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«  Good product, could be better »

Published on 01/21/13 at 06:26
Value For Money : Excellent
MIDI keyboard laptop completely customizable. The Keytars are very rare, this product immediately caught my attention.
It has a lot of all controllers fully programmable pads in addition to keyboard 3 octaves.
The connection is minimal but sufficient: USB MIDI + out + FS + DC in.
Note that the power supply is sold separately, but can be powered by USB.

UTILIZATION

In use it is pretty cool even if the doc is very brief and totally deserves to be rethought. So the setting is not super intuitive. We made it quick but it must have some knowledge of MIDI.
The touch keyboard is very "come away" normal for a lightweight and portable. At the same time it is not for play Bach ...
Level latency honestly I do not even feel. Well for now I'm wired MIDI (not USB). A view with a MIDI HF ... yeah because they are nice Alesis, but will walk on stage with a USB cable??

OVERALL OPINION

I received two days ago, so my opinion may change with time, but for now I do not regret my purchase.

Pros of the product: many controllers and you can set a lot of things. For example, each pad can send either a note or a control change, a program change on channel you want ... From a usability point of view is correct, but no more. The doc is essential to set the cattle, and the doc is awful.
Despite its look a little gadget / toy, I find that once you have it in your hands, it does.

Cons: The doc is very brief, unworthy of the product. Despite the apparent solidity of the whole, I knob knob slide that is crossed, then I could just dislocated it back but ...
The unit comes with the minimum: a long USB cable, and that's all. No power supply, and especially no MIDI HF, which is a shame for a product of this type. Of course it would have doubled the price ...

In conclusion, I am not disappointed, and I think I'm gonna have fun this summer :)
Despite some flaws, it was not something bad for the price very attractive.