Fatar / Studiologic Numa

The Numa doesn’t have many knobs or faders. Fatar says that the attention has been paid to making the keyboard feel as much like a real piano as possible. We’re told that all of the 88 hammer-action keys are solid and the keyboard is graded, so the response of the keys gets progressively lighter further up the keyboard.

The Numa has a touch-sensitive user interface, complete with a large LCD that shows whichever parameter is being programmed. Four hot keys, some arrow pads and a scroll wheel are used to enter and edit information, and a function called YouPlay guides the user through a process that configures the dynamic response of the controller to best suit their playing style. A pitch-bend wheel is situated, on the side of the device, above sockets for MIDI, USB, foot pedals and a power supply.

The body of the Numa is made from a single piece of moulded ABS plastic, which helps to keep the weight of the controller down. Usefully, it has a sliding top panel, which extends to enable the user to place a laptop, sound module or controller on top of the keyboard.

The Numa costs £900 including VAT, and is due to ship at the end of April.

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