It depends how much you are willing to spend and how much you are concerned about the feel of the board and the number of knobs and faders you want.
Personally. I like 9 faders for hammond emulation and a few knobs for synth emulation.
Novation are a realtively luxury brand for midi controllers and when I tried them out they seemed to be very well made, a nice keypad and display.
M-Audio do a range from cheap no-frils right through to stuff like the Axiom which has semi-weighted keys and a number of knobs faders and touch pads.
If I were you. I would aim to get one with 61 keys. 49 is the minimum in my opinion for most things but some people get away with less. I often wish I had 88 but then again, I am originally a piano player.
Korg also have a nice feel in their midi controllers these days.
I use a Evolution midi controller and the feel is actually pretty good. Not as good as my korg triton but better than the korg m1. I am not sure what the status iwth evolution is these days. I heard something about them getting bought over.
If you like piano. You could also look for the cheapest Roland or Yamaha digital piano and use it as a midi controller. You will generally need a seperate midi interface for this option however.
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