JoeCo has announced the launch of its Band-Mate 24-channel backing track player for performing musicians who don’t want to be tethered to a laptop, with potential crashes and slowdowns right when you don’t need it. Touting it as “the most reliable member of your band” it is said to make […]
MIDI
Nopia is a prototype/MK1 MIDI controller primarily focused on tonal harmony, which describes chords in Western scales in relation to a tonal centre. A chord builder in Nopia combines notes in a specific key to create both simple and more complex chords, as well as associated complementing notes for a […]
Viper Synths has announced the availability of its ROBOTRON MIDI controller module, which it tags as “modern power, vintage feel”. On the face of it, a modern MIDI controller has nothing whatsoever to do with analog synths but the vintage aesthetic is there for those who want something which looks […]
Introduction Your DAW is at the centre of your music-making lifestyle, but you don’t want to be tied to simply operating it using a mouse, trackpad or computer keyboard. Of course it’s doable, but it’s not always fully intuitive or as immediate as you’d like. You may be a proficient […]
Arturia has announced the latest incarnation of its universal MIDI controller, the KeyLab Essential mk3, available in both 49 and 61 key versions. Designed to offer the main controls a musician primarily operating a DAW would need, it’s a decent piece of kit at a reasonable price. You can read […]
Yes, we mentioned the guitar word, and no doubt we’ll be inundated with more requests to write about that particular instrument (private joke, sorry), but the Behringer Perfect Pitch PP1, in bright red, offers more than that. Accepting any audio signal you can throw at it, meaning you can route […]