FCB1010 : In control

This is a very comprehensive MIDI controller for keyboard or guitar players. The build quality is very good and the feature set is rich and useful.

Inevitably the user interface (with only a numeric display) is incredibly difficult to use. This is a machine that will really tax your memory. Also working out how to do certain things is not easy and the manual is not very helpful. The manual could really do with quite a few different example setups, to give ideas as to a) what is possible and b) how one might go about achieving things.

For the reasons in the last paragraph I have given an OK score for 'handling' as I couldn't quite see where else to rate that aspect.

The action of the switches and controllers feels good generally, although the latter to some extent is limited by the setup parameters.

It may not be an essential tool, but a very useful one for the price, nonetheless.