It boasts channel aftertouch and an excellent feel, and I revelled in what I reckoned to be the perfect compromise between a weighted piano action and the lighter response of a typical synth.
I'm guessing that the keyboard is the reason the Axiom is not more slimline. A rounded plastic body in austere grey provides a solid base for the semi-weighted two-octave keyboard. Physically, the Axiom strikes you as 'chunky'. This isn't exactly joined-up thinking if its inclusion was supposed to demonstrate the power of the Axiom! However (and this confused me at first), this version doesn't support any form of remote MIDI control, and therefore the instructions don't apply.
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Also included are instructions on how to configure the Axiom for use with Ableton's Live - and a lite version of Live is included free with the keyboard. This latter - a single sheet of A4 - lists the 20 presets that are shipped so if you use Reason, or Gforce's Oddity, Imposcar, or Minimonsta, you can be up and running right away.
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There's no printed manual either, just a Quick Start guide (consisting of instructions on how to install the software) and a tour of the Axiom's presets. When used with a computer, power is derived from the USB connection (a USB cable is supplied), but if you require your purchase to perform a more traditional MIDI role, another fiver on your budget should get you an external 12V adaptor. M-Audio evidently expect that you will use it in conjunction with a PC or Mac, and as such, they do not supply any form of power adaptor. The Axiom 25 is supplied with the sparsest of accessories. Actually, the only really significant loss is of programmable sliders - there's no room for them! Out Of The Box The Axiom 25 is a cut-down version of M-Audio's controller range in terms of both keyboard size and - to a lesser extent - functionality. With more of us carrying a full studio on our back, or cramming it into a corner of the spare room, it's no surprise that many miniature keyboards are thriving. However, as it's becoming increasingly common to gig with just a laptop and controller keyboard, the smaller the latter are, the easier it will be to simply sling them in a rucksack and go. It doesn't seem so long ago that a two-octave keyboard would have been deemed wholly inadequate for most applications. Is the semi-weighted Axiom 25 M-Audio's best deal yet? Controller keyboards are fitting ever more control facilities into progressively smaller units costing less and less.
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