Novation upgrades their SL series with the new SL Mk II line. It has 25-, 49- and 61-key version, plus the Zero again, with no keyboard. Mechanics came from Fatar, a giant display is present (144 character), endless rotary encoders, XY pad, buttons with LED backlight, eight drum pads, and of...

Despite the terrible market situation, Frankfurt has some relevant news for the electronic musician. First, a newcomer, Teenage Engineering has this toy, OP-1 , which is still not available for a while, but previewed. It is a small USB MIDI controller plus a modeilng synthesizer and a sampler in...

Wacom worked a million year for the visual market producing high-quality input devices such as tablets, lightpens an so on. Now they want to renew the DJ's input possibilities with this new product, nextbeat NXT-1000 . It is a very small gadget, and has a very new approach just check its product

A completely new keyboard controller family started at M-Audio . Axiom Pro has three mutation with 25, 49 and 61 keys, with a price tag of around 700 USD (biggest version). They launched an Automap-rival solution to provide easy controlling of plugin devices called HyperControl. Rubber pads are...

Ableton's Live enjoyed numerous news in the first month of the year. Most importantly, it will receive a serious new version upgrade, Live 8. It will feature a new warping engine, a new groove engine, a new mix toy for looping grooves, five new effects (including a vocoder), and simpler operation....

After MPK49, Akai launched a smaller controller keyboard, MPK25 for about 3-400 USD. All the other details the same, just check the picture.

Hercules has switched to DJ equipment from manufacturing monochrome graphic adapters - that is widely know since a long time. Their next step is DJ Control Steel , a nice piece for the touring DJ which survives even the toughest experiences. It is USB-based, and made of steel - two plates, six...

EKS from Finland has announced a great new all-in-one DJ controller, Otus . It has a super-sensitive, 7,5" plate in the centre which illuminates. A ribbon controller sets the pitch, and an X/Y mouse-like pad serves effect parameter setting. It has four analogue plus two digital output channels -...

Akai , master of midified wind instruments has announced a new wind controller, EWI USB with USB out. Price is nice: 500 USD only, and it doesn't need any driver or installation. A sample based softsynth is bundled with professional Garritan and Akai samples, and it can act as flute, saxophone...

In the east political correctness is not a matter: CME decided to offer a separate model of their U-Key Mobiltone for the girls. Its look calls for Barbie and Ken and all the related accessories. The price is 200 USD, here is the detailed info page.

On the table what you can see is Cakewalk 's new hardware system for their sequencer, Sonar V-Studio 700 . It targets the serious producers with its motor-fader console, the I/O module with 24/192 resolution, and the synth brain from Roland - a full-featured hardware Fantom VS which is integrated...

Stanton 's new DJ controller probably set a new standard in the class. DaScratch has only touch-sensitive surfaces, all the control functions are performed in that way, for only 300 USD. Go check here , especially the demo video.

Numark will have a combined audio interface - controller solution for the laptop DJ soon. Its name is Omnicontrol , and most of the technical parameters are kept in secret nowadays - on the official page there is very limited news information on it. The most important thing that can be known is...

To make a phone call or surfing via 3G is not the easiest tasks with the new iPhone as the news coming about extraordinary bugs but the phone has won as a music platform undoubtly. Three new products prove it: at first, IR-909 , a Roland TR909-clone, which has the same sequencer philosophy as the...

Three Kore-news came from Native Instruments , together. At first, Kore 2 has a reduced price from now: 400 euro, instead of 500. Second, you can buy Kore 2 software without the hardware, only for 200 euro - name: Kore 2 Software Edition . Third, a huge deal on sound programs: Kore Electronic

Theoretically it is very easy to discover that your iPhone could be a fine MIDI controller. Now it is reality, iTouchMidi is up in the Appstore for 40 euros: Jazzmutant is probably worrying as we suspect... A networked Mac is needed to perform the www.itouchmidi.com/ .

Behringer 's ultra-compact keyboard+audio interface combo is finally hit the shop these days. UMA25S has a USB connector, a very basic stereo audio interface (with microphone input though), velocity sensitive keys of two octaves, and some knobs and buttons. Keys are normal sized but their way down...

Finally Korg made something gorundbreaking: this new family of devices called Nano is a big help for the laptop musicians. All three USB devices are ultra-lightweight, slim, and easy to transport even inside your laptop bag. The keyboard, nanoKEY has 25 keys with velocity, and an ability of...

Yamaha shows their newest electronic keyboard design concepts at the Milano Salone 2008, an exhibition of interieur and design. They present a series of physical keyboard that are adequate for different situations of the everyday life. If we trust them, in the near future we will choose a keyboard...

The legendary graphic card maker's latest movement on the DJ platform was written a year ago - now it is reality. The Mobile DJ MP3 is totally wireless, weighs less than half kilogramm, and works woth computers (laptop or desktop). It controls two player decks with two jog controller and has a...

Tanager Audioworks is the name of the firm that constructed the software which should be made in this quality a long time ago. Chirp converts your QWERTY keyboard into a powerful MIDI controller: it transmits Note Ons while pressing keys (velocity value can be set with the big slider above), ten...

Perhaps the best-ever hammer action master keyboard will come out from Fatar next week: Numa has really well-developed mechanical parts, and has a great new function - key dynamics has not only selectable, predefined curves but you can make your own with several break points and real keypresses....

After the huge success Tenori-On 's worldwide availability was only a question of time. Now we have the answer: in the first day of Musikmesse, Frankfurt a series of launch parties is starting. The first event will be held of course in Frankfurt, at a bar called Nachtleben, in 12th, March...

A new company, Icon manufactures this keyboard, Inspire 8PS (and some smaller models, too). As you can notice on the picture it is not a low and product, having nine faders, 16 knobs, a huge bank of push buttons and eight velocity-sensitive drum pads. Under the bender there are even an X-Y pad...

Choose QRS Music 's PNOscan , and you can MIDIfy you acoustic piano. All you have to do is inserting this lane under the keys - it does not have any mechanical part just pure optic sensors. There is a solution of course for handling the three pedals, too. You don't need an expert to install it...