AKAI Professional Controller SynthStation25

The MIDI-Keyboard Controller SynthStation 25 by Akai Professional transforms your iPhone or iPod through an optional app into a portable music production studio for mobile music creation. Everyone can use this controller to easily create music and it is powerful enough for professional musicians. The SynthStation 25 gives your iPhone a two-octave set of piano keys and professional audio outputs. It also integrates perfectly with the Akai Pro SynthStation app.

The SynthStation 25 offers a built-in dock for iPhone or iPod touch and your able to take performance beyond simply touching the screen. The controller gives you two octaves of velocity-sensitive, synth-action keys, pitch and modulation wheels, and octave up and down and sound-bank buttons so everything you play get laid down in the mix. Furthermore the device has a stereo pair of RCA line outputs and a headphone output for connection to recording and sound reinforcement systems.

The SynthStation25 can be used with the SynthStation app as well as virtually any MIDI music software on your computer or with MIDI hardware devices such as sound modules, samplers, and MPCs using its USB/MIDI output. The app gives you three powerful synthesizers for creating and modifying sonic textures used for melodies, chords, and bass lines. Built around Akai Professional's history in synthesis and drawing on the newest MINIAK synth, the SynthStation app sounds great and offers wide-ranging sonic flexibility with its virtual analog synthesis.

Features

25-key MIDI keyboard controller for iPhone and iPod touch
Velocity-sensitive, synth-action keys for expressive performance
Pitch and modulation wheels, octave +/-, and sound-bank buttons
Stereo RCA line outputs and headphone jack
USB/MIDI for virtually any MIDI music software or MIDI hardware devices
Seamlessly compatible with Akai SynthStation app (iOS 4.3 or later required)

Specifications

Keys: 25 velocity-sensitive
Output: RCA Stereo, USB/MIDI