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They say it's a keyboard . . . little do they know!
Wireless is the word du jour, whether we're talking cell phones, TV remote controls (remember when they had wires?), mice/keyboards for your computer, cool little devices like the Frontier Design Group Tranzport, or the Lynx Aurora converters you can control via infrared from a PDA.
Why wireless? Aside from the smiles wireless devices put on the faces of battery manufacturers, there's something cool about not having any wires, and being able to do stuff while roaming around with impunity. Now, into this arena steps the M-Audio MidAir 25. Many have tried wireless MIDI keyboards before, but few have succeeded. Can the MidAir 25 break the jinx?
BASICS
The MidAir 25 is a variation on M-Audio's Oxygen V2 series of controllers, with 25 velocity-sensitive keys (no aftertouch, though), pitch bend and mod wheels, eight controller knobs, and the usual interface (navigation buttons and 3-digit LED display). It can talk to your world via a hardware MIDI out jack, but the Big Deal here is wireless USB connectivity. There's a little USB-powered, palm-size receiver box that connects to your computer via USB, and receives MIDI messages wirelessly...