Keith McMillen Instruments (KMI) is launching a Kickstarter campaign for its innovative K-Board Pro 4, a four-octave MIDI keyboard controller.
It is MPE (Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression) compatible with multiple dimensions of touch sensitivity using proprietary Smart Fabric Technology in each key
KMI Founder and CEO, Keith McMillen, explained: “We wanted to reclaim all of the powerful synth parameters that you can rarely access in performance and put them under your fingertips where you can play the heck out of them! Start with the familiarity of the classic keyboard and make it more responsive to take advantage of multidimensional expressivity.
“Our recent campaign for the BopPad Smart Fabric Drum was a huge success because of the support of the Kickstarter community. There really is no better place for a small company to launch a new idea than on this platform,” concluded McMillen.
K-Board Pro 4 employs patented Smart Sensor Fabric Technology under each key to independently output touch-sensitive XYZ data that can be mapped to any parameter, such as vibrato, brightness, timbre, and more, allowing users to play expressively in real-time with the nuance more routinely expected from an acoustic instrument. In addition, four touch-sensitive sliders can be mapped to anything, providing rapid access to parameters, such as octave, vibrato depth, or a preset to keep performers playing without interrupting their creative flow.
Features include silicone keys, an aluminum frame construction, and no moving parts to ensure durability. It is USB powered and class compliant to ensure both portability and compatibility, the K-Board Pro 4 works with Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, as well as MIDI-capable hardware.
Keith McMillen Instruments is in the final design and production with highly-functional prototypes already in the hands of professional keyboard players, with estimated delivery for K-Board Pro 4 on September 2017.
The K-Board Pro 4 Kickstarter campaign is at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kmi/k-board-pro-4-smart-fabric-keyboard.
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