Music News Pro Audio Spoilt Broth Sessions: Misty Lanes Covers My Bloody Valentine using the Arturia KeyLab Mk3 by Tammy Moir Misty Lanes delivers a masterclass in Shoegaze using the freshly landed Arturia KeyLab MkIII in our latest Spolit Broth session If there was ever a MIDI controller designed to capture…
News Pro Audio AstroLab by Arturia: Ending the Loop of Innovation by Ethan Saunders This is a tool that doesn’t just play sounds but inspires and transforms the way we perform and create music As one of the lucky first users of the new…
News Pro Audio Robkoo: Clarii Mini Digital Wind Instrument by Oliver Ashby Shaking up your MIDI game So something interesting just rolled across our desks. We’re used to seeing microphones, guitar pedals and pieces of outboard gear. But this is not something…
News Pro Audio Platane Magic Fader: Your New Favourite Deskmate by Oliver Ashby There’s a new entry in the DAW controller discussion, and it demands some attention. We’ve all been stuck in the endless debate loop of digital versus analog, vintage vs modern,…
News Pro Audio Novation FLkey Range Gets Two New Family Members to the Award Winning Series by Tim McArtney They Finally did it: FL Studio gets an integrated controller. Novation add two new controllers to the FLKey Range. Want to make music but don’t know where to start? Want…
News Pro Audio Arturia KeyLab Essential mk3: a Full-Featured MIDI Controller With a Small Footprint by Tim McArtney Arturia does it again with the KeyLab Essential mk3 MIDI Controller. It’s eco-designed, with new features, a massive bundle of soft synths, pianos and Ableton Live, and more to make…
News Pro Audio Ableton Push 3 Review: Pushing the Boundaries of Control by Happy Ableton Push 3 revolutionises music production with its groundbreaking features and seamless integration with Ableton Live. Ableton is like a music lover’s best friend, always there to inspire and ignite…
News Pro Audio Arturia’s MIDI Controllers and Why They Are a Studio Staple by Tim McArtney We recently reviewed the brand new Arturia MiniLab 3 MIDI controller, which made us ponder: Why are Arturia MIDI controllers a staple in studios? We took a deep dive! Arturia…
News Pro Audio Arturia MiniLab 3: a MIDI Controller Packed With Software, Samples and Lessons by Tim McArtney We got our hands on the brand-new Arturia MiniLab 3 MIDI controller. Perfectly sized, it’s packed with free software from Arturia, Ableton, Native Instruments, UVI and subscriptions to Loopcloud and…
Lists Pro Audio 12 weird and wonderful MIDI controllers you won’t believe exist by Jack Foley Beginning as a simple keyboard interface, the MIDI controller is now a vital music production tool that can fit any workflow. Check out 12 examples that think outside the square….
News Pro Audio The JV-1 from Joyst is a video game-inspired MIDI controller by Jack Foley The JV-1 borrows from gaming to achieve the seemingly impossible: a completely new way to approach to MIDI control. Joyst has adopted video game joysticks — that are more likely…
News Pro Audio Noise Machine: a MIDI controller that can fit in the palm of your hand by Jack Foley It may be the smallest MIDI controller in the world but Noise Machine doesn’t sacrifice usability for size. Noise Machine is probably the smallest MIDI controller you’ve ever seen, with…
Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Sensel Morph – MIDI control for any workflow you can imagine by Dan Shaw The Morph from Sensel provides an extensive suite of options for MIDI control. At Engineering the Sound, we decided to get a little experimental with it. You might think that…