M-Audio or E-MU?

[noneofthem]

Hello there!

I am in the middle of planning which midi controller to purchase within the next couple of weeks. It should be well equipped, meaning lots of controls on the device so I can play around myself while playing. Also it should be reliable and of course it should be a very good value as I everything but rich at the moment.

The choices are:

1. M-Audio Oxygen 61 (comes with 3 Waldorf VST Plugins) as a bundle

2. E-MU Xboard 61 (comes with more than 3GB of samples, software sampler , Cubase LE, Wavelab Lite, Able Live Lite)

3. M-Audio Axiom 49

At the moment I my favourite is the E-MU device because it comes with much more stuff, but I read somewhere that M-Audio is more reliable.

Does anyone have any experience with any of those controllers? Any information would be highly appreciated because I don´t really wanna "waste" my money now...

Thanks a lot!

none of them

[Rosa Monte]

no anwser? EMU has always been respected for their sounds!
their interfaces are great and this new keyboard looks great!
aftertouch is inclued?

[elektro80]

I´ve played the Novation Remote 61SL some. It feels really nice. Personally I think the keyboard has that right plastic feeling. The AXIOM kinda works, but it doesn´t feel right compared to the Novation.

I recently bought a Kurzweil SP2X. I wanted a good 88 keyboard for different playing styles and the Kurzweil felt just about perfect. I´m pretty sure I´ll pick up something like the Novation Remote 61SL soon as well.

[Mohoyoho]

I own the Akai MPK49 keyboard controller, and I really like it. It's bundled with Ableton Lite as well. For the money Emu's board is pretty good. I've heard mixed reviews on the sampler that's bundled with it. I have owned an M-Audio controller and it broke after 13 months of light use.

[Kassen]