Alesis are making the first ever MIDI Keytar

[Xces]

All of you guys are going off about Keytars that have MIDI on them, what I think Alesis meant was that it was the first MIDI Keytar Controller, which I'm pretty sure is wrong

[Stab Frenzy]

Please refer to my 'learn to reading comprehension' comment.

[Xces]

Please refer to my 'learn to reading comprehension' comment.

was that taken out of the article, because I only skimmed through it, on a youtube video that I watched the guy presenting it said that it was the first MIDI Keytar Controller.
And yes after reading your comment it makes alot more sense now

[rhino]

I think they meant the first ALESIS keytar controller.

[Xces]

I think they meant the first ALESIS keytar controller.

That would make sense too

[StepLogik]

I think its a more interesting story if Alesis claims its the first MIDI-equipped keytar controller. We need more companies making outrageous, bold claims.

Roland should have said of the Jupiter-80, "The first synthesizer to use stored wave samples in ROM memory to create authentic sounds for under $25,000!" Then they might have sold more than 20.

[fh991586]

I don't really understand the point of the USB. Isn't a keytard made for portability? Then why hook it up to a computer? It's cumbersome...

Unless there is a wireless connection to the computer. THAT would have been a first!

[madtheory]

Is it just a coincidence that in this thread of keytards pretty much every second post is factually incorrect? I think not.

LMFAO!

[Automatic Gainsay]

TRUE FACT: Nobody back in the '80s called them "keytars." I do believe one company made a MIDI remote controller and called their model "The Keytar," but generically they were not called "keytars."

Thank you.

[Xces]

I don't really understand the point of the USB. Isn't a keytard made for portability? Then why hook it up to a computer?

The whole point of the USB is to connect it to your DAW and use it to control software

[gs]

Hey c'mon give the guy a break, he may not be familiar with the history of keytars. Yes, with the exception of the Moog Liberation (the one that started it all), ALL 80s and beyond keytars were just MIDI controllers (not counting yamaha's toyish ones or the recent Roland one with the synth built in). The alesis adds USB. Good price though.

[ninja6485]

Is it a coincidence that a quick reading of the add misleads one to believe that this is a product that's the first of it's kind, or first of it's kind in a more significant way? I think not. That's called clever marketing!

[jaypodesta]

I don't really understand the point of the USB. Isn't a keytard made for portability? Then why hook it up to a computer?

The whole point of the USB is to connect it to your DAW and use it to control software

The most insightful thing I have read on the web in probably the last five minutes.

[polardark]

Slightly off-topic perhaps but...

Are keytars actually playable? Seriously.

[Sir Ruff]

Hey c'mon give the guy a break, he may not be familiar with the history of keytars. Yes, with the exception of the Moog Liberation (the one that started it all), ALL 80s and beyond keytars were just MIDI controllers (not counting yamaha's toyish ones or the recent Roland one with the synth built in).

And a rich history it is, as you've just shown