[Timo]

Hi Ben!

If you were to start piano lessons, then the full 61-note version might perhaps be best.

Polar/Indigo's are great for a small footprint, portability and they aren't too bad for using as smaller midi controller keyboards for a software studio.

If I didn't already have a workstation/controller keyboard, I think I might have gone for the full width Virus. As it is, I already had a Korg Trinity which serves as my master keyboard, and the Indigo (same size as Polar) is for jamming with, and tweaking the hell out of sounds, which it serves very well. However, I would be lying if I said there weren't occasions where I've wanted to stretch my fingers further than the number of keys would allow.

All plusses and minusses. I guess no-one can really decide but yourself, as it's such a personal choice. What might be good for one person might be perceived as awful or unusable for another.