ESI midi controllers

[zzzxtreme]

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]

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]

where to find this keyboard in sg?

 

[qfactor]

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! :-o

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

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