MIDI Controllers

Yamaha has introduced the DTX- Multi 12 electronic percussion pad, which 12 on-board pads and a built-in sound module.
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The DTX-Multi 12 boasts over 1200 voices, covering drums, percussion and keyboard sounds, many drawn from Yamaha’s Motif synthesizer range and many completely new. Up to 200 custom set ups can be created and stored using all [...]

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This video demonstrates how you can use the new Novation Launchpad like a monome.
To try this out, you’ll need a Launchpad (You can get them for $199 at Zzounds and other online retailers), a free app called nonome and a monome app.
For this demo, Mike Tron built a Windows executable that combines nonome with a [...]

Max4Live takes a look at the Novation Launchpad, a new $199 controller designed to “put Ableton Live at your fingertips.”

The Launchpad – Novation’s new controller for Ableton Live – is now available. You can get them for $199 at Zzounds and other online retailers.
The Launchpad is purpose built for triggering and manipulating clips in Ableton Live, with a multi-colour 64-button grid and dedicated scene launch buttons. Launchpad’s buttons can be used to sketch out [...]

This is a video introduction to Native Instruments’ Traktor Kontrol X1, a new DJ controller designed by the team behind Traktor DJ.

Native Instruments today announced Traktor Kontrol X1, a performance controller designed by the team behind Traktor DJ.

The Akai APC40, shown above getting a workout with a Freestylers/Noisia/BustaRhymes/Dillinja remix/mashup, has gotten a lot of people psyched about hardware controllers for Ableton Live.
To help showcase what people are doing with the APC40, Akai Professional has announced the European APC40 Video Contest, starting November, 1st and ending December, 31st 2009. Prizes include your [...]

A few weeks ago, I suggested that there are only two colors for serious electronic music gear: black & matte black.
A lot of Synthtopia readers weighed in, pointed out all the holes in my logic, suggested all sorts of exceptions to the rule and basically said I had gone insane.
It’s probably all true – and [...]

Livid Instruments‘ Peter Nyboer published an interesting post over the weekend, explaining his thoughts on why you should buy one of his company’s controllers, like the Livid Block, over alternatives from larger companies, like Akai’s APC40 or the Novation Launchpad:
Jay and I first saw the APC40 at the NAMM convention in January. We went to [...]