From dougsyolists@aol.com Sat Feb 01 21:23:07 2003
Subject:Re: new (cheap) midi controller keyboard for B4 and others

In a message dated 2/1/2003 7:34:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
deke@dekethegeek.com writes:

> http://img.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/70/708345.jpg
>
That's completely different, appearance-wise, from the CMK-161 that I just
bought. For starters, mine's charcoal grey, and it has four function buttons
in the center of the top panel - channel, transpose, program select, and
another (lsb ?) and has numbers 0-9 + - etc along some of the keys, much like
the midimans do. You depress the button you wish to change and make the
numeric entry, then release the function button. The back panel has 9v input,
MIDI out and jacks for sustain and volume.

The new design is more friendly for PC stuff (mouse pad or keyboard) or small
modules (V5, some of Yamaha's or Roland's small sequencers and sound
generator modules). Perhaps it's the same internal circuitry as the old
CMK-161 with a new case, but I've probably seen products that changed names
for less difference.

Doug

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