M-Audio Hammer 88 Pro Graded Hammer-Action USB MIDI Controller With Smart Control and Auto-Mapping

The M-Audio Hammer 88 Pro is a full-sized, 88-key, USB powered MIDI keyboard controller with graded hammer action that opens up a wide world of creativity. Taking feedback from users and artists alike, the Hammer 88 Pro is equipped to be the ultimate studio and live performance tool. Add the Hammer 88 Pro’s natural piano feel to arsenal and bring music to the next level!DAW Auto-Mapping & Performance ControlThanks to the OLED screen that sits front and center, it’s easier than ever to search for and test sounds, map controls, and mix and edit sessions. Hammer 88 Pro can control any DAW and automatically map commonly used functions, such as Transport, Faders, Pan controls and much more. Whether use Pro Tools, MPC Beats, Cubase, Logic, Studio One or any other major DAW, just select the map and Auto-Mapping will take care of the rest. It also instantly maps to all the virtual instruments included in the Hammer 88 Pro software bundle (Hybrid, Velvet, Mini Grand, Xpand!2, Vacuum, Boom and DB-33). These world-class AIR Music Tech plug-ins can be fully controlled by the Hammer 88 Pro and used in real time as create and mix music.Smart ControlsHammer 88 Pro features M-Audio’s Smart Chord and Smart Scale technology. These functions open up imagination and help blend hardware seamlessly with ideas across all 88 keys. Creating music on computer has never been this intuitive and inspiring thanks to these work flow-centric features.With Smart Chord activated, pressing a single key or pad will play a full chord rather than just one note. The key or pad press will determine the root note in the chord. The rest of the chord’s properties (major, minor, etc) are determined by the settings choose. Smart Chord also has a Custom Mode that lets determine the chord structure that will be assigned to each key by manually playing it. For example, if select Custom Mode, and play a 1-b3-5-b7 chord, every key will then be assigned to play this chord structure. The note of the key press will serve as the root of the chord and all of the parameters can be edited right on the Hammer 88 Pro.Smart Scale technology allows to set the key bed so that only notes in the selected scale are able to be played. This allows to play within a chosen scale without the risk of playing any “wrong” notes. can choose from 16 different scale variations when assigning a scale to the keyboard. Smart Scale is easy to activate and deactivate and allows to set the scale parameters need to keep focused on creating.Professional ControlsBuilt into the Hammer 88 Pro are features that are essential to creating modern pop, electronic, hip-hop, and dance music. Note Repeat and the built-in Arpeggiator open up a world of precise music production and live sound techniques to make music sound professional.Note RepeatNote Repeat allows to hold down any of the custom-made M-Audio performance pads and hear a repeated rhythmic pattern at a selectable note division. The Note Repeat feature can be activated momentarily or can be used in Latch mode. If choose Momentary, holding the Note Repeat button will make the note played by the pad automatically repeat. If choose Latch, pressing any pad will cause its assigned note to repeat without having to hold down the Note Repeat button.ArpeggiatorThe built-in Arpeggiator will affect anything are playing on the keys from any virtual instrument in DAW