The Arturia KeyLab 88 MkII is a chunky beast of a controller with a fat weighted keyboard but it lacked something to stand on - until now! Here are some stylish wooden legs that are just the job.
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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.
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Noise Machine is a super-portable wireless MIDI controller that fits in the palm of your hand and manages to offer 7 octaves and modulation. Let's check it out ahead of its Kickstarter campaign.
The Embodme Erae Touch consists of 18 fully map-able, RGB-lit touch points with support for Midi Polyphonic Expression (MPE) and MIDI 2.0 and will ship with a free synth by Wave Casual.
Both Hickory and Dickory look (and probably feel) like actual analogue hardware, giving MIDI control over FabFilter's plug-ins - or any other EQ plug-ins that accept MID input.
Developer Dimos Gaidatzis created Pen2Bow, an EUR 9 app that turns the Apple Pencil into a violin bow MIDI controller. The algorithm detects linear and circular motion, generating four MIDI streams.
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DEK is an innovation and smart grid-based MIDI controller that can automatically detect lock into the key of a song and let you play along. Is that worth 2499 of your hard earned dollars?
NKS took one step closer to being a "standard" by supporting effects plug-ins for the first time. Native Instruments also hosted their first Native Summit to talk about the future of sound.
The Polyend Poly is a Eurorack MIDI-to-CV converter with 8 voices, 4 outputs and 3 modes of operation and MPE support making it quite a remarkably creative utility module.
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Joué is a customisable MIDI controller with modules for pads, knobs, XY controls, fretboards and weird knobbly nipples for the ultimate in modular tactile control
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The latest firmware for the Launchpad Pro takes it from a controller to a completely playable musical instrument.
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Arturia finally release the KeyStep MIDI/CV/Gate controller and sequencer and a cool video of three being used together - good job ugly is only skin deep
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Air Craft wants to find the mojo of the posing, performing guitarist in MIDI controller form. Could the AC Sabre iPhone app be it?
Nektar update their DAW friendly MIDI keyboard controllers and make something good slightly better with the Impact LX+
After a false start last week Emulator 2 is finally here - but have Touch Innovations given the finger to the "free updates for life" SmithsonMartin users? (updated)
Nektar controller keyboards Impact and Panorama now support the 3 new Player devices in Propellerhead Reason 9.
