( 2 reviews )
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Posted: Sep 21 2007
I purchased this controller to use with my Arturia Moog Modular V VST program. It works very well. The keyboard action feels great and the knobs and wheels are smooth and easy to turn. I had no trouble plugging it in and setting it up either. That could have been a problem in that I have Windows XP Media Center Edition, which is not musician friendly. Yet, everything worked well. My only complaint is the Proteus software and the Ableton Live that comes with it. To me they are useless, for the most part. The Ableton is just a sampler of the real thing and most of the features don't really work. It is so limited, it actually works on my system whereas the cheapest Cakewalk recording software doesn't. As for the Proteus, I loaded it and tried to use it, but it is such a convoluted process just to access and turn it on, that to me it's not really worth it. It does have some nice sounds but it is such a pain to access them, I gave up after a few tries. Overall, the extra software seems just tagged on as an extra selling point. Overall, this keyboard does what I wanted it to do, to control my Moog software. The software that came with it is just something to stuff into my computer desk. Recommended.
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( 4 of 4 found this review helpful ) Posted: Sep 23 2006
It does a good job of controlling virtual instruments; it comes with USB plug support. It's pretty light and the keys feel good. It needs to be ran with good programs to be of any use. I guess I would enjoy this product a whole lot more if I had cubase to use the module. I suppose music isn't supposed to be cheap to make. (I do have programs that the keyboard can play off of) I'm holding back on computer software for this controller instead I think a synthesizer with good voices might work better.
