With 61 keys, you’ll have 5 full octaves to play around with, which is extremely useful for future-proofing even if you won’t use those notes now, there will be a point when you expand your keyboard playing skills and this will come in handy. There’s no controller that provides better value for money. With an incredible array of MIDI buttons, and a large span of notes to choose from, it’s definitely the best choice for a budget, home studio. If you have a hands on approach to music production, the V161 is the perfect budget midi keyboard controller. 61 semi-weighted, velocity sensitive keys.
And, with over 80 mappable MIDI controls, DAW integration with this midi keyboard controller is truly incredible. The V161 is a 61 key controller that’s characterised by its large amount of mappable knobs and buttons.
In our opinion, there aren’t many midi controllers at this price range, that stack up to the versatile V161 keyboard controller, by Alesis.