HELP! midi controller: korg padkontrol vs. akai mpd 24/26

[nolan1053]

I'm a big fan of anything M-Audio. The Axiom 25 is a great controller with pads on it and knobs to fuck with the tone. I've never had any issues with anything M-Audio and Demz is right about KORG breaking down after some playing, even their top notch shit tends to break down really fast. Roland is always great with advanced shit. But if you're just starting, any M-Audio will work great. I had an Akai for a few months before the thing broke and I sold it on craigslist, xD. Pads really aren't a necessity with programming and all that shit. You can easily do it by mouse, it's not as fun or productive, but it's not super fucking hard. I've been working on a dubstep song and trust me, this shit is complicated, but try the M-Audio Axiom 25 and tell me how it is, cause I wanna get it. I tried it at a local music store and it felt really nice.

[Demzilla]

schnav the mother fuckin mpc is as boss as is needed...
if you got one..
cut off the pressure sensitivity on the pads and use that bitch...

anyway...

m-audio keys arent bad..
its the only thing they choose to make right..
i love the keys...
3 years later and nothings loose...

do iiiitttt....

[schnavolda]

i wish i had a mpc. i just meant that the akai mpds and the padkontrol kinda emulate the feeling of using a real mpc, which is a good thing.

but music is more than just drums and with proper keys you can play chords and stuff way better than with programmable pads only.

i have a bid on an axiom 25 (the m-audio keyboard with pads) now, if i don't win that auction i will decide between the axiom 25 and the eridol pcr-300.

[nolan1053]

And when you get better and more experienced, you can update to the M-Audio Axiom 25 Pro. =D

[schnavolda]

And when you get better and more experienced, you can update to the M-Audio Axiom 25 Pro. =D

what's the difference between the pro and the regular edition, besides the obvious white color and improved keys?

the only thing i found out is that the unit somehow communicates differently with your daw and is able to behave like a keyboard in a way, so for example map the copy&paste keyboard shortcuts to a key on the axiom.

[schnavolda]

fuck, i was offline and missed an ebay auction where a nearly new axiom pro 25 went for the price of a regular new axiom 25.

i now ordered the regular one from a shop. i'll get it mid next week. i'm so looking forward to it.

[nolan1053]

A friend of mine who's a keyboardist in a local band uses the Axiom Pro for his programming. I asked him the difference and he said it has a wider range of octaves and some shit like that. But since my budget is supposed to be about $350, now it's $100 for some reason. I have to buy some shitty little $70 laptop keyboard/midi.