Is using a mouse too clinical? We discuss control protocols and check out some of the best DAW controllers for your home studio setup.
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With the new Arturia KeyLab Essential MK3 series, the level of integration has been improved all around so you can focus on the music.
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Novation has another go at the MIDI controller with this updated range of their Launchkey keyboards. Following the ideas in the Launchkey Mini MK3 you have a choice of 25, 37, 49 and 61 key versions.
Continuing their Platform range of DAW controllers iCON introduced the desktop space saving Platform Nano with a single motorised fader, encoders, jog wheel and enough buttons to launch a rocket.
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The Pro-Feel key-bed is robust and yet sensitive, delicate and nuanced for high-impact play - are Arturia describing the new KeyLab MkII controller keyboards or a new range of condoms?
Icon's new iKeyboard 8 introduces a new 19 note octave in what I can only assume is an epic Photoshop fail. If you have enough fingers it looks like a great keyboard.
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SSL's rack-mounted analogue summing mixer Sigma Delta was already an interesting product, but with the version 2.1 update, it's moved way ahead of the competition.
An update to the Nucleus DAW controller and interface brings better monitoring, talkback and a Dante connection.
Filling the gap between the original FaderPort and PreSonus' CS18, is the FaderPort 8 the ideal solution for your project studio?
There's been a mixed reaction to the new Pro Tools Dock since it's announcement, so now we'll see what users really think as it starts to find its way into studios.
Novation have brought HUI connectivity to their Launch Control XL, adding Cubase, Logic and Pro Tools support on top of it's original purpose for Ableton. But is there enough on offer?