type private industry specialty manufacturing and distribution musical instruments founded 1993 headquarters beijing china key people unknown products musical instruments recording equipment and accessories revenue unknown number of employees unknown website 1 cme is the registered trademark of central music company a musical high tech company founded in beijing china in 1993 . its main focus is consumer and professional digital music production equipment . 1 history edit central music company imports and distributes into the chinese music production market many of the world s most well known music production brands including apogee e mu event kurzweil moog motu novation presonus rme and r de among others . cme was also the distributor for yamaha music production products in china until april 1 2005 when yamaha founded its own chinese subsidiary . after this cme began researching both the chinese and overseas markets and started developing its own products . these products are now sold worldwide under the cme brand name . products edit cme is known primarily for its midi keyboard controllers . their uf series midi keyboards were particularly ubiquitous in professional music creation circles in the early to mid 2000 s seen in demo videos of virtual instruments such as propellerheads reason and arturia . it appealed to professionals and amateur musicians alike for its unique design rugged solid metal chassis keyboard action and midi control capabilities . the hammer action of the keys on the 88 key uf8 keyboard were particularly popular . cme has branched out from only making midi keyboard controllers and also has made asx an expansion card for the uf series and vx series keyboard controllers that made them stand alone synthesizers bitstream 3x a wave idea midi desktop control surface matrix k a usb audio interface with optional firewire expansion matrix x an analog 5 channel mixer matrix z a 4 channel analog headphone amplifier u key a portable synthesizer uf series uf5 uf6 uf7 uf8 midi keyboard controllers vx series vx5 vx6 vx7 vx8 midi keyboard controllers with motorized faders touch sensitive pads and hui control surface capabilities widi xu a wireless midi transmitter the size of a small usb flash drive . widi x8 a wireless midi system zsc series zsc64 zsc 76 zsc88 midi keyboard controllers with weighted keys on all smaller size models references edit cme s official website . retrieved 2007 09 14 . cme is the registered trademark of central music company a high tech enterprise founded in beijing china in 1993 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title central music company & oldid 647088450 categories music equipment manufacturers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 11 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view