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THE SPOTLIGHT
Kurzweil SP1 88-Key Stage Piano
A perfect keyboard for students/schools, light gigs, home recording and music lovers of all ages. The Kurzweil SP1 has 88 fully-weighted hammer-action with velocity sensitive keys, 16 sounds in 4 categories, individually adjustable FX, 256 voices of polyphony and the ability to quickly add splits and layering.
THE BUSINESS
The best MIDI controllers to buy in 2020
Sure, all you need to make music now is a laptop and a DAW, but there may come a time when keys ‘A’ through to ‘;’ on your laptop keyboard feel like a barrier to your burgeoning creativity. Fortunately, you can get some affordable MIDI keyboard controllers that will give you more than just some extra notes.
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THE NEW STUFF
Novation Peak Synthesizer
Peak sounds warm and rich with filthy, biting overdrive. It’s an eight-voice desktop polyphonic synthesizer with three New Oxford Oscillators for each voice. The synth has a resonant multi-mode analogue filter for each voice, and three distortion points in an analogue signal chain.
K&M Spider Pro Keyboard Stands
The Spider Pro Keyboard Stand has enough support arms to hold two keyboards at a time. Spider Pro is equipped with the base extendable support arms and an additional pair of support arms with a 15º tilt angle. Add another keyboard to Spider Pro by fitting additional support arms in this customizable stand. The Spider Pro has 3/8″ or 5/8″ threaded connection for attaching microphone booms.
