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Following on from the Grand Clavier Joué has produced the not unexpected Grand Fretboard. It transforms their Joué Board MPE/MIDI controller into a squishy guitar fretboard controller for playing licks and chords over a greater range. Grand Fretboard The Joué controller is a weird thing. If offers a different but very expressive way of generating […]
Prolific synth editor creator Momo has produced another first-class software editor. This time it’s for the Korg Prologue. Prologue Editor It’s a nice looking editor with cool wooden sides panels and those trademark XY pads for creative tweaking and performing. It’s designed to work with both the Prologue 8 and Prologue 16 and gives direct […]
Midilar is a range of MIDI controller modules in Eurorack size that’s designed to control software modules in VCV Rack or other software-based modular synthesizer. Midilar That seems initially a bit confusing. These are MIDI controllers for your computer, but they are designed to sit amongst the modules of your Eurorack so that they can […]
We first saw the innovative Elephant software about a year ago but this latest version has evolved it and enhanced it into a sublime software synth controlling experience. Elephant 1.92 This is really version 2 but developer Pablo Martin felt the need to hold back to allow for some additional tweaking if it was necessary. […]
The Panorama range of MIDI controller keyboards from Nektar have a hidden superpower. They have deep level integrated control of DAW software. Studio One now joins the list of supported DAWs for the first time and offers a surprising amount of control that you won’t find on any other MIDI controller. Panorama and Studio One […]
It’s for real, it’s a little weird and they are calling it the Digitone Keys. It will unlock your sweet dreams while challenging your ideas of workflow and instrument design. Digitone Keys It’s certainly striking to look at. Maybe we have to leave it at that and let you make up your own mind about […]
Clavia has released a piano styled very differently from their usual range. The Nord Grand is an elegantly designed premium instrument with a distinctive vintage feel and it’s kind of wonderful. Nord Grand All the Nord products have had a certain style to them. They all follow the same sort of flat and straight form […]
Joué has added a MIDI output to their expressive MPE MIDI controller. It’s the sort of thing you’d think a MIDI controller should already possess but a surprising number of them just have MIDI over USB. So it’s great to see Joué understanding that there’s a much larger world outside the computer that could benefit […]
Developer Geert Bevin has come up with a way to make the Apple Watch useful beyond updating you on stocks and shares and making sure your heart’s still beating. MidiWrist turns your Apple Watch into a wireless MIDI controller. MidiWrist This is a nicely implemented idea. With the MidiWrist app the Apple Watch can give […]
Chinese pedal maker Joyo has announced the R-09 Vision, an affordable dual-channel modulation pedal with 18 effects onboard. And it comes in at under $90. That makes it probably one of the best-specified budget modulation pedals around. Joyo R-09 Vision Joyo has released a ton of budget pedals lately, including the R-02 TaiChi drive, the R-07 Aquarius […]