Last month, we reported that Native Instruments was planning to expand its software ecosystem by teaming up with a handful of competitors to integrate its NKS protocol with their products. Today, the ...

It's rare nowadays to find a recording setup that doesn't use a digital workflow. A good digital setup simplifies music composition, engineering, and production, letting an artist create whole tracks ...

Osmose CE ships with a free companion plugin that gives users access to a library of expressive sounds from third-party ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. First things first: not all keyboards are MIDI ...

If you’re just getting started with music production and you’re not sure what kind of keyboard to get, a MIDI controller is the easiest way to record software synths and instruments in your ...

If you've tried to source a highly configurable controller with lots of knobs on it over the past couple of years you'll probably have come across Livid Instruments' Code, a handcrafted device ...

NAMM 2025: Australian manufacturer Melbourne Instruments had the synth world in a spin back in 2022 when it announced the release of Nina, a 12-voice analogue poly equipped with specially-developed ...

Livid Instruments has made its name producing custom-built, mid- to high-end MIDI controllers, but the company now claims to be going 'back to basics' with its latest offering, the Alias 8. The Alias ...

The Acpad is the world's first wireless MIDI controller that offers access to a variety of programmable features by simply placing it on any acoustic guitar's surface. Without requiring any ...

When [KOOP Instruments] started learning the piano, he wasn’t prepared for the tedium of learning chords and their relationships on the standard keyboard layout. But instead of killing his desire to ...