ESI midi controllers

zzzxtreme · #1 (**permalink**) 22-07-08, 09:52 AM

hi has anyone had experience with ESI midi controllers?

are they robust and reliable? cause i hear many horror stories with MAudio.

Planning to get the new ESI K.ON next month

utano · #2 (**permalink**) 22-07-08, 07:35 PM

I have never heard horror stories about m-audio. Some might not like the touch of the keys but in my opinion their controllers are one of the better ones out there.

iansoh · #3 (**permalink**) 18-08-08, 01:22 PM

where to find this keyboard in sg?

qfactor · #4 (**permalink**) 28-08-08, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by iansoh

where to find this keyboard in sg?

Steinberg Asia carries ESI. My peeve about it, when I tried one some 2 years back, was it doesn't come with any installer CD and WinXP couldn't recognize it. Even after going to their website and downloading the driver!

Unlike M-Audio controllers which are just "plug and play" the ESI needs a "bit more" coaxing to get it to work!

I don't know about now, though. They may have gotten it right, but cost-wise, not much diff. from M-Audio, I believe.