I have an iKey 6 Nano. It is a simple MIDI Controller. It does what I need, how I need it. Even on Linux - my preferred OS.I thought I purchased another iKey 6 Nano.I received an iKey 6X. Am still to to read and use the mapping SW so the keyboard will talk to my GrandOrgue performance software.

So far so good. Product arrived in good condition and performing flawlessly.It is heavy, feels well built & looks very good.I'm already a happy owner of a iCON Ikeyboard 6X!Recommended.J.R.

I've been playing keyboards professionally for over 40 years. I own or have owned some of the best keyboards ever made. I needed a shallow keyboard to fit in a tight space for my live rig and as long as it felt OK, I would be happy. I'm happy. The action is springy but not overly so. The keys don't bottom out firmly like my other expensive keyboards do but they also don't clunk like cheep keyboards do. I have played more expensive keyboards from Kurzweil that were so springy that I don't know how people can play them. The iKeyboard is not that bad. In fact it has its good points. The velocity level at stock is too high and all the sounds jump out too early and intence but the software has an option to tone this down. I use option #5 and that helps a lot. In short, I recommend this keyboard over every single other keyboard at twice the price for keybed feel. I think I've tried them all. I may open this up and put a harder felt under the keys so they are not so pillowy. I kind of like to know when I've hit bottom. Don't we all?

I wanted so bad to love this keyboard. For a 61-key keyboard IT WAS ALMOST $200!! I can't just throw it away but it doesn't really work well. 2-3 times during a 75-minute set, keys actually stick. During one performance, the keys just started to send stuck signals over and over without being touched. Imagine an organ sound and now notes are triggering themselves and not untriggering. After this happened, I sent it back to their American distributor's support office and they actually REBUILT the whole keyboard with new control boards and everything. I am sad to say that the keyboard triggering and sticking continues. 2-3 times a key will randomly trigger and stick. The idea for this keyboard is great. But the manufacturing and debugging stink. But it was $200. I'm stuck with it. I feel taken advantage of. Terrible waste of money.

Upfront I can say I was very impressed with this keyboard. One sees so many 'bad' reviews, with some people automatically discrediting items that are manufactured in SE Asia. Perhaps there might be poorer quality ones out there, but my copy is difficult to fault. So, what follows is a summary of my observations...Quality of manufacture: Very good quality. The keyboard is very solid, made structurally from metal, with plastic composite parts. The main black and white keys have a good texture. The left-most control buttons are a little spongy, but work well, and the brightness of all key lighting and display panel are fine. The touch-slider surface feels a little rough to the touch, but you get used to it, and it works fine.Feel: This is a little 'subjective', but I base it on comparisons to other keyboards I have tried. For the money, the 6X has the best feel of all those I have tried in this price-range. I did have a Casio PX 350, which had a beautiful weighted feel, and the texture of the keys was lovely (mimicking the feel of real piano keys quite well), but it is 3 times the price of the iCON. Many of the other keyboards I have tried with a so-called 'semi-weighted' description actually feel far more spongy/springy, or have more a 'synth-action', with little resistance, where as the iCON 6X feels more positive. In my experience, it is the best I have found in the 'semi-weighted' category at this price or even more.DAW (digital audio workstation) and connections: Connecting this to the computer was straightforward. The physical connections and on/off switch are solid. Setting up in both SampleTank 3 and StudioOne 4 was easy, and the left-hand controls all work as expected. One thing that is a little noticeable is there there is no 'after-touch' on the musical keys, and in fact, to re-engage a musically key after it has been pressed, one has to lift it quite high, almost back to the top of the travel before it can be re-pushed for a note. I got used to it fairly quickly though... The velocities and sensor performance is not great, but okay. One can play soft and hard notes fairly well depending on finger speed. Again, for me, it has a better feel than a synth action keyboard when playing piano 'hammer-type' instruments, and the keys have enough 'give' when playing softer instruments.Size and from-factor: The size of a 5-octave keyboard, in this rather slim form-factor, makes it easy to have on the desk in front of a computer keyboard with mouse alongside. It feels very solid if I have to move the keyboard around, and doesn't feel as 'cheap' as in many of the lighter-weight midi keyboards on the market.All in all, I was impressed, and for the money, less than $200, I would highly recommend the iCON iKeyboard 6X.