Akai's third-gen MPK Mini Play keyboard offers a better feel and all-day battery lifeYou won't have to plug in during a long jam session.By J. Fingas, 03.22.2022
Arturia's MiniLab MkII and software bundle is 25 percent offYou'll get the MIDI keyboard, Ableton Live Lite and much more for $99.By K. Holt, 03.18.2022
Haunting soft synth has a visualizer that stares backSynth#boi is an art project you can play — and buy.By J. Fingas, 11.21.2021
Artiphon's quirky Orba now lets you create musical 'selfies'The new Orbacam app expands it into a 'creative multimedia studio.'By S. Dent, 10.19.2021
Retrokits RK-008 is a robust MIDI sequencer disguised as a pocket calculatorIt could be the brains of an entire studio or live music rig.By T. O'Brien, 09.16.2021
Ableton Live 11: The biggest upgrades explainedThe popular DAW adds comping, MPE support and a bunch of new devices.By T. O'Brien, 03.05.2021
An unborn baby recorded an album through biosonic MIDILuca Yupanqui's parents turned her in-utero movements into MIDI data.By K. Holt, 02.05.2021
SSL's UF8 adds physical controls to your virtual music studioThe eight-channel controller gives you direct access to your DAW.By T. O'Brien, 02.04.2021
80Atom SQ review: An affordable and powerful companion for Studio OneBut unless you use PreSonus' DAW, there's little reason to bite.By T. O'Brien, 12.17.2020
85Artiphon Orba review: Much more than a musical fidget toyThis strange, novice-friendly instrument is also a unique and powerful MIDI controller.By T. O'Brien, 12.09.2020
Korg goes for the sequencing crown with the modular-friendly SQ-64The versatile four-track, 64-step sequencer covers MIDI and a variety of CV formats.By T. O'Brien, 11.18.2020
Equator2 is the next step in Roli's vision for expressive digital musicMPE controllers are going mainstream; now the software is catching up.By C. Velazco, 11.12.2020
Ableton Live 11 is coming next year with MPE supportIt's also adding comping tools and new spectral audio effects.By T. O'Brien, 11.10.2020
Roland's WM-1 turns your instruments into (MIDI) cord cuttersClean up your instrument setup with the $70 accessory.By I. Bonifacic, 09.25.2020
Roli’s light-up, learn-to-play Lumi keyboard is available for pre-orderThe first shipments will go out in November.By C. Fisher, 09.24.2020
79Jamstik Studio is the MIDI guitar you might actually want to useIt's not perfect and it's pricey, but it's better than basically every other MIDI guitar.By T. O'Brien, 09.21.2020
Arturia's KeyStep 37 is a $199 MIDI controller with scale and strum modesIt will keep you in tune while you experiment. By I. Bonifacic, 09.08.2020
86Arturia's KeyStep Pro is a near-perfect MIDI controller for hardware synthsThe playability of the KeyStep and sequencing power of the BeatStep Pro in one affordable package.By T. O'Brien, 09.04.2020
TheoryBoard is a MIDI controller that teaches you music theoryIt's designed to be simple enough for a novice while teaching you the fundamentals.By T. O'Brien, 07.23.2020
PreSonus' Atom SQ is a MIDI controller built for its DAWIt integrates with Studio One and Ableton Live.By C. Fisher, 07.21.2020