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Orba 2 expands on the original concept of music-making in the palm of your hand by bringing in sampling and massively increasing the length of loops.
SoundForce will have an updated prototype of the SFC-8 MIDI controller for virtual Jupiter-8 plugins, the compact uDCO and the S-LD LinnDrum module.
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Artist and designer Gilou has revealed a playful MIDI controller that gives you 5 fingers worth of control in a box inspired by the Matti Suuronen Futuro house.
KNTRL9 has 9 faders and 27 rotary knobs cast from stainless steel, housed in a solid walnut or oak case with an aluminium front panel. As MIDI Controllers go this is one beautifully made device.
New creative technology for performance and production. We take a look at the new SOMI-1 motion tracking controller system from Instruments of Things.
SoundForce has updated their SFC-Mini hardware controller designed to give hands-on control over software Minimoogs such as the Arturia Mini V.
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More proposals from the Behringer think-tank include a $99 Theremin and the resurrection of the BCR2000 controller from their era of innovation.
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.
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.
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.