Quick Pick: Akai MPD32 

By Marty Cutler

Read the January 2009 EM Review of the Akai MPD32 pad controller...

Quick Pick: Synesthesia Mandala 2.0 (Mac/Win) 

By Karen Stackpole

Synesthesia Mandala 2.0 ($349) is a drum synthesizer with a MIDI trigger-pad-style controller that connects to your computer's USB port. The included...

Review: Starr Labs Ztar Z7S 

By Marty Cutler

Starr Labs has been building distinctive, guitarlike MIDI controllers for many years. Company owner Harvey Starr may not be a household name, but the...

Review: Percussa AudioCubes 

By David Battino

Down in the mad scientist hall of the 2007 NAMM show, I stumbled across fascinating new MIDI controllers and lo-fi audio processors from a small Belgian...

Review: Zendrum ZAP 

By Larry the O

The original Zendrum (now called the Zendrum ZX) first appeared in 1994 in the hands of Manu Katche on the Australian leg of Peter Gabriel's Secret World...

CME UF60 

By Tony DiLorenzo

CME made its mark on the keyboard world with the introduction of the original UF series, a collection of four robust, feature-rich MIDI/USB keyboard controllers....

CME UF60 (Bonus) 

by Tony DiLorenzo

Tony DiLorenzo reviews the CME UF60 MIDI keyboard controller with wireless MIDI and expansion bay for adding additional features such as synth modules and audio interfaces....

Kenton Electronics Announces Merge 4 

Kenton Electronics has announced the Merge 4, a four-way MIDI merge box....

CME Ships M-Key Portable MIDI Keyboard Controller 

The keyboard features 49 semi-weighted keys, a joystick control, a cell phone sound module, a trigger pad, a knob controller, U-CTRL, a speaker, USB and MIDI ports, a universal pedal connector, and more....

SoundTech Announces LightSnake USB MIDI Cable 

SoundTech Professional Audio has announced the LightSnake USB MIDI, a MIDI-to-computer cable....

Novation Announces ReMote SL Compact 

The ReMote SL Compact is the latest MIDI controller keyboard from Novation....

ALESIS ControlPad 

By Jim Aikin

If you need to augment your trap kit with a MIDI percussion controller, Alesis would love to talk to you about the ControlPad ($399.95). With eight rubberized...

KORG KP3 Kaoss Pad 

By David Battino

Variety is what makes life and music interesting. In the third version of its Kaoss Pad, Korg has made it easier than ever to warp your music in ear-pleasing...

Alesis Ships Trigger I/O 

The Trigger I/O uses electronic triggers placed on traditional acoustic percussion sources or electronic drum pad triggers, and converts them into MIDI note messages....

Starr Labs Announces Ztar Z7S MIDI Guitar 

The Ztar Z7S is a new, lower-priced MIDI guitar from Starr Labs....

AKAI PROFESSIONAL EWI4000s 

By Scott Wilkinson

As far back as I can remember, I've had a natural ability to pick up just about any wind instrument and get a reasonable sound out of it, even if it's...

TerraTec Producer Ships the Axon AX 50 USB 

TerraTec Producer is now shipping the Axon AX 50 USB, a guitar-to-MIDI-controller based on the Axon AX 100 MK II....

Behringer's Musikmesse News 

Behringer has unveiled its Truth B3031A and B3030A two-way active studio reference monitors, as well as its U-Control UMA25S USB MIDI controller keyboard....

Novation Automap Universal Now Available 

TERRATEC PRODUCER Axon AX 100 mkII 

By Orren Merton

By the time Terratec Producer acquired the Axon AX 100 from Blue Chip Music, the formerly cutting-edge guitar-to-MIDI converter needed updating. A new...