Durable and yet portable at the same time!
I purchased this controller because I wanted to be more dynamic in the type of music that I play without always having to mess with my laptop. This controller gives me the freedom to do that. I can be playing four different pad sounds on top of each other and mix the effects and their volumes at the SAME TIME. That is what sold me on this hardware.
As far as pros and cons go, the pros are pretty obvious...it is lightweight, it has 61 keys so it fits on my workstation desk snugly (which in my mind is perfect) and the keys have great sensitivity. For the cons, there is no master volume fader on the controller, which isn't a huge deal, but I'm used to that on any other keyboard, so I found it odd that it isn't on this model. Another small thing is sometimes I have to guess where to map the sliders and faders in my DAW, so there is a lot of trial and error involved. My last con is that there is no software that comes with the controller. My 88 key controller came with several VST plugins as well as Ableton Live 9 Lite, so I was disappointed that this came with nothing. That's unlike M-Audio to short a customer some freebies.
Overall, I'm extremely happy with this controller, and I've already used it to play live and it had a phenomenal impact. I look forward to using this for many years to come!
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Refurbished