LONGboard 61 / SHORTboard 49 Reviewer’s Guide
What’s the difference between LONGboard and SHORTboard?
LONGboard 61/SHORTboard 49 - Professional Performance Instruments
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LONGBOARD / SHORTBOARD
61 & 49 KEY PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE
INSTRUMENTS
What’s the difference between LONGboard and
SHORTboard?
As far as features and electronics, the two models are identical. The difference
between the two units is in the keyboard.
LONGboard 61 features a premium 61-note semi-weighted keyboard with velocity
and channel aftertouch.
This type of quality keybed is usually reserved for the most
expensive electronic keyboards.
SHORTboard 49 uses the same great semi-weighted keyboard with velocity and
channel aftertouch, but with 49 keys.
Target Market
Any musician who wants a professional-quality, MIDI keyboard with world-class
onboard sounds.
Target Customers
Performing Musicians
LONGboard/SHORTboard combine great feeling keyboards with world-class
E-MU sounds in a lightweight, yet rugged, package. All the classic keyboard sounds
are represented: grand pianos, clavs, rhodes, wurlis, B3s, moogs, prophets, OBs,
and much more. Both models also contain a top-quality, General MIDI sound set.
The onboard sounds have been meticulously sampled and tweaked to perfectly
model the original instruments.
The keyboard can be split at any key. For example, you can play string bass with
your left hand and organ or piano with your right. Any two sounds can also be
layered to create huge walls of sound. You also have 10 synthesizer controls for
expressive real-time control.
The slim, lightweight package design means that you can just throw it under your
arm and carry it to the gig. In addition, the US versions of both LONGboard and
SHORTboard contain a wireless PIPEline transmitter to make connection even
easier. You can even power the LONGboard/SHORTboard using batteries and have
the ultimate wireless keyboard.
Non-Professional Musicians or Hobbyists
LONGboard/SHORTboard contain 128 voices and are 16-part multitimbral,
making them ideal for song composition using MIDI. Connection to your
computer is a one-step process using the provided bidirectional USB cable. No
special drivers are required.
When connected to a computer via USB, the MIDI input and output ports function
as a computer-MIDI interface to connect your other MIDI gear.
