When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's a strange quirk of the computer music hardware market that when a 'generic' MIDI controller ...

KeyStep has since been followed up by the KeyStep Pro and KeyStep 37, but hasn't seen an update in almost a decade – until ...

Though MIDI controllers are generally used for digital music making, the automat from dadamachines offers laptop or smartphone tunesmiths the opportunity to create something distinctly analog. A ...

Since it first caught the world's attention at NAMM '09, Native Instruments' Maschine has made quite a stir in the world of electronic music production and performance. A modern re-imagining of Akai's ...

Canadian-based DJ tech purveyor Smithson Martin is getting in on the touchscreen craze in a way all its own. Applying touchscreen-ready MIDI controller software to multi-touch displays, SM has ...

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 ...

Can a digital piano cut it as a MIDI controller? Yes, absolutely. Provided it features MIDI it’s the preferred route for many musicians, especially pianists. If, however, you’re a producer or ...

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 ...

Dublin-based startup Joyst Instruments is launching a new MIDI controller called the JV-1 next month on Kickstarter that sports a bunch of gamer-style thumb joysticks up top for creating expressive ...

A PIC16F877A microcontroller is used to manipulate this MIDI controller which employs a 2-pin LCD character display. During operation, MIDI messages are being generated by the controller each time a ...