internet connection (on any computer) for software activation.

*To setup Key Rig on Windows Vista, first install Key Rig from the CD, then download and install the Key Rig Updater from www.m-audio.com.  When complete, Key Rig will be updated and compatible with Windows Vista.  After installing the updater it is not necessary to authorize Key Rig

M-Audio Key Rig Minimum system requirements for Macintosh are:

• G3 500 MHz (G4 or faster recommended)
• 256 MB RAM, 1GB free hard disk space
• Mac OS X 10.3
• VST 2.0, AU or RTAS compatible host software
• MIDI interface
• CD-ROM drive for installation
• Internet connection (on any computer) for software certification.