MIDI Controllers

DJTechTools has just announced a new MIDI controller inspired by classic video game systems, MidiFighter.
MidiFighter is an ready-to-assemble MIDI controller that features 16 game-style buttons and 16 programmable LEDs. It can be customized and expanded, too.
MidiFighter MIDI Controller Details:

Release Date: November 30th
Price: TBA
Plug and Play compatible device compliant midi controller
USB powered
Must be assembled (no expertise [...]

This video, by Justonic, visually compares interval and chords in just intonation vs standard equal temperament.
Justonic has created a system that lets musicians play in just intonation chromatically by playing the root note on a MIDI tuning channel. Their software sends MIDI tuning messages to adapt your keyboard’s tuning to be optimal for the root [...]

rishabhrajan demonstrates his MacGyver multitouch surface, with some general applications and then with a Flash version of Brian Eno’s Bloom ambient app.
Below, a “paper piano”, created with Community Core Vision, Pure Data and Logic Pro.
Do you think 2010 will be the year somebody packages this concept and turns it into a general music app?

Livid Instruments today announced the new Block NE, the Nova Musik Edition of the new Livid Block controller.
This version of the Block controller has a glossy black wood body, black anodized aluminum faceplate, and green LED’s. The Livid brand on the side has been replaced with the Nova Musik star, as it is available exclusively [...]

This set of videos offers a visual introduction to Native Instruments’ Maschine 1.1.

performing ableton live on the jazzmutant lemur + walkthrough was uploaded by: tonvibration
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Expert Sleepers has released version 1.5.0 of Silent Way, their modular synth control plugins for Mac and Windows, adding Silent Way Step LFO.

Matthew Davidson (stretta) put together this demo video for obo – a Max For Live app that turns Ableton Live 8 into a matrix synth, inspired by the addictive-like-crack ToneMatrix synth:
I’ve adapted obo for use in maxforlive, added monome 128/256 support (not required for operation), 16 pattern memory, edit while play, copy/paste patterns and a [...]

Earlier in the month, we brought you the news of the new Yamaha Tenori On Orange, aka the TRN-O.
The TRN-O is an entry-level version of the Tenori On, offering the same basic musical functionality, but using orange LEDs, stripping away the backlighting LEDs and using a basic white plastic case.
Yamaha has not officially announced the [...]

The BT Visit London Awards 2009 opened this year at The Westfield Centre, London to the sound of a 10 piece Tenori-On Orchestra.
The event, to celebrate and award the best of the tourism industry in London, was opened in style. A  string quartet began playing Beethoven’s 5th against a back drop of images of London. [...]