When you play a note or adjust a knob on a MIDI keyboard, it transmits MIDI data. A guitar pickup, however, produces analog electrical current that must...
Alesis is shipping the IO|26 (Mac/Win; $599) and IO|14 (Mac/Win; $499) FireWire Audio/MIDI interfaces, which feature DICE II Jitter Elimination Technology (JET); Cirrus converters; high definition, transformerless mic preamps with NeutriK connectors; and compatibility with most DAW software. ...
M-Audio is shipping the MidAir wireless USB MIDI system ($149.95) and the MidAir 37 ($299.95) wireless keyboard controller. With the MidAir wireless MIDI transmitter and receiver system, you can wirelessly transmit data from any device that outputs MIDI. ...
One of the coolest jobs I've had was alpha testing the classic Akai MPC3000 drum machine. Every morning I'd drive over the hills to designer Roger Linn's...
For sheer convenience, it's hard to beat a USB MIDI-keyboard controller. You don't need a separate interface or MIDI cables, and because it's powered...
M-Audio has released Ozonic ($599), a FireWire-based MIDI keyboard/control surface and 24-bit/96 kHz audio interface. M-Audio's design team must have...
M-Audio's Trigger Finger ($249) joins a growing a number of USB keyboards and other MIDI controllers that offer Velocity-sensitive MIDI pads. MIDI pads...
Horizontal control surfaces ribbon strips in particular have always been popular on electronic instruments. Doepfer based the design of its ribbon controller...
A slew of inexpensive, compact combination MIDI and audio interfaces from a variety of manufacturers has recently hit the streets. Alesis's contribution...
The Edirol PCR-M1 ($249) is a USB/MIDI keyboard controller similar to the PCR-1 but without audio I/O. The beauty of this unit is its compact size: at...
The GR-20 ($695) is Roland's most recent contribution to guitar synthesis. Housed in a compact floor unit, it offers a strong enticement for guitarists...
Alan Metts reviews the Moog Music PianoBar, a device that enables any 88-key piano to control MIDI instruments. It also includes a multitimbral Control Module that plays back GM2 sounds....
Electronic Musician’s review of the Brian Moore iGuitar 8.13. The guitar features a 13-pin pickup, a piezo pickup, and a pair of humbuckers. The 13-pin output allows you to plug into compatible guitar synths such as the Roland GR-33....
Electronic Musician’s review of the Kenton Spin Doctor, a MIDI control surface featuring 16 programmable knobs and a 4-character LED display. Mac and PC editing software for Spin Doctor, which can be downloaded free from the Kenton Web site, is examined in the review as well....
The TMC-6 Trigger MIDI Converter is designed for the person who wants to complement an acoustic drum set with electronic sounds or expand the sound palette of an electronic kit....
The Akai MPD16 USB/MIDI Pad Control Unit is a cost-effective tabletop controller for playing drums and percussion. Playing the MPD16’s Velocity-sensitive pads beats hammering out drum tracks on a MIDI keyboard....
Starr Labs The Z6SP+ upgrade ($300) for Harvey Starr's MIDI guitar Controllers provides user-interface enhancements and new MIDI features. The upgrade...
When software synthesizers first appeared, they were like the octopus that had learned how to open jars: an interesting novelty, but ultimately not very...
Electric guitarists have a tradition of experimentation with sound. Fuzz tones, phase shifters, and envelope followers have been a part of the guitarist's...
I come from a very musical family. My father was a professional woodwind player and music educator, and my mother was a gifted coloratura soprano, so...
Ironman composer Ramin Djawadi talks film-and-TV scoring. Go
What's New: Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 XE and Guitar Rig Session, Rob Papen's Predator synth, and Haunted House Records's Electronic Critters, a sampling CD of circuit-bent toys.Go
M-Audio Releases MidAir Wireless MIDI System and MidAir 37
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