On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 10:55:57PM +0100, Arnold Krille wrote: > Hi all, > > I am planning to by a second keyboard (once I really talked my wife into it:). > The primary reason to do so is that a keyboard with faders and knobs costs > less than for example the M-AUDIO UC33E > (http://www.thomann.de/de/evolution_uc33e_usbcontroller.htm). > So I am thinking about a keyboard in the 49-keys range, either the M-AUDIO > OXYGEN 49 (http://www.thomann.de/de/maudio_oxygen_49.htm) or the EVOLUTION > MK449 C (http://www.thomann.de/de/prod_zoom_AR_166415.html). > Has anyone recommendations in regard to stability, usability and > linux-/standards-compliance? (I remember a time when m-audio-devices seemed > to need a firmware?) > My preference would be for the evolution over the oxygen. I tried both 4 years ago or so and the oxygen8 had very spongy action and was almost impossible to hit full velocity. One key broke in less than a week! Of course it may have been a bad one but those sorts of things really put you off! Evolution 249c has a much nicer action IMHO, has been very reliable, and on the occasion where I thought it had broken after 3 yrs or so, I got some excellent support and one hard reset later it was completely back to normal! On the other hand I thought evolution had been taken over by m-audio so things may be different now.. Try both if you can! James _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
