For all keyboard players out there, you might be looking for keyboard workstations for your gigs or recording needs. To help you figure out what best workstation will best suits your  needs let me share you the brand new line of keyboard workstations, the StudioBLADE™.

The StudioBLADE™ series, powered by Intel® processors and 64-bit Windows 7, are complete music production workstations with a total studio package with DAW (digital audio workstation), virtual instruments and mastering effects wherein utilities are also available to customize the exclusive ControlDAW™ MIDI control surface.You will experience total workspace customization with 2 additional monitors as support.

What more to be excited about is StudioBLADE is coupled with Studio One Pro from Presonus, a highly respected DAW solution complete with virtual instruments and mastering FX, plus 10GB of sounds. Also with SonicSource™ VSTi soft-synth contains thousands of sound presets providing a giant (8GB) starting point for both analog and digital textures. All you want in one workstation, truly great news.

This StudioBalde will also let you feel the powerful combination of hands-on control with the tilt and telescoping 10.1-inch touch panel (more than twice the size of most workstation screens), the high-quality 61-key synth action, or 88-key weighted piano action keyboard; and formidable ControlDAW interactive knobs, buttons, and sliders, managed by GeoMIDI™ mapping software.

There’s more in addition to knobs and sliders, to fully maximize the usage of grid-style programs like Ableton Live, or classic drum pad boxes like the Akai® MPC,  it has large 64-button grid control surface. A powerful tool for musicians using Music Computing’s TriggerGrid™ sample trigger player for drum pads turns the grid surface into a massive 64-pad virtual percussion instrument.

To let you know what do they have to say about StudioBlade, the company CEO, Victor Wong shares, “With remarkable audio processing capabilities like ‘drag and drop mastering,’ the StudioBLADE is one of the most powerful keyboard instruments ever built.”

Also he said that, “At just 28 pounds and 36-inches in length, the 61-key version of the StudioBLADE is a truly portable all-in-one ‘grab and go’ solution for the gigging musician, or a home studio user with limited space.”

All what it takes to have it starts at $2599 (US/SRP).With these you can have 61-key Intel Core2 base configuration with 24/48 audio, 2 combo XLR and 1/4-inch mic inputs with phantom power, 2 balanced outs, and headphone jack. And if you choose to have optional upgrades, these will include 24/96 audio and 8 inputs, more RAM, and internal hard drives, to suit the user’s needs.