Until September 30, buying a keyboard - any model out of Nektar's range, anywhere in the world - gets you a copy of Steinberg's Padshop Pro virtual synth.
Casiotone is back for a new generation of portable home keyboard bashers with the battery-powered CT-S200, S300 and the light-up LK-S250. Check out that carry handle.
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Arturia has unveiled the Keylab 88 mkII. The new version of the 88-key hammer action keyboard controller comes with CV/Gate outputs, an updated workflow, and a nice software package.
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After much speculation, ROLI has revealed the LUMI lighted keyboard. ROLI LUMI is an integrated learning system that consists of the keyboard and an interactive app.
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Are ROLI teasing some sort of instant, one-finger, auto-accompaniment, music generating Blocks style keyboard with a companion app into which you can download the latest tunes?
Audio Animals' impressive collection of freebies is worth checking out - Available in VST, WAV, and Kontakt sampler formats, these instruments seem well-crafted and musically varied.
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The Nektar Panorama range of MIDI controller keyboards get deep level integration with PreSonus Studio One DAW for a seamless and transparent hardware workflow.
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Novation release Summit their new flagship polyphonic synthesizer which is like two Peaks stuffed into a keyboard but with almost every parameter out on the front panel. How will they top that?
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The leak turned out to be a reality and we are now faced with coming to terms with a very strange looking synthesizer based upon the awesome Digitone. Is the Digitone Keys a dream or a nightmare?
An 8 trigger output drum track and 3 melodic CV/Gate tracks make Ground Control one powerful and versatile Eurorack performance sequencer. It can even power your whole case.
An image allegedly taken from Thomann may have given the game away on the Digitone Keys, a weird looking mashup between the Digitone synthesizer and a MIDI keyboard - if this is genuine...
Mysterious new synthesizer company Superlative teases some images of their SB-1/Space Bee synth that has shades of the SH-101 about it. We should get to see it at Superbooth.
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Nektar is launching the SE49 and SE25 USB MIDI controller keyboards. The entry-level controllers feature Nektar's signature DAW integration in a very compact package.
The MIDI Manufacturers Association got together at NAMM to continue the pursuit of MIDI 2.0 and we started wondering: Does anyone have a MIDI 2.0 shaped hole in their studios?
Nektar want to make sure they have a MIDI controller keyboard for every possible occasion and are about to release the SE25 and SE49 entry-level controllers for the budget and simplicity conscious.
Citing a problem with manufacturing Teenage Engineering has elected to cancel and refund all pre-orders on the 170 Modular Synth and 16 Keyboard Sequencer.
