Posts with tag midi-controller

Interview | May 29, 2016 by Hollin Jones

Designer of instruments, MIDI controllers and interfaces for over 35 years, Keith McMillen has had a huge impact on the tools music makers use and love. He talks about the KMI, tech and the future!

News | May 25, 2016 by Rounik Sethi

Imagine a dynamic music machine/controller that changes shape to show pads, sequencers, controls, etc that you can interact with. You're imagining Materiable. And this tech could be big for musicians.

News | May 17, 2016 by Rounik Sethi

Despite all the talk about hardware music controllers, touch-screen controllers are becoming more and more popular too. ScreenForge's Yeco is a new multi-touch Ableton controller for Mac & Windows.

News | May 14, 2016 by Rounik Sethi

If you enjoy playing and performing with Native Instruments / Time Exile's awesome Flesh synthesizer, then you'll love this new dedicated MIDI controller being developed by Ray Evans.

Review | May 06, 2016 by Matt Vanacoro

The new UD-01 and MD BT-01 are wireless Bluetooth to MIDI interfaces which allow for greater portability and less risk of tripping over cables. Matt Vanacoro puts both to the test from a distance!

Review | May 04, 2016 by Hollin Jones

If you're looking for a new way to control all kinds of MIDI software and hardware, and want a 12-bit digital synthesizer, eowave's Ribbon 2 might be just the ticket'¦

News | May 04, 2016 by Rounik Sethi

Imagine using an Ableton Push to control your Eleketronc Analog Rytm, or Analog Four... or even the ELektron Octatrack? Stop imagining, this Max/MSP patch allows you to do just that, and now!

News | May 02, 2016 by Rounik Sethi

Forget burgers. Make beats. A popular fast food chain in the Netherlands created a paper placemat that syncs to a smartphone via Bluetooth and provides comprehensive sampling and beat making features.

News | May 02, 2016 by Rounik Sethi

At Moogfest later in May there'll be a free interactive bazaar that gives everyone a chance to discover and test-drive the next generation of electronic musical instruments, including modular synths.

Review | Apr 29, 2016 by Timo Preece

K-Mix from Keith McMillen Instruments is a high-quality audio interface, programmable mixer, and MIDI controller combining their best tech know-how in one portable package. Timo Preece gets hands on.

Tutorial | Apr 26, 2016 by Joe Albano

If you use virtual synths, samplers or hardware synths, it's likely you've been dabbling with MIDI. Perhaps without realizing it. Joe Albano outlines 5 mistakes to avoid to help get better results.

Tutorial | Apr 22, 2016 by Rounik Sethi

Learn all about Ableton Push 2's Note modes, Scale modes and how to imply them when playing Push 2 in this excellent video tutorial by Thavius Beck.

News | Apr 21, 2016 by Rounik Sethi

If you have a Waldorf Blofeld synthesiser and have been round the block with different controllers, then this news might make you very happy.

News | Apr 20, 2016 by Rounik Sethi

Nektar tell us their new Impact GX49 and GX61 are expressive instruments, tailored to composition & performance featuring the acclaimed Nektar DAW integration for computer music systems.

News | Apr 15, 2016 by Rounik Sethi

StrumPad is an ingenious idea for a MIDI controller that does away with keys and replaces them with virtual strings / fretboard that can be strummed in a way you'd expect to play a guitar.