Which midi keyboard?

[terry_oi]

Greetings to all.I'm going to buy my 1st midi keyboard and after enough research i've ended up at these three: 1)M-AUDIO OXYGEN 49 (135 Euro) www.thomann.de/gr/maudio_oxygen_49.htm 2)EMU XBOARD 49 (149E) www.thomann.de/gr/emu_xboard_49.htm 3)MIDITECH MIDICONTROL-2 (119E) www.thomann.de/gr/miditech_midicontrol_2.htm Both the oxygen and the xboard seem to be very good, except the xboard also has aftertouch, which i'm not sure if i'll really need.The miditech seems to be really new so i couldn't find any reviews,but it seems to have nice specs and a good price.A last choice would be to buy something like a Keystation 49e (77E) and a separate controller with knobs www.thomann.de/gr/cordial_mir.htm (20E) but i don't know if that would be very practical(would it?).What do you think is the best choice? P.S. Please don't suggest anything more expensive since i can't afford it...

[aidan_m]

If you're running on PC.. there's an EMU bundle for same price comes with a lash of free software!!

http://www.thomann.de/gr/emu_xboard_49_bundle.htm

[terry_oi]

I finally ordered the emu xboard 49 and waiting for it to arrive.Anyone with good/bad experiences with it?