Decent USB Keyboard Controller

[Dennis]

Suggestions?

[theblotted]

for what useage? style, genre, production?

i got M-Audio Keystation 61es. i don't need all them knob and pads, just a semi-weighted key so it feel just enough like a piano, but bounces back fast enough to play solo lines.

[Dennis]

That's the one I've been leaning towards, that and the 61 key M-Audio Oxygen 'cause I'm not sure if I'll need the knobs and sliders etc...

I'm not a keyboardist, I just want to have something sorta low profile that I can use to trigger software instruments and have when a keyboardist comes over to cut some tracks.

How do you like yours?

[Matthew Murray]

I'vegot the 61es at my home setup and it seems to work just right.

[riteup3]

I like the keyboard action better in the EMU X-Keys series. I have owned both the M-Audio and the EMU.

ron

[theblotted]

Originally Posted by Dennis

That's the one I've been leaning towards, that and the 61 key M-Audio Oxygen 'cause I'm not sure if I'll need the knobs and sliders etc...

I'm not a keyboardist, I just want to have something sorta low profile that I can use to trigger software instruments and have when a keyboardist comes over to cut some tracks.

How do you like yours?

i can play some tunes on the keys (not just chopsticks), but wouldn't call myself a keyboardist if you know what i mean.

my only useage for it is to play keys, and any knob/fader movements i do it by mouse.

i've recorded keyboard players in the past, and they're usually pretty picky about what they play so they bring their own 99% of the time.

so long story short, i love mine. it does what it does, no crash or headaches ever. plus it's plug-and-play, so i can even plug it in mid-session and DAW won't be bitchin'.