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Ho to all!I should buy my first midi keyboard ,oxygen and mpk are quite the same price but the m-audio has 49 keys...what should I buy?

Depends.

How important are full size keys to you? How important are drum pads to you? Answer those and you know which to get.

The problem is tha is my first keyboard so I don't really know what i need
Also the overall quality is the same?How can be possible that a 49 keys costs only 10 euro(13$)more than a 25keys?

sorry for my bad english >_<

The akai is for portable. small keys. integrated drum pads and bank of knobs.

The oxygen is more for studio. larger, with faders.

it depends on what you are buying it for and what you plan to do with it.

The MPK Mini has tiny shitty keys, low profile knobs, and no pitch or mod wheels.
Great on a train if you want to look like a hipster in triangle world.

In the real world though, the Oxygen has 49 full sized keys, transport controls, great rubbery knobs, 9 sliders, 9 switches, pitch, mod, track-control....

So do you want to be a twat, or a music producer?

condra wrote:The MPK Mini has tiny shitty keys, low profile knobs, and no pitch or mod wheels.
Great on a train if you want to look like a hipster in triangle world.

In the real world though, the Oxygen has 49 full sized keys, transport controls, great rubbery knobs, 9 sliders, 9 switches, pitch, mod, track-control....

So do you want to be a twat, or a music producer?

Truth.

I third that. As a first, that is quite well rounded and the keys are more useable.