M-Audio Hammer 88 | 88-Key Hammer-Action USB MIDI Keyboard Controller
M-Audio’s new Hammer 88 is an affordable, fully-weighted, hammer-action keyboard for professional and semi-pro players or students looking for a realistic grand piano feel to use with virtual instruments or sound modules.
It features fully-assignable MIDI buttons, pitch-bend and modulation wheels, sustain pedal, secondary pedal and expression pedal inputs—while providing a clean aesthetic for players more concerned with compositional accuracy than editing and tweaking.
Hammer 88 is USB-powered, class-compliant, and supports USB-MIDI connectivity. Plus, Hammer 88 supports iOS connectivity with the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit (sold separately), enabling you to perform and compose with audio apps on your iPad and other iOS devices.
Tech Specs:
Dimensions: 11.88 x 5 x 55. Weight: 38.6 lbs
Included Software:
Ableton Live Lite 9 Sonivox Eighty Eight Ensemble AIR Mini Grand AIR Velvet AIR DB-33 Skoove
System Requirements:
PC: Windows 7 or later Mac: OS X 10.8 or later Available USB Port
Product Package Contents:
Hammer 88 Music Rest Ableton Live Lite 9 Sonivox Eighty Eight Ensemble AIR Mini Grand AIR Velvet AIR DB-33 Skoove
Product Features
- 88 fully-weighted, hammer-action keys
- USB-MIDI connection for playing virtual instruments, controlling recording software, and more
- 5-pin MIDI output to trigger external MIDI devices
- Pitch bend, modulation, volume and octave controls for expressive performances
- Now Includes Pro Tools | First and Eleven Lite for all new and existing customers
- velocity-sensitive
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Wow. Great responsiveness and feel – an expressive keyboard Ok, there aren’t any reviews of this keyboard as yet. It hits a new price point for M-Audio – in fact for any true weighted-key keyboard. The alternate I looked at was the Roland Juno DS-88, which is 150% more at $1000. There is no equivalent keyboard at $400. And there were no reviews for this keyboard, nor does M-Audio have an exceptional reputation as a pro instrument. I have an Oxygen 49 MKIV keyboard I have been learning on. I play guitar by ear, started learning music notation and…
Great piano-like MIDI controller. Amazing for the price. Better than my weighted Fatar keybed. I’ve been looking for a nice, piano-feel MIDI controller to replace my aging Studiologic SL-990, which has a wooden, weighted, hammer action keybed (but a few bum keys). I use it to drive some gorgeous and responsive Pianoteq digitally modeled grand pianos. While dreaming of the Kawai VPC-1, I decided I really couldn’t justify the expense, and so “settled” for the Hammer 88 at less than one-fourth the price.I am thoroughly impressed by the Hammer 88 and, after playing it…