I too am a guitar player and I bought this guy about 2 years ago to use with Sonar. I didn't plan on becoming a keyboard player, but I have, and I can thank this little guy for that. It is wonderfully non-intimidating with its small stature, only 2-octave keyboard. The knobs work inside your soft synths (Reaktor and Reason) just as advertised. The thing is, I always end up reaching for the mouse and so have almost never used the knobs on this guy. The 2-octave keyboard gets really cramped after awhile, so I just bought an M-Audio Keystation 88 ES. It's kinda like the exact opposite of the Oxygen - it has 88 weighted keys, and only a slider and 2 buttons (other than the wheels. of course).
If you plan on "really" playing keyboards, you are better off looking at the bigger M-Audio keyboards. If you just want a small keyboard to play around with soft syths, the Oxygen will definitely fit better on you computer desk or in your backpack!
All in all, it does what it says and it does it well.
For a 7 year guitarists who wanted to add more depth and have more options for making music, this is perfect. Its small size makes it easy to fit in any average computer desk setup or small recording space. Its not overly technical and within the first 2 days of using this in conjunction with Ableton Live 5, I was using the knobs to adjust different effects. There still is a slight learning curve, expecially if your new to the world of MIDI, as I was. However I think it remains to be unintimidating to new users. On the flip-side there are quite a few other choices out there for a 25 key Midi Keyboard and they all share the same price. You may want to look around. For what I need to do with it and for the space it conserves, I feel its a good buy. Dosent hurt to snag a warranty with this just to be safe of any complications. Pros - Compact Size, Easy to Use Cons - Made of Cheap Like Plastic, Doesnt store your settings for the next time.
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