MIDI Controllers
People have been controlling instruments long before there was even electricity. There were mechanical instruments from the 1800s, player pianos and orchestrions from the early 1900s, and the earliest synthesizers dated back to the first half of the 20th Century. By 1950, visionaries like Dr. Robert Moog and Don Buchla had created instruments that captured the hearts and minds of musicians and artists everywhere.
The synthesizer market began to flourish with the advent of affordable instruments from a variety of manufacturers, including ARP,
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The Akai Professional MPK Mini is a popular MIDI controller indeed; with 25 synth-action mini keys, a four-way joystick-style controller, and some backlit MPC-style pads, the controller is perfect for mobile composers looking to bang out beats on the go. All you'd ever need is the MPK Mini and a corresponding computer.
But what if you don't have a computer? Or, what if you want to leave it at home? That's where Akai's new unit comes into play. Called the
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In this video, AB is joined by Expressive E’s Arthur Bouflet, to explore the new Touché SE, a USB-powered MIDI controller that gives your software the power and feel of an acoustic instrument. If you’ve been yearning for a way to create musical sounds not possible with a standard MIDI controller, you should check out the video to see just what Touché SE can do for you. We hope you enjoy the video, and invite you to view the wide
Attention! Alerting all beatmakers, composers, electronic musicians, producers, and sound designers! If you create music or soundscapes with software, you should be excited by the news of new goods from Native Instruments. Even if you're well stocked with all the sounds you need, the new Native Instruments hardware controllers will still pique your interest. Strap in, there's much to see!
The KOMPLETE KONTROL A-Series includes the 25
When it comes to playing virtual instruments and controlling plug-ins, the clear majority of music creators prefer tactile, hands-on interaction over the tedium of mouse-only operations. That's why B&H is happy to announce the release of M-Audio's new compact Keystation MK3 USB MIDI controllers, available in 61-key, 49-key
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Zoom, the company behind so many innovative products in acoustic guitar modeling, field recording, and more, has announced its newest sample-based live performance instrument, the ARQ AR-48. With 460 built-in samples exploring a variety of genres, the AR-48 is many things: a sequencer, a drum machine, a synthesizer, a looper, a MIDI controller, and more.
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If you’re looking for a way to hang up that mouse and return to a workflow similar to the consoles of yesteryear, then the X-TOUCH EXTENDER MIDI Controller, by the stalwart people over at Behringer, might be just the ticket. It was designed to integrate perfectly with any pre-existing X-TOUCH Universal Control Surface, but if you don’t have one, fear not! This MIDI controller can connect to your host computer all by its lonesome
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Join Enrique Martinez as he composes a dance track—on the spot—using the Novation Launchpad Pro with Ableton Live. Though it’s been designed specifically for Ableton Live, the Launchpad will work equally as well with any DAW or hardware MIDI device. The enhanced RGB LED back-lit pads are velocity and pressure sensitive, allowing for fluid expression and creativity when composing and