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CONTROL ANYTHING FROM ANY TIME.
MAX49 from Akai Professional places revolutionary MIDI and CV control at your
fingertips. With an intuitive layout and included Pro Tools Express,
Ableton Live Lite, AkaiConnect, and Ignite software, MAX49 offers instant,
powerful creative capabilities. From its 49 semi-weighted keys and
8 real MPC pads, to its groundbreaking LED touch faders and built-in
32-note step sequencer, MAX25 combines cutting-edge Akai Pro technology
with classic capability to give you an unprecedented music-making experience.
"This forward (and backward) thinking allows the MAX49 to communicate with
synths spanning six decades!" - Sound on Sound
CUTTING-EDGE LED TOUCH FADERS
MAX49 is one of the most unique controllers ever engineered. Right away
you'll notice one of its most distinguishing features: four banks of eight
backlit LED touch faders, allowing you to assign up to 32 control parameters.
You can use MAX49's LED touch faders just like analog faders by
simply dragging your finger up and down along their touch strips,
or you can perform instant leaps in any MIDI value from zero to maxed out
and everything in between—an unprecedented, unmatched controller capability.
BUILT-IN STEP SEQUENCER
Akai Professional’s MAX25 and MAX49 are the only keyboard controllers
available that include a built-in step sequencer. MAX49’s touch faders
combine with the built-in step sequencer to offer even more innovative
performance capabilities. Control four banks of eight steps each,
crating patterns up to 32 steps. The step sequencer can be assigned
to MIDI parameters or the CV/Gate outputs, and the touch faders give
you real-time editing control over modulation, filters,
key changes, and effects. Create instant arpeggios by swiping your
finger horizontally across the faders, and easily activate and
deactivate steps using the button beneath each fader.
"…an incredible build quality, unbelievably natural feel,
and a built-in suite of features designed with analog enthusiasts
in mind, the MAX49 is a solid buy…" - Crossfadr.com
CLASSIC CAPABILITY
When you're ready to get down to business, MAX49 delivers essential
controller features with excellence. 49 semi-weighted keys with
aftertouch are laid out before you, providing professional feel,
perfect response and full musical expression. Large, centrally
positioned transport controls give you straightforward track navigation,
and rubberized pitch and modulation wheels provide for instant
creative flourishes. MAX49's expanded arpeggiator includes a Latch
button as well as eight different time divisions to create sweeping
and endlessly varied melodic cascades.
CV & GATE OUTPUTS
MAX49 comes ready to command any controller hardware or software
from any era: USB MIDI, traditional 5-pin DIN MIDI and even Control
Voltage and Gate outputs are onboard, allowing you to control
everything from today's most advanced music software, to analog modular
synths from as far back as the 1960s. Mackie Control and HUI protocols
are also built in to give you instant compatibility with many
industry standard DAWs.
ICONIC MPC PADS
MAX49 is also equipped with four banks of 12 backlit MPC pads, giving
you a total of 48 assignable pads, allowing you to integrate legendary
Akai Pro production capability into live performances and
recording sessions alike. These backlit, velocity-sensitive pads come
with classic MPC Swing, Note Repeat, Full Level and navigation controls
to give you all the tools you need to create music at your highest level.
"…the most effective pads I've encountered on a controller
keyboard…" - Sound on Sound
Avid® Pro Tools® Express Included
Compose, record, edit, and mix using the tools the professionals use.
Pro Tools Express starts with 16 simultaneous stereo or mono audio tracks.
Add in the popular Boom, Xpand!2, and Structure Free player virtual
instruments from AIR Music Technology—all included. Finish off with
dozens of high-powered effect plug-ins, including the in-demand AIR effects.
Plus, Pro Tools Express offers session file compatibility with the
entire Pro Tools family, so you can take your tracks to the finest
studios around the world.
IGNITE INCLUDED
Ignite music creation software from AIR works seamlessly with MAX49,
giving you the fastest way to capture ideas and make music.
It’s a refreshingly different approach, a simple and seamless creative
partner that empowers your ideas and brings them to life. Say goodbye to
the rigid and complicated methods of the past. Say hello to a fresh new
way to create.
Ignite includes over 275 instruments, many of which are taken from our
renowned instrument collections - including Strike, Structure, and Velvet.
All sounds have been optimized to load quickly, and the editing controls
are automatically mapped to your connected MAX49 keyboard.
These extraordinary sounds include keyboards, drums, percussion, basses,
guitars, synths, strings, brass, and woodwinds.
"The shiny red styling isn’t just flashy for no reason; it’s a preview of
just how awesome the insides are." - Crossfadr.com
ABLETON INSIDE
MAX49 also comes with Ableton Live Lite Akai Pro Edition software, one of
the most popular and powerful performance and production programs worldwide.
Ableton Live Lite enables musicians to spontaneously compose, record, remix,
improvise and edit musical ideas in a seamless audio/MIDI environment.
CONTROL TO THE MAX
MAX49 also comes with AkaiConnect automatic-mapping software, so you'll be up
and running in your favorite DAW and VSTs in seconds. AkaiConnect has been
designed to eliminate the guesswork and give you more time creating and
less time setting up controls. Instantly assign MAX49's MPC pads, touch
faders and buttons to your favorite music software plug-ins by simply
clicking on the software element you want to control, then touching the knob,
pad, fader or button on MAX49.
Cutting-edge, classic and complete control: MAX49.
Get ready to experience one of the most dynamic and unique performance
controllers ever created.
