paperlined.org
product_searches > musical_instruments
document updated 16 years ago, on Sep 7, 2008
Looking for a semi-portable possibly weighted MIDI controller (or, if going wild, maybe a stage piano) whose keypresses will be rendered via a softsynth.

Criteria: 1) fairly portable, 2) have a pedal jack

Keyboard keys width weight cost notes
Yamaha NP-30 76 1.24m 5.4kg ~$300
M-Audio Axiom 61 61 .97m 5.3kg $300 semi-weighted, aftertouch, USB bus-powered
M-Audio Axiom 49 49 .81m 4.5kg $225 semi-weighted, aftertouch, USB bus-powered (pic)
M-Audio Keystation 61es 61 1.04m 5.0kg $170 semi-weighted, USB
M-Audio Keystation 49e 49 0.80m 2.9kg $100 semi-weighted, bus-powered
M-Audio Oxygen 61 61 .96m 4kg $200 NOT semi-weighted, USB bus-powered
M-Audio KeyStudio 49i 49 0.82m 3.4kg $250 USB bus-powered
CME M-Key 49 .72m 3.2kg $100 semi-weighted, USB bus-powered
CME U-Key 49 .72m 3.3kg $180 semi-weighted, USB bus-powered, has lots more knobs/joysticks

Pedals

(these have a semi-standard phono plug, and the CME M-Key and U-Key have connectors for these)