M-Audio Keystation 88 Mk 3 USB MIDI Controller Keyboard

Simple Software Control

Start creating and performing music on your Mac or PC with the world’s best-selling 88 key keyboard controller: the Keystation 88 MK3. Whether you’re a seasoned pro looking for just the right controls or are just getting started with USB MIDI controllers, the Keystation 88 MK3 will meet your needs. It is a simple, powerful MIDI controller designed for sequencing music and playing virtual instruments on your Mac or PC. Keystation 88 MK3 features 88 natural-feeling, full-size velocity-sensitive keys and comprehensive controls that expand the range of playable notes, expressive capabilities, and enhance your recording workflow.

Musical Control

With Keystation 88 MK3, maximizing your creativity while minimizing the complication is easy: Use the fully assignable octave range buttons; pitch-bend and modulation wheels; volume slider, and transport and directional controls to play, perform, and record with your music software without using a mouse or trackpad. Keystation 88 MK3 also features a 1/4” (6.3mm) sustain pedal input that lets you use an external control pedal, such as the M-Audio SP2 (sold separately), for genuine piano sustain.

Portable Performance Powerhouse

Compact, lightweight and durable, Keystation 88 MK3 is perfect for traveling musicians who want to take command of music software during live performances or for producers who wish to add an intuitive MIDI controller with a natural feeling keybed to their studio. For an easy-to-use and portable setup, Keystation 88 MK3 is USB-powered, class-compliant, and supports USB-MIDI connectivity. Plus, Keystation 88 MK3 supports iOS connectivity with the Apple Lightning to USB Camera Adapter (sold separately), enabling you to perform and compose with audio apps on your iPad and other iOS devices.

Develop Your Skills

M-Audio’s Keystation MK3 Series makes it simple to develop your skills no matter what level you’re at with exclusive lessons for both Melodics and Skoove.

Melodics is a desktop app that teaches you to play and perform with MIDI keyboards, pad controllers, and drums. It’s free to download when you register your Keystation 88 MK3 in your M-Audio account. Once registered you will receive 40 free lessons to get you started!

Skoove is in-depth online piano courses that adapt to you and give you feedback. Develop your repertoire on your own time, at your own pace. New, exclusive lessons are added every month so that you can keep expanding your repertoire with new music as well as up your piano game with new music theory tips and tricks.

Ableton Live Lite

Also included with Keystation 88 is Ableton Live Lite – one of the most popular performance and production programs available in the world. A powerful music creation tool, Ableton Live Lite enables musicians and producers to spontaneously compose, record, remix, improvise, and edit musical ideas in a fluid audio/MIDI environment. Explore sonic possibilities in real time whether on stage or in the studio. When you are satisfied with your work, Ableton Live Lite lets you save it or mix it down.

AIR Music Tech Xpand!2

Xpand!2 is a multitimbral workstation offering four active sound slots, or parts, per patch. Each part is provided with its own MIDI channel, Note Range (Zone), Mix, Arpeggiation, Modulation, and Effects settings—an excellent method for creating individual parts. Harnessing the four parts together to build one amazing Patch is where Xpand!2 reveals its true power. Using everything from wavetables and FM synthesis to sample playback, the expert sound design team at Air Music Tech has carefully created thousands of ready-to-play Xpand!2 patches.

Pro Tools First Download

Pro Tools | First, the industry standard for recording software, is now included with M-Track C-Series Audio/MIDI interfaces, as well as our renowned CTRL, Code, Oxygen, Hammer and Keystation USB/MIDI keyboard controllers. This amazing audio recording software helps inspire any artist, traveling musician or singer-songwriter to create, record and share all of their ideas across the world at any time.

Pro Tools | First features Unlimited Busses, Elastic Time and Elastic Pitch, Offline Bounce and 1 GB of free cloud storage space for collaboration or accessing your projects from any computer anywhere that is connected to the internet.

MPC Beats

This truly amazing software recording package is primed to get your ideas out of your imagination and amplified out into the world, enjoy!

Whatever you set out to achieve, MPC Beats will get you started. Incorporating the finest parts of the legendary MPC workflow, MPC Beats features all the essential tools for pro production. Edit samples, mixdown your tracks, find any sound with the synth engines found on the legendary MPCs, record audio and much more. MPC Beats will host your AU/VST plugins so as you expand your arsenal, know you’ll have complete compatibility with industry standard virtual studio technology.

Features

• 88 full-size velocity-sensitive semi-weighted keys with natural feel
• USB-MIDI connection for playing virtual instruments and controlling software
• 5-pin MIDI out for connecting to your favorite analog synth
• Volume fader, transport and directional buttons for easy control of your software
• Ergonomically designed pitch and modulation wheels for expressive performances
• Advanced function assigns hardware controls to any DAW or plugin parameter
• Compact design fits any desk, studio or stage setup perfectly
• Plug-and-play connection to your Mac or PC—no drivers or power supply required
• Compatible with iOS devices via Apple USB to Camera Adapter (sold separately)
• Octave up and down buttons; Sustain pedal input; Expression pedal input
• Includes Pro Tools | First M-Audio Edition, Ableton Live Lite and MPC Beats performance/recording software/DAWs
• Includes a complete software production package

Requirements

Macintosh: Intel® Mac with Mac OS X 10.5 or later; 2 GB RAM
PC: PC with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10; multicore processor; 2 GB RAM
Available USB Port

*Specifications subject to change without notice.