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The Alesis Q49 MKII comes with a premium software bundle that features world-class tools for composing and recording. Want even more control? The on-board volume slider can be assigned to any parameter you need. There are also STOP, PLAY, RECORD, and Directional Transport controls so you can use your production software without ever having to take your hands away from the Q49 MKII. Need that note to hang for a little bit longer? Plug in a sustain pedal and give your melody the added human touch it needs. Add feeling and expression with easily accessible Pitch Bend and Modulation wheels.
The Q49 MKII has all the essential controls to help give your playing character. Plug in the Q49 MKII and immediately turn your PC, Mac, or iOS device into the MIDI production tool you need.ĭon’t waste time clicking or typing your performance into the computer. For added expression there’s also a Sustain Pedal input, and a re-assignable slider for quick parameter control.
This USB bus-powered MIDI controller has everything you need to make your performance unique – Octave and Transpose buttons for accessing the full piano range, Pitch Bend and Modulation wheels for added expression, and Transport buttons to control key functions of your favorite software or DAW. You need the Alesis Q49 MKII, a no-nonsense MIDI controller with 49 full-size, velocity sensitive, synth-action keys. It is just that I would like an alternate path to get it to work using less equipment.When the melody hits you and it’s time to make music, you can’t afford to pick the wrong tool for the job. And yes, I do have an alternate path since if I just use midi out, but still use the USB direct in for my Alesis Q49 Keyboard Controller, there is no discernible delay at all and all works fine.
I have a Windows 7 64 bit Windows PC machine, that should be fast. except I would love to be able to just use the computer midi sounds and speaker for small stuff - something less complicated - but that is where the keyboard sounds are delayed.
I can get it to work and work well if instead I use the midi out and go to an external midi to audio converter, a Roland SD35 unit that is dated, but I still love it. By that I mean the incoming keyboard sound is well after the rest of the song I just heard went by. But if I plug in my Alesis Q40 Keyboard Controller to my computer via a simple USB plug, I get big lag in Music Creator 6 if I use the computer midi sounds and computer speaker. I used Cakewalk in the 1990's and this seems the modern version of that. My guess is that many except me know this answer.