they look like decent products. i'd need more octaves for live playing, i'd be interested to hear about the reliability of alesis drivers though.
buying separate audio IO, and midi controller keyboard, would be a last resort, as i only have one free usb port, and one free firewire port in total, terratec seem to make quality products though, i believe they had one of the first 24/96 cards for a mere 200yoyos.

found the Novation X-STATION 61, looks amazing and synth thrown in too, slightly above my price range, but if i heard good reviews...

This one isn't put yet Novation XIOSYNTH 49, could it be worth waiting for??
I can only imagine Novation products being pure quality, am i wrong??

-ros...