The most functional MIDI controllers usually take the form of mixers – the Novation Launch Control XL has been a fine example of this since 2014, and for 2025 we have the Launch Control XL 3. The core ...

Numark introduced the N4, a four-channel DJ controller with built-in mixer and timecode, offering more features and capability than any other controller in its class, plus high-resolution 14-bit MIDI ...

NAMM 2014: Certain new controllers, you might argue, have a tendency to over-complicate things, but the new DS1 MIDI Mixer - a collaborative effort between electronic music school Dubspot and Livid ...

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 ...

The Midique KNTRL9 is a boutique MIDI controller developed by Koen Schepens based in Berlin Germany. Schepens quit his job as a web developer to focus his energy on creating a new high precision nine ...

We live in a golden age for MIDI controllers. [rheslip]’s contribution to the milieu is a twisty take on the format, in that it’s covered in an array of knobs. Thus the name—Twisty 2.

We test drive the Nektar Impact LX88+ keyboard and MIDI controller, which represents a huge value for its price. By Erik Vlietinck. Piano keys are quite heavy. That's because you are actually ...