[ad_1] Let’s face it, when you start building out a fleet of synths, cable management can quickly become an issue, with all those wires connecting everything creating an inescapable rat’s nest. Enter Roland with its new WM-1 Wireless MIDI adapter. It’s a combination 2.4GHz and Bluetooth dongle you plug into your MIDI-compatible instrument that allows […]
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Arturia’s KeyStep 37 is a $199 MIDI controller with scale and strum modes
[ad_1] A lot of people love the original KeyStep for its capable but easy-to-use sequencer. Arturia’s latest controller takes a don’t fix it if it ain’t broke approach to that aspect of the KeyStep’s design. Like its sibling, the KeyStep 37 is a 64-step sequencer with eight-note polyphony per step. It gives you eight slots […]
KeyStep Pro Review: A near-perfect MIDI controller for hardware synth fans
[ad_1] It’s also worth noting that there are a lot of shift functions on this keyboard. Most of them are clearly labeled and self-explanatory, but it will take a while to commit them to muscle memory. All but one of the 37 keys has a shift function. As do most of the buttons. The most […]
PreSonus’ Atom SQ is a MIDI controller built for its DAW
[ad_1] PreSonus isn’t really known for their MIDI controllers, but the company is looking to change that as it pushes its new DAW (digital audio workstation) Studio One 5. This week, PreSonus announced the Atom SQ, a performance and production MIDI controller built to integrate with Studio One and Ableton Live. The company likely hopes […]
Jammy’s new MIDI guitar can control all your virtual instruments
[ad_1] The Jammy Evo rethinks the original’s formula, and was designed as a MIDI controller first and foremost. In other words, it’s not a MIDI controller crammed into a guitar. There are more buttons on the body of the instrument, which should provide some performance methods outside of typical guitar playing, and Jammy says that […]
Arutria’s KeyStep Pro MIDI controller is out now for $399
[ad_1] MIDI controllers — which let you trigger sounds from your computer or outboard gear — are usually standard fare: three or four octaves of keys, pitch and modulation wheels, maybe some drum pads and USB and 5-pin MIDI connectivity. Just a few hundred dollars should get beginners and hobbyists everything they need to perform […]
You can build the tiny XFM2 synth for under $100
[ad_1] The XFM2 is an FM — or frequency modulation — synth. This digital architecture, which was popular in the ’80s, sounds dramatically different from the typical analog setup of two oscillators and two filters. It fell out of fashion quickly, so there aren’t that many hardware-based FM options on the market, making the XFM2 […]
Roland reimagines the taiko drum with modern electronics
[ad_1] The TAIKO-1 uses a mesh surface rather than hard rubber to recreate the flexible feel of a drum’s skin without the loud noises. Each side of the drum has two zones that trigger different sounds — the center produces deep staccato hits while the edges create long, higher-pitched notes. And as with most electronic […]
MIDI 2.0 overhauls the music interface for the first time in 35 years
[ad_1] And it’s about time for a new standard, while the 5-bit DIN cables used in the 1980s couldn’t handle high resolution audio, the MIDI 2.0 spec is ready for any digital connector you’d like to use, and will start by targeting USB ports. That allows for far more accurate timing, and far more resolution […]
KeyStep Pro aims to be the MIDI command center of your home studio
[ad_1] The KeyStep Pro has 37 key velocity sensitive keyboard with aftertouch. But, what’s really important is that you can use those keys to play through riffs, melodies and chord progressions and save them to the polyphonic sequencer. There’s four independent sequencers on board, each of which can hold 16 patterns, up to 64 steps […]