Alternate Mode have announced a new addition to their controller family: the world\'s first MIDI steel drum percussion controller.
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The panKAT consists of 30 playing pads in a standard C pan format. Borrowing features from malletKAT Pro, the panKAT has a full MIDI specification.
Performance features include dampening, deadstroking, poly/mono modes, velocity shifting, alternate notes per pad, pitch bend on the fly, warp arpeggiator, and loop control functions.
The panKAT is a one-piece, 30 pad design plus two virtual controller wheels. It has 128 factory kits for turnkey performance with any GM sound module plus 128 user kits with pitch layouts for steel drum playing, drums, percussion. There are also additional inputs for bass drum and hi-hat, so the panKAT can be used as a large drumset controller.
The PanKAT is available with a general MIDI sound engine with audio inputs, outputs and a headphone jack.
You can order a PanKAT for $1999 this location. A PanKAT without sounds costs $1799. A padded bag is shipped for $99, the PanKAT stand for $144.
Alternate Mode have announced a new addition to their controller family: the world\'s first MIDI steel drum percussion controller.
