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The Novation Launchpad (Review) – The Affordable, Portable Controller For Ableton Live

The Novation Launchpad is the MIDI controller that took the 8 x 8 button matrix mainstream. While it’s been out a few years, we thought it was time to revisit it, in part because the monome-style button matrix has become a de facto interface for working with Ableton Live and also because the Launchpad’s street… Read More The Novation Launchpad (Review) – The Affordable, Portable Controller For Ableton Live

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Final Bliptronome Kit Order

Stray Technologies has announced pre-orders for the final run of its Bliptronome conversion kit for the Bliptronic 5000. The ThinkGeek Bliptronome 5000 is a fun 8×8 matrix synthesizer. The Bliptronome kit includes everything you need to convert a Bliptronic 5000 to a fully working Arduinome style open-source Monome clone controller. The kit includes: PCB FTDI (usb-to-serial)… Read More Final Bliptronome Kit Order

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The SHAMInome-1 Monome Keytar Ribbon Controller Thing

Saturday Synth Porn: This bit of MIDI controller madness, from yamamo2 in the Synthtopia Flickr group, is called SHAMInome-1. The SHAMInome-1 is part Shamisen, part PICnome and all weird keytar MIDI controller thing. It features: 3x SoftPot Membrane Potentiometers 3x Rotary Potentiometers 1x Force Sensitive Resistor 48x Button Pads USB connectivity More photos at the TKRWorks site.

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