microKEY2-49AIR Bluetooth Wireless + USB MIDI Controller - 49 Key - Black

Keys seem a little small at first but you soon get used to it and start to enjoy the extra reach you can get. Great to have 4 octaves on my desk. Keyboard is simple, straightforward, well made and enjoyable. If I had a bigger desk I'd get the 61 keys.

I bought this 61 noter as a supplementary USB connected keyboard to mount on my desk whilst using Ableton Live on my Mac Mini - you can never have enough midi keyboards!! :-) Now, just to clarify, for those that might not know, this keyboard does not make any sounds on its own. It relies on other devices to make the noises like computers etc running the right software to make your music happen. This keyboard generates signals called midi as you press the notes etc and these are understood by specific software running on the computer you've connected it to as musical notes to pass on to 'virtual instruments' running on the computer or perhaps other hardware 'synths' etc also connected to the computer. This keyboard does come with a download code for some music making software courtesy of Korg. Anyway, to have 61 keys in this footprint is really useful! The keys are, of course, mini (or micro) but you soon get used to their size and they are very playable with a nice feel. The pitch bend and mod wheel have a great feel too! The velocity sensitivity is excellent. You can tweak the velocity sensitivity 'curve' (amongst other things) using the excellent Korg Kontrol Editor app, available as a free download from Korg. I would advise getting this app anyway for this keyboard - there's all sorts of exciting settings that can be tweaked! It works natively out of the box without any additional drivers on Macs so I also use it as a convenient keyboard for my Mac Book Pro too. A nice midi keyboard at a great price!

Good midi keyboard with nice touch. Bluetooth works fine with Ipad, but I could not get Bluetooth to work with Windows 11, tried all the suggestions on the internet and downloaded Korgs drivers but to no avail. Worked fine with usb connection though

I have a number of software synths on my iPad but until I bought this I had no real way of playing them properly (read, messing about with them!). This was designed to pair with iOS devices, and it does so perfectly. You'll hear and read about people going on about latency, and that's right, it's a thing. But, what most people with latency issues do is make the mistake of also having the speaker be wireless. That's too much. If you have this keyboard connected using Bluetooth LE, and then either use the speakers in the ipad or plug directly into the aux input on some speakers, you'll experience pretty much negligible latency. Is there any at all? Sure, a tiny bit, but I'm not a high-speed concert pianist, and for 99% of people it will be imperceptible. There are plenty of YouTube videos of people playing this fast and it keeping up. They keys themselves, while small, or perfectly playable, and the unit itself is sturdy enough, even on your lap. I got the 61 key version which is quite long, but also the best value for money in my opinion. Even then it's still good in the lap, but if you don't need or want that many octaves, you can save money and get less. You can still use the octave up and down buttons to go up and down the scales. Batteries on this last ages, but you can connect via USB to both power it and completely eliminate any latency whatsoever. Best of all worlds.

I'm a guitarist and needed something compact but simple to add the odd synth or piano sound to my recordings, Having looked carefully at the competition I opted for this based on other reviews and the negative comments applied to other similar keyboards. For casual use the device does not disappoint. Plugged in via USB and was recognized in Windows instantly. Recocognized also by the Cakewalk software I use. The additional freeware is also extremely useful. Key touch and feel is very good indeed. It has enough controls for my use, but I suspect too few for users where the keyboard is the sole input. Small, compact, and very good build quality. All in all, well worth the money.

I've a digital piano for proper playing, but when it comes to entering simple tracks into sequencer or scoring software, nothing's better or more immediate than a little keyboard on your desktop. Whether using Sonar, Sibelius, or something else, multi-part orchestrations and synth tracks and vocal notes that don't need the full span of an 88 note piano are quickly and accurately executed on the microKEY. The keys are small but not painfully so (though I have small fingers!). The velocity sensitivity is good on the default and adjustable to 10 settings in software. The stick provides a valuable XY interface for many synths and instruments to get the most from them. Build quality is pretty robust. There's nothing I can fault it on. This little device is perfect for the job and at a very reasonable price, especially when you factor in the few quality audio packages it comes bundled with, including the Kork M1 virtual instrument, AAS Lounge Lizard Session Rhodes electric piano instrument, and AAS Strum Accoustic Session instrument that authentically recreates strummed and fingered guitar tracks on a keyboard. I read around a good few reviews of microkeyboards before I settled on this, and I continue the recommendations. If you're after a desktop keyboard, you'll not be at all sorry with this choice. (Used with Windows 7 32 bit, Sonar X1, and Notion 4)

I bought the 49 key model and I was very surprised by the low latency (advertised 4-7ms) connection. Using an android phone with the ble-midi connection I was able to play to myself through headphones along with music on my entry level phone. It also came bundled with ~500$ worth of virtual instruments from Native Instruments and other popular brands. A license for Ableton Live Lite 12 is included for a DAW, as well as several mastering tools, 90s synths and the Korg M1 Le plugin. The smaller keys do take adjustment, sometimes feels a bit like a toy keyboard, but the velocity curve can be adjusted for more expressive playing. The action is piano like, but the small amount of travel and resistance can cause keys to accidentally trigger if my finger slides across it in a manner that wouldn't cause a sound on a fully weighted keyboard. I wanted to be able to play via portable speaker or headphones whereever I went and this keyboard works well for that. It can fit in a 3/4 guitar case and receives some support from the neck portion of the case. A feature that wasn't advertised is its automatic pedal polarity detection, just restart the device with a pedal plugged in and it will assume the current state is the off position. IMPORTANT NOTE FOR WINDOWS USERS: A windows update in January 2026 included changes to the midi system and the USB driver for this keyboard must NOT be used as it will break the midi system. It can update(despite a warning) without its dedicated driver and will work with the new default windows usb midi driver. A low latency ble-midi driver is provided that does still work.

Realmente não existe um controlador de 61 teclas mais compacto. Sensibilidade das teclas me surpreendeu. Estou bem satisfeito

Windows11とのUSB接続で、即認識、DAWソフトの環境設定で直ぐ使えた。 打込み専用なので、左側のコントローラー類もシンプルで良い。 後は耐久性だけが心配だが、今のところは、買って良かった。

Envoi rapide et soigné. Clavier simple mais très pratique, qui permet de composer de n'importe où avec un ordinateur portable. J'apprécie le toucher agréable pour des mini touches et les 37 touches qui le rendent bien plus utilisable qu'un modèle nanokey.

The instrument is quite good...but I am returning it as the keys are too small for me...