Arturia KeyLab Essential 88

This is a really nice controller if you, like me, prefer to play synths and sampled instruments like strings on a keybed without hammer action.

It's one of very few 88-key controllers that has a "synth action" keyboard, and it's definitely leagues above the popular cheaper options. It has a pleasant feel to play, and is not very noisy like some other controllers I've tried.

Well built, and integrates really nicely with Arturia plugins. I was surprised that it automatically detected my plugin instance of Pigments and mapped the controls in a meaningful way.

My only gripe - and it's a quite minor one - is that the keyboard when sitting untouched for a while, goes into a colorful light show mode. It seems it can be disabled through a piece of software, but I haven't tried that yet.