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Accessories for Your UMA25S
Accessories for Your UMA25S
If you are worried about bringing your keyboard to various sets and locations, you need to know that your UMA25S can draw power from your computer, three AA batteries, or an external power supply. Aside from that, your purchase comes with a variety of accessories.
MIDI controllers don’t usually come with a lot of extras. Most of the time, you have to make a new purchase of software that you may need. The UMA25S, however, is designed to do so many tasks. The makers have recognized this, and to meet your needs, you get gadgets along with your new keyboard. First and foremost, you get a headset of great quality because it comes with a built-in mic for podcasting and recording. You also get a soft carry bag with pockets for cables, power supply, CDs, and other accessories. But that’s not all! Your purchase also comes with a guitar-style strap.
When you say that all keyboards were created with unique features, the UMA25S MIDI Controller is truly a class of its own. You get a control section for a wide range of applications that you may need as you go through the entire musical experience. Just hook it up to a computer to gain control over the rack synthesizers and general MIDI sound modules and effects. This ultra slim USB MIDI Controller keyboard can be purchased for an amazingly low price, as low as $130.00. You can’t get a better bargain than this. It is truly a great buy for an equally great find!
Why You Need a UMA25S
Why You Need a UMA25S
The UMA25S comes with a remote control so that you get real-time options. You get a total of 21 controllers: 8 knobs, 8 buttons, 2 wheels for pitch bend and modulation, 2 pedal ports for expression and sustain, and 1 fader. You are given total control of your music. All you need to do is assign parameters and store it in one of the 16 available preset locations. That easy!
Here are a few more reasons why you should get the UMA25S:
• You can play external sound modules, rack synthesizers, and virtual instruments
• You can edit sound parameters of synthesizers, sound samplers, and GM/GS/XG sound generators
• You can control other devices and software plug-ins
• You can remotely control software mixers and transport functions on sequencers, hard-disk recorders, drum machines, and the like.
Besides providing 25 velocity-sensitive keys for the variety of tones and tunes, the UMA25S can be your partner in USB audio interfacing for recording and podcasting. This powerful interface has a built-in mic preamp. The mic comes with gain control, phones output with its own volume control, and stereo jacks that allow you to link with an external device. Aside from that, the makers gave room for versatility in its interface because allows simultaneous recording of the mic and line inputs. Included in your purchase, should you decide to get this, will be software packages that include Audacity, Podifier, Juice, Podnova and Golden Ear. You’re ready to go live because you get numerous virtual instruments and effects plug-ins to choose from.
Features of the M-Audio UMA25S
Features of the M-Audio UMA25S
This ultra slim keyboard comes with a MB-3 Tone Wheel Organ so that you can emulate the classic Hammond sound. Among its standard features are the nine drawbars that are pre-mapped to M-Audio brand USB MIDI controllers, percussion and variable key click, and three chorus and three vibrato settings. You can also control the tone of your music so that you get a variety of effects from glassy jazz chords to amazing rock leads.
What is great about the UMA25S is that it makes you feel that you have an entire band to back you up as you create your very own music. The GM-4 General MIDI Module gives you a total of 128 GM instruments that comes with a GM drum kit. It is able to play GM-compatible standard MIDI files from host applications. It also gives you an easy solution should you want to sequence additional tracks in the background.
Its award winning KeyRig modules feature their own dual effects processors for delay, chorus, phaser, and more. You are also given a section for master effects if you want to further process the combined output of all modules. Plus, the internal mixer and assignment controls allow you configure independent MIDI channels. Creating splits and layers is easy because of the design of the programs.
So why get the UMA25S? Because you can take your keyboard and laptop anywhere you want. It is compatible with AU, VST, and RTAS, which means that you can use it as sound sources for your tracks in Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase, Ableton Live, and, any other popular music software.