OCTOBER 2016
OCTOBER 2016
The Roland A-49 MIDI keyboard controller gives you pro playability and mobile convenience. The A-49
features a high-quality, velocity-sensitive synth-action keyboard in a trim, roadworthy package that weighs
in at under six pounds, and offers USB and iPad compatibility, as well as onboard control of Roland SuperNATURAL-powered synths. You get robust performance control, with assignable knobs and switches,
octave and transpose buttons, sustain and expression pedal inputs, and Roland’s way-cool bend/mod lever
and D-BEAM controller. If you need a compact controller, the Roland A-49 belongs on your short list.
Roland A-49 MIDI Keyboard Controller at a Glance:
All you could want in a compact controller
Control your SuperNATURAL synths directly
Compatible with three operating systems
All you could want in a compact controller
Roland is back at it, flexing its considerable keyboard design mojo with the A-49 MIDI controller. This
‘board gives you everything you could want in a compact controller: a great-feeling keybed, assignable
knobs and switches, octave and transpose buttons, sustain and expression pedal inputs, Roland’s slick bend/
mod lever and even their insanely cool D-BEAM controller.
Control your SuperNATURAL synths directly
The A-49 sports a dedicated SuperNATURAL mode button that unlocks a bevy of sound-selection features
when hooked up to a Roland SuperNATURAL instrument such as the INTEGRA-7 sound module or the
JUPITER-80 and JUPITER-50 synths. It’s like they were made for each other.
Compatible with three operating systems
The Roland A-49 is three-OS compatible. That’s right. You get compatibility with the Mac, as well as iOS
apps on the iPad (via the optional Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit). The A-49 comes bundled with
Ableton Live Lite software, for straight-out-of-the-box music production.
Roland A-49 MIDI Keyboard Controller Features:
High-quality, velocity-sensitive synth-action keyboard
Keys have a rounded shape for a comfortable touch
Technical enhancements to reduce key bed noise and increase playability
Roland’s bend/mod lever and D-BEAM controller
Assignable knobs and switches
Octave and transpose buttons
Sustain and expression pedal inputs
Mac and Windows compatible
iOS music app compatibility on the iPad (via optional Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit)
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