Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Nashville-based tech company Artiphon has a new music-making gadget up for backing on Kickstarter called Orba.

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. First things first: not all keyboards are MIDI ...

Aspiring musicians looking to learn to play guitar with the aid of lessons on their iPad, iPhone or Mac should check out the Zivix Jamstik, a small, convenient and unique MIDI controller that uses ...

Novation already makes five different versions of its venerable Launchkey series of MIDI controllers, ranging from the travel-friendly Launchkey Mini all the way up to the studio centerpiece Launchkey ...

Last year Novation updated its portable Launchkey Mini MIDI controller. The new Ableton specific features and powerful arpeggiator quickly made it one of, if not my favorite, portable MIDI controller.

It's rare nowadays to find a recording setup that doesn't use a digital workflow. A good digital setup simplifies music composition, engineering, and production, letting an artist create whole tracks ...

We live in a golden age for MIDI controllers. [rheslip]’s contribution to the milieu is a twisty take on the format, in that it’s covered in an array of knobs. Thus the name—Twisty 2.

Development of native Linux audio plugins and softsynths may not be so relentlessly rapid as it is in the Windows and Mac sound software worlds, but new things do appear. This week I profile a cool ...

As a MIDI Fighter user, I vastly enjoy the tactile sensation of the buttons under my fingers for loop manipulation, and on the Spectra, I effectively have 64 buttons because of the fact that there's ...

NAMM 2013: Novation has unveiled the Launchkey range of MIDI devices - three new DAW controllers each featuring 16 velocity-sensitive pads, an assortment of knobs and faders, and a 25, 49 or 61 key ...

The unique Cardboard Footswitch priced at €40 or roughly $47 allows musicians to utilize other unused older iPhone technology to build MIDI foot controllers. The unique kiit allows you to transform an ...