Reviving this thread to post a summary of my experience with M-Audio Hammer 88 Pro and why you may not want to buy it.
- The keys are wobbly and slippery, especially the black keys.
- The key action is very noisy. Thud clunk thud clunk.
- The white keys have sharp edges.
- The pivot length is very short. Playing near the fallboard is not feasible.
- The USB MIDI implementation is somehow broken; while playing, it sometimes sends extra note-on and CC data I didn't input.
- Note-off velocity is fixed at 64.
- When I contacted M-Audio support asking about note-off velocities, I never got a reply.
- When the keyboard has been idle for a few minutes, all the pads and buttons go into party mode with flashing colors. This continues until you press a key or turn off the thing.
Or you could listen to M-Audio's marketing department: «Hammer 88 Pro’s best-in-class 88 graded hammer-action keybed combines professional, graded, weighted hammer-action with advanced high-speed keybed scanning technology for an ultra-expressive playing experience.»
Last edited by Lycomedes (13-01-2024 22:59)