Arturia has released a series of videos, embedded below, that offer a hands-on look at getting started with their new BeatStep Pro step sequencer and MIDI controller. In the video below, Glen Darcey, Arturia VP Product Management, takes you through the drum sequencer of the BeatStep Pro:
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Egadz, captures a live 8-bit style controllerist synth jam.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Flavio Sallin, captures a ‘switched-on’ style performance of Bach on an iPad.
Livid has released a teaser video for the Minim – a new MIDI controller that’s a sort of ‘pocket LaunchPad’.
The latest episode of Mitch Gallagher’s iOS Update takes a look at the Korg iM1 software synthesizer for iPad.
The Chromehatic is an unusual hat, one of a series, described as ‘an amalgamation of modernistic headwear design and tangible digital technology.’ Here’s a demo of it in action:
Tim Trzepacz of SoftEgg, creators of the Nintendo DSi music app Rhythm Core Alpha, has shared a set of design files for a 3D-printable modular synthesizer controller keyboard. The 3D design files are Creative Commons licensed (Attribution – Non-Commercial – Share Alike), so you’re free to download, use them and mod them as you see fit.
This video, via Expert Sleepers, demonstrates how you can get bi-directional MIDI communication, between an iPad and a modular synth, using an ES FH-1 and a cheap USB MIDI adapter.
This video, via DJ TechTools, features Underbelly demonstrating his approach to live looping with Ableton Live.
Zivix has announced the Puc+ – a low-latency Universal Bluetooth MIDI Interface. The Puc+ connects to 5-pin and USB MIDI devices and adds Bluetooth support, which allows for approx 30-40ft of wireless connectivity.
