Novation Launch Control XL Review

Novation recently introduced the Launch Control XL – a new MIDI controller that they call ‘the ultimate controller for Ableton Live’. Novation now offers a wide variety of controller options for Live: It’s great to have so many options – but where does the new Launch Control XL fit in? Novation released the original Launch Control, right, last year. It’s a smaller MIDI… Read More Novation Launch Control XL Review

M-Audio Intros Expansion Packs For Trigger Finger Pro

Today M-Audio introduced its Expansions Collection, a family of software designed to expand the capabilities of their Trigger Finger Pro pad controller. This initial release features five software collections with sound and style contributions from four artists: Rui Da Silva—Deep House Collection Florian Meindl— Berlin Deep House and Tech-House, Sounds of Berlin Radio Slave—Sounds of… Read More M-Audio Intros Expansion Packs For Trigger Finger Pro

microSketch Lets You Experiment With Microtonal Equal-Tempered Tuning

Op 133 Studios has introduced MicroSketch – an iPad music app for playing and experimenting with equal divisions of the octave other than the standard 12-tone scale. WIth MicroSketch, octave divisions can be anything from 7 to 96. The app is polyphonic up to the capabilities of your device’s processor (typically 24 voices) and multi-timbral with 16… Read More microSketch Lets You Experiment With Microtonal Equal-Tempered Tuning