To get me out of the store fast and to keep me from yelling further and causing a scene, the manager gave me the Code 49 for the price of the Alesis Vi49. He said he would mark it down but I so no, I wanted new items only and a semi weighted midi keyboard. I began to become a bit frustrated as I told the sales person the wrong the store had done in placing pre opened or returned items back on the shelf as new. I was frustrated, so I drove back to the Guitar Center and asked for another box and asked them to make sure the box was opened in front of me to ensure it had never been opened before, but Guitar Center didn't have an more in stock. The Midi cable was missing, the Keyboard wasn't in it's plastic sleeve and the Manual had been folded in half. I liked the Alesis Vi49 for it's keyboards action (Semi Weighted) and the drum pads on the side) I took the package home and the package had already been opened. I went to the Guitar Center store and felt the keys an various keyboard and looked at what the package came with. OK, so I went and purchased a M-Audio Code 49 from Guitar Center. I have never had any issues with it not working in Sonar. I also like that it has the real MIDI output just in case I need that for my old hardware synths. I love the size and it fits perfectly on my side table. I found ones like the M Audio in this price range felt like cheap toys. I bought it because I thought it had a nice solid feel to it. Anyhow it replaced my original PC200 which lasted 25 years or so. I can see Roland has therefore washed their hands of Cakewalk. I see now it comes with Ableton Live 9 Lite.

I paid $120 for the Keyboard and Cakewalk gave me the $99 off the price of upgrading to X3 Studio. Another change is mine came with Sonar X1 LE. Not sure if this is something to do with world markets.

I find it odd the price seems to have gone up? I paid $120 CAN for mine a few years ago. My Roland A 49 has Windows 10 drivers and still seems happy even after the latest W10 update.

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