The Studiologic SL-990XP is a Master Controller keyboard that will allow you to control MIDI instruments, sound modules and accessories. The SL-990XP provides an 88-note keyboard with full-size weighted hammer action keys that give a true piano feel. The keyboard features pitch and mod wheels, aftertouch, and 8 global velocity curves to give expressive control. Performance control is available using program and bank change, transpose, MIDI channel change and 100 user memory locations. The SL-990XP provides MIDI Out and a sustain pedal input. An AC power adapter is included. The keyboard features pitch and mod wheels, aftertouch, and 8 global velocity curves to give expressive control.

Features

88 Full Size Keys

True Piano Weighted Hammer Action

Pitch & Modulation Wheels

Program Change

Bank Select

MIDI Output

100 User Memory Locations

Sustain Pedal Input

The Authentic Piano Feel - and Look
As a result of many years of Research and Development, FATAR, srl, (one of the world's largest and longest established keyboard companies and the only dedicated manufacturer of master keyboards) offers a "real piano" feel in their latest keyboard action design. Even the littlest details haven't gone unnoticed. By applying just the right coloration to the key material Fatar has produced a keyboard that not only feels like a piano but looks like one also.

Stab, Massage and Bounce
The secret lies in the patented hammer mechanism. Most "Piano Action" instruments rely on weighted keys… read more with a sluggish action and little in the way of dynamic range. FATAR's hammer, on the other hand, is thrown up and forward on its' pivot as the key is depressed, mimicking exactly the mechanism of a traditional acoustic piano. The combination of more mass moving through a greater arc means greater acceleration of the key and a remarkably increased dynamic range.

And now, Fatar has added an even more piano-like feel by developing the "Contoured Strike Force" keybed. CSF applies slightly more force to notes played in the bass register while reducing, slightly, the force applied in the treble region - thus more closely reproducing the physics of a "regulated" acoustic piano.

You'll find that you can put huge power into chord stabs and loud passages while the natural inertia of the hammer mechanism provides exactly the right kind of dynamic counterbalance that lets you massage real piano keys for expressive pianissimo. Equally important is the tiny bounce that a hammer gives to the key as it comes to rest. It's this bounce that lets you play those two handed paradiddles, and gives you the accurate, expressive control you're looking for over all your playing, whether it's piano, string, horn or percussion parts.

Harsh Realities - Eased
Separating the keyboard from the synthesizer has been the logical path since the advent of MIDI, but up until now, the cost has been prohibitive. Now, FATAR's amazing value for the money means you can have the great piano feel and comprehensive features of Studio Logic Master Controller Keyboards along with your favorite MIDI sound modules at a price that won't break the bank. read less