M-Audio Oxygen Pro 49

After almost 2 years of using, although not on a daily basis, it's about time for a review.

Good:
- Nice keybed, nice pads, with adjustable sensitivity.
- A 5 DIN MIDI-out, so you can use the Pro 49 for controlling other MIDI-gear (I use it for my Minilogue, which has smaller en fewer keys), without a DAW.
- The software editor that enables you to programm all controllers (thus which CC they send), which can be handy for controlling other MIDI gear that lacks knobs, but...

Not so good (but this applies to 99% of all controller keyboards):
- No endless knobs. Why are there so many controllers without endless knobs? I've ordered the AKAI MPD 226 júst for its endless encoders (review following shortly - or well, within 2 years). If my Pro 49 had them I'd be sorted for the rest of my life.

I've only used my Pro 49 with MPC Beats, which required some mapping (the factory preset in MPC Beats didn't work, and this was not caused by the Pro 49), so I can't commend yet on it's compatibility/use with other DAWs.

Thanks to Thomann, again, for the great service: my Pro 49 came with a malfuctioning fader. All was solved.

The build quality is really good mainly on the keys.
The issue for me is the keyboard feels a bit outdated compared to other keyboards, the main reasons:
The navigation to turn on features is really confusing.
Features are less modern than newer keyboards.
to compare I own a launchkey mini mk4, and the button interface and navigation is much better and easy to understand even without read the manual, it also have more features and better pads.

Overall if you want a good quality and resistant keyboard with a good software bundle with some basic features is a good choice, otherwise I would go for a launchkey for easier navigation, modern features and better pads