K-Tar Intros First 100-Key USB Controller

April 1st, 2005: Korean manufacture K-Tar has introduced the first ever 100-key USB-based MIDI controller, the K-Tar 100. The keyboard offers computer musicians a full octave of additional range over traditional keyboards. Because of the extended range of today’s soft-synths, many notes are beyond the range of most USB keyboards. Instead of wasting all of… Read More K-Tar Intros First 100-Key USB Controller

Metasonix TX-2 Butt Probe Puts Tubes Where They Were Not Meant to Be

NAMM 2005: Metasonix introduced the latest tube-based sonic violation from Eric Barbour, the TX-2 Butt Probe. Possibly the most offensive product released at this year’s NAMM, the TX-2 promises to be “far more extreme than the famed Sherman Filterbank, and far more tube-freaky than your mother’s enema kit.” The Metasonix TX-2 is made with three… Read More Metasonix TX-2 Butt Probe Puts Tubes Where They Were Not Meant to Be

Dean Mixes Signal New Era for Electronic Music

Instant Music is here. The rise of desktop music production has completely changed the way music is created and distributed. The dozens of remixes of Howard Dean’s infamous “yeaaaaaah” speech show that anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can now quickly and easily publish music to the world. The problems of creation, recording,… Read More Dean Mixes Signal New Era for Electronic Music