On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 10:09:44PM -1000, david wrote: I just had my _second_ M-Audio Delta 1010 go on the fritz after two-three years of great performance. I understand this great design is executed with marginal components. On top of that, M-Audio support for Linux users is non-existant in my personal experience. My third card will not be an M-Audio product and, due to my economic circumstances, far less capable. I'd like to keep the ADACs outside the computer case. Can anyone recommend something from many years of personal satisfaction? -- May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave_Craig______________________________________________ "'So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.'" __--from_Nightfall_by_Asimov/Silverberg_________________

Though the keyboard plays really nice and is of good quality if you plan to use the drumpads as well I can not recommend this. My pads (Axiom 25 - but same hardware I suppose) where broken from the beginning and I read of others who had the same problem after less than 2 years. The hardware for these seems to be crappy. Also the endless controller knobs are not really to my satisfaction, you can adjust different increments but none worked really perfect for me (too slow, increment to small). Just my personal opinion, try it out in a shop maybe, as I said the keyboard itself plays very nice and when I bought it it was certainly the best for the price. Martin On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 9:09 AM, david <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com> wrote:

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 8:09 AM, david <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com> wrote: I have one, its done me fine, although its now too big for my needs and I'm wanting to get the Axiom 25. If its any help, the clarinetist/second keyboardist for Leonard Cohen's touring band uses one. iain