What is your favorite inexpensive Keyboard Controller?

[jamieorc]

I'm about to purchase Reason (mainly for drums--Chompers' mp3 convinced me) and am looking for advice on people's favorite sub $200 keyboard controllers.

Thanks,

Jamie

[Dead River Studio]

Midiman has several for under 200. I picked up the midiman 49 USB for $140 and it's working fine. The GC dude fu'd up and only charged me $99.95. After all the bucks I spent there I wasn't going to say anything [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

Check out the midiman webpage

Steve

[s.d. finley]

and if you don't have USB....Midicontrol...
this has 21 knobs that you can assign to any knob, on lets say Reason, to control real time. 49 note, mod wheel, pitch bend, and a slider. I got mine at GC too, it was $199 tho...

sdf

[s.d. finley]

Dooh!! I meant 12 knobs.... [img]images/icons/blush.gif[/img]

rock

sdf

[372cat]

Evolution MK-249C, around $200 at Mars Music. USB or not; lotsa knobs, sliders and buttons for parameter control; small and lightweight and so far much more reliable than anything I've ever owned and later thrown away that was made by MidiMan.
www.evolution.co.uk

[jamieorc]

Hmmm... That Evolution looks pretty cool.

Thanks for the input, guys.

Jamie