Korg Intros microKey, microKey Air Keyboard Controllers

Korg today introduced two new MIDI control keyboards, the microKey and the microKey Air. The microKEY can be completely powered by an iPad or iPhone and now offers a pedal input for sustain (micoKEY25 offers a sustain button). There’s also a new 49-key version for the two-handed player that still wants compact. The microKEY AIR features… Read More Korg Intros microKey, microKey Air Keyboard Controllers

Keith McMillen Instruments Launches KMI Labs

Keith McMillen Instruments, makers of alternative MIDI controllers and audio interfaces like the QuNeo, QuNexus, K-Board and Soft Step and 12 Step conrollers, have announced the launch of KMI Labs, a showcase for the technologies developed at the company. Preliminary technologies showcased at KMI Labs include smart fabric (which senses variation in pressure and changes… Read More Keith McMillen Instruments Launches KMI Labs

Ableton Introduces Live 9.5 – Here’s What’s New

Ableton has announced Live 9.5, a free upgrade for Live users that introduces a number of new features. Most notably, the Simpler device has been overhauled, waveform displays and metering have been improved and new analog-modelled filter modes have been introduced. Designed in collaboration with Cytomic (who also developed the Glue compressor introduced back in Live… Read More Ableton Introduces Live 9.5 – Here’s What’s New

Oscar Flores On Scoring With Archetype For NI Kontakt

Sonic Faction has released a new Kontakt bundle, Archetype.  Achetype is a collection of eight virtual instruments (Beatdown, Sickness, Evilfish, Hatchet, Clone, Pulsator, Whoosh Machine and Rogue-One) which run the gamut of vintage and modern instruments. They asked composer Oscar Flores – who has scored trailers for many films, including The Martian, Terminator: Genisys and Jurassic… Read More Oscar Flores On Scoring With Archetype For NI Kontakt