I personally love all the sliders and knobs on the launchkey 49 MK2, and it has more knobs and a bigger drumpad than what you'd get from any of the standalone pad/knob controllers you listed except for the arturia beatstep, but ultimately you should choose what you think fits your style the best. The VI49 costs about the same as the launchkey, and has 4 more knobs and a whole lot more buttons, but no sliders at all. I had looked at the Alesis V49, it seemed pretty good but the drum pads are very finnicky (they like to send the signal twice sometimes if you don't press them the right way) and it only has 4 knobs and 4 buttons. You could tie all the parameters of a synth to it and do basic sound design without having to look at your screen. It's kind of an all-in-one thing, get something like it and you won't need another controller ever.
#Midi controller with drum pads mod
It has 9 sliders, 4 knobs, pitch and mod wheels, 9 assignable buttons, a 16-button drum pad, and built-in play and pause buttons. I have the Novation Launchkey 49 MK2, I haven't had it for that long but I've already mixed a track using the only the sliders on the controller. The controllers I currently have listed down are: I have a budget of 250€ for everything together. One question that I'm having is whether to get an all-in-one keyboard, with keys, pads, knobs, etc., or to just focus on getting a quality keyboard only and then buy a pad controller separately, which are the two things I'm mostly interested in (plus the knobs as well).īasically, what I'm looking for is recommendations on what you consider to be the best all-in-one keyboards or keyboard-only + separate pads/knobs controllers combo.
Hey everyone, I'm currently looking to get a 49 key MIDI keyboard.