So i was looking for a small midi keyboard and found this

[turbo]

http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/...APE/intro.html

The arturia player 25.


I picked one up on sale at my local GC for less than $150. This thing is amazing so far for the price. I have used it with live and maschine.


Pros:

The case is all metal, real wood sides, its a tank! It weighs like 10 lbs!

1000 preset sounds included

Easy to use, intuitive - well thought out controls

The sample presets sound fantastic!

Cons:

The knobs and mod joystick are a little cheap feeling, could break with abuse.

Using the included software is a wee bit unstable in vst mode. I've had it
crash twice in the 4-5 hrs ive played around with it so far.

Registration is limited to 1 computer, otherwise I believe you have to unregister-reregister. Or they sell one of those usb dongle activaters separate.

Each preset's synth can't be tweaked beyond effects and envelope adjustments.



In conclusion, if you're looking for a small keyboard, I'd say this one is pretty hard to beat for the price. You'd pay over $150 for just a keyboard of this quality honestly. You'd pay $50-100 for a sample library this large too!

[minimal]

Nice!

[ven000m]

that's sooo cute

[turbo]

that's sooo cute

Thats what my gf said lol.

[Lambox]

I actually really like the way it looks. Never heard of Arturia, though. :eek:

How do those keys feel?

[koffa]

My friend has the "big brother", the Analog Factory or something. The software included are pretty decent and the keyboard itself is nice. :-)

Edit: I too really like the looks of it. And the build quality seems good.

[turbo]

I actually really like the way it looks. Never heard of Arturia, though. :eek:

How do those keys feel?

Its actually pretty awesome for the price. Its got the springy synth feel to it with a nice amount of resistance. The only thing that feels cheap on it is the joystick.

I couldn't decide to go with this or one of the larger ones. I decided that I would grab this just to keep on my desk.

Eventually I'll probably want a full size 88 key though, but this is very nice to keep right in front of me.

[Coldfuzion]

Looks really sweet! Thanks for the share ! I may wait for a deal and then pick one of these up as well!

[grubbers]

Damn, that would be right up my alley if it had hammer-action keys.

[Croma]

This has been out for a while but I guess it's easy to overlook. How would you rate that joystick control when using it? I wish they had pitch/mod wheels instead. Probably the only thing that stopped me from getting one.