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Korg nanoKEY 25 Key USB Controller Keyboard, Black |  | Brand: Korg
Category: Musical Instruments
List Price: $62.00
Buy New: $45.05
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You Save: $16.95 (27%)
Seller: Brook Mays
Rating:  63 reviews
Sales Rank: 209
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 14.3 x 1.5 x 4.3
Warranty: 1 Year
MPN: nanoKEY BK
Model: NANOKEYB
EAN: 4959112067387
ASIN: B001J8INY2
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Keyboard: 25-Key With Velocity And 4 Velocity Curves | | • | USB Bus Power | | • | CC MODE Button | | • | Octave Shift Up/Down Buttons | | • | Pitch Up/Down Buttons |
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Product Description
Korg?s Nano series offers the most compact family of USB MIDI controllers ever! Introducing the nanoKey ? the ultra-sleek and portable keyboard control surface with 25 velocity-sensitive keys and more. The compact keyboard gives you much more tactile and intuitive control instead of mousing around computer screens. Every parameter is fully assignable so you can have customize your control surface to do more than play notes. Get MIDI controls at your fingertips with Korg?s nanoKey!
Amazon.com Product Description
The nanoKEY is an ultra-compact keyboard controller, featuring a great-feeling 25-key velocity-sensitive keyboard that's ideal for song production. Each key on this USB-MIDI controller can also be set to send MIDI control data, further expanding its power.  Huge functionality in a small package. Click to enlarge. | The Korg nanoSERIES
The Korg nanoSERIES provide a keyboard controller, a pad controller, and a studio controller with dedicated transport controls. Each of these USB-powered, slim-line controllers is designed to make the most of your valuable studio space, and is small enough to take with you on any musical journey. Place one of our keyboard controllers in front of your laptop, rest a pad controller on your music workstation, park a studio controller on your recording console--or anywhere else you need versatile control over your DAW, virtual instrument, effect or DJ software. Although small in size, all three nanoSERIES controllers go huge when it comes to functionality, yet their intuitive layouts provide extremely easy operation for any user. nanoKEY--A Flexible MIDI Keyboard Controller That's Smaller Than a Laptop Keyboard
When Korg set out to build a slim-line MIDI controller keyboard, they utilized their years of experience in manufacturing innovative MIDI keyboards to create a great-feeling, velocity sensitive keyboard based off a laptop keyboard. The resulting 25-note keyboard on the nanoKEY will transmit your playing dynamics to your software accurately and expressively. In CC (Control Change) MODE, the keys become MIDI controllers, allowing you to control any MIDI assignable parameters within your software. The Octave Shift function offers immediate access to the entire MIDI note range. Pitch and modulation buttons are also provided, giving your performances the kind of expression that you would expect from any controller regardless of its size. What's in the Box
Korg nanoKEY, USB cable, and Owner's Manual.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 An AMAZING Little Helper! March 12, 2009
J. A. Connolly (Oak Park, IL USA)
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
The Korg Nano Series is, quite simply, among the most useful sets of tools ever produced for the COMPUTER... Let me say that word again: "COMPUTER."
I write, arrange and orchestrate music for a living. The nanoKey, in particular, is a lifesaver! It's portable, so I can stuff it into my laptop bag when I'm on the road. It works seamlessly with Finale, Encore and - my personal favorite - Sibelius (the "Big 3" of notation programs). It isn't as convenient for real-time sequencing, unless you've developed "the touch." It took me a while to get used to that, but I do play scratch tracks in Logic and Sonar, on occasion.
Anyone considering the purchase of this device should realize up front that it isn't really designed for stage performance, etc. It's best suited for computer entry. In fact, it's PERFECTLY suited for computer entry.
...and for fifty bucks it's WAY ahead of anything else!
Best music tool, i've bought in a long time! March 3, 2009
Keiichiro Emura (SLC, Utah)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
This little device is great for my small desktop homestudio. The Nano Key doesn't take away space, i can just put it in front of my typing keyboard or on my lap and start playing and recording. When i'm done with making music, i just put it beside my monitor. Since i am not a serious piano/keyboard player, i don't need the full range of keys, however there are 2 buttons; ocatve up/down with which you can go an octave higher or lower. I mainly use it to play some chord changes, easy melody lines and to trigger drum sounds for midi recording.
The keys feel like laptop keys but with velocity function built in! I like laptop keyboards, so no problem for me.
There is a button called CC mode. If you press that, you can send midi commands to your DAW using any or all of the keys, (very cool!)you can assign any function via an editor which is downloadable. However, the CC button is located too close to the keys, so it is very easy to hit it by accident (not so cool).
If you have a small laptop with music software on it, you can bring it along with nano key and make music on the go! How about a coffee break jam session at Starbucks or at the airport?
The Korg Nanos get their power from one usb port each, i also own the NanoKontrol (which is also amazing btw.) and therefore use a usb hub. I just wished they had 2 usb connectors so i can daisy chain them and save a usb port.
But for the price, the Nano Key is unbeatable right now and if it breaks for some reason, i'd buy one again.
Korg nanoKey May 19, 2009
Michael D. Haight (Penngrove, CA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Like probably most computer composers, I've lived with the tradeoffs of trying to have a computer keyboard and a midi keyboard handy when basically they are designed to be in the exact same position relative to my hands. While I won't be writing masterpieces with this little guy, the size puts it right where I want it for putting in a few notes or chords while keeping my desktop organized for regular non-musical work. Just having it there is like finally getting to scratch an itch I've had for years. The build quality is very good--for what it is...a tiny handy two octave musical data entry tool. Also, it looks very cool.
mini February 16, 2009
Sensei (USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Great little keyboard. Excellent for traveling! However, when I received it, one of the keys didn't work, so I had to get a replacement. The keys do feel a bit on the cheaper side of things, a little bit wobbly, plastic, springy-feel. But it works fine. The velocity is fine too. Works much better than using your keyboard pad if you're a Logic user (which doesn't have velocity sensitivity).
You'll have fun! July 15, 2009
N.J.
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Korg nanoKey is great for the traveling musician. When was the last time that you wrote and recorded music on a flight or in a car and did it comfortably? Even if you have, it probably wasn't this easy to get set up. It may not be the sturdiest feeling keyboard in the world, but for the price, it's awesome.
The software isn't too bad, either, once you find it. It would be nice if it just shipped with the software or a link that actually sends you to the software, but it took only 5 minutes to find it online and I was up and running. It works great on Windows 7.
I'm very satisfied and am considering getting the other two controllers (nanoPAD and nanoKONTROL) soon.
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