well, the only thing i have used (thanks to friends i have) close to a decently sized one is the m audio oxygen ones. They work decently and have a lot of customizations available, some of them have assignable knobs and also faders so for mixing the would be interesting things. Since i can use my keyboards as controllers I usually just don't bother getting a big one, though I had bought a smaller 32 key one from m audio called the key station mini.. it just has the keys, a single assignable knob, a few assignable buttons and that is it. But its great for quickly having small ideas and using virtual instruments in a pinch..or in a hurry or on the go (family trips come to mind here)
because most virtual midi keyboard software is just terrible. This one fits in the same backpack as my laptop and I can program the sustain button either in momentary mode or in toggle mode. So its really nice for that kind of things. Right, due to its compact size the key station mini has no screen at all, just leds and thus its totally accessible to program and set up. You do have to sort of go back and forth in the manual to find what you want but if you reorganize the info in a text file with the functions of the keys its just a snap to do anything.
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