I've tried and own many midi controller keyboards, mostly lower budget ones, but some name brands over the years too. I decided to try this one while on sale and I have to say, its pretty good considering the price. Its not the worlds best quality, most feature rich, but it's got a lot that works well, can be customized for parameters in plugins and daws, has a decent keyboard feel and response (on Heavy setting imo). The Arp, chord, tap tempo, and controls are all very useful and easy to figure out without manual...or even without the editor program it comes with. Most modern music programs and plugins offer easy controls to assign such things, and this keyboard responds well in my experience so far.I have others, name brands, and plain controllers, but this is a great fit in my humble small desk space home studio with its compact but decent range of 32 keys! Way better than the typical mini 25's, not as long as the 37's if tight on space like I am. for under $50, I don't see how you can go wrong with this compared to other more expensive ones for twice as much. I also own an Akai LPD8 with pads and knobs, so I didn't need that in a mini keyboard necessarily. I think you can buy both for under $100 usually. Not bad setup by any means, and easy portable! Hope this helps someone on a tight budget out! Cheers!