Samson Carbon 49 USB Midi Keyboard

Samson’s Carbon 49 USB Midi Keyboard makes musical performance and production accessible to everyone. For seasoned musicians and young creators alike, the Carbon 49 offers versatile, easy-to-use features in a compact, lightweight controller that’s well-suited for the stage and studio. The Samson Carbon 49 is a 49-key, USB/MIDI keyboard controller that offers versatility, portability, and value. Its semi-weighted keys are velocity sensitive, and its Transpose and Octave buttons make it possible to quickly change settings in live-performance situations. Visual feedback is provided via a 3 x 7-segment LED display.

You can take advantage of plethora of tones by connecting an iPad to it. It requires so extra drivers to use Garage Band on your laptop or desktop. This is a great MIDI Keyboard at an affordable price.

The Carbon 49 is exclusively bus powered, either from your computer’s USB port, or from an Apple iPad equipped with Apple’s iPad Camera Connection Kit (not included). The keyboard features a dedicated iPad slot on its top panel.

You can connect to external MIDI instruments and interfaces using the MIDI Out jack, and plug in a sustain or expression pedal through the rear-panel 1/4″ input. The Volume Fader and Data Knob are both assignable to any MIDI Continous Controller, and you also get a pitch bend wheel and an assignable modulation wheel. The Carbon 49 is bundled with Native Instruments Komplete Elements software (Windows and Mac), which gives you over 3GB of samples, synths, drum machines, and more.

Samson Carbon 49 USB Features:

• 49-key velocity-sensitive, semi-weighted keyboard
• Assignable Data encoder and Volume slider
• Edit key for adjusting up to 14 control parameters
• 3-digit, 7-segment LED display provides real-time feedback
• Includes traditional MIDI Out, Sustain pedal input and USB connections
• Compact design, perfect for live performance and studio applications
• Dedicated Transpose and Octave buttons, Pitch Bend and Modulation wheels
• Integrated iPad slot
• iPad and USB bus powered
• Bundled with Native Instrument’s Komplete Elements software.

Samson Carbon 49 USB Specifications:

• Keyboard Type: 49-key, semi-weighted, velocity sensitive
• Display: 3-digit, 7-segment
• Controls: Volume Fader, Data Knob, Edit Button, Octave +/- buttons, Transpose +/- buttons, Pitch Bend Wheel, Modulation Wheel
• Functions: Program Number, Reset All, MIDI Channel, All Notes Off, Bank MSB, Bank LSB, Velocity Curve, Default, Assign Trans, Assign Fader, Assign Knob, Assign Mod, Assign Pedal, Snapshot
• I/O: 1 x USB
• 1 x MIDI Out
• 1 x 1/4″ phone Sustain Pedal Input
• Power: USB bus
• iPad Bus (requires Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit, not included)
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 31.2 x 8.5 x 3″ (792 x 217 x 78 mm)
• Weight: 6.2 lbs (2.8 kg)

Made in China