MIDI is, in a word, a godsend. This unassuming data-transfer standard is the magic sauce that enables drastically different music technologies, developed decades apart, to tell each other what to ...

Q: Can you use a MIDI keyboard without a computer? The majority of MIDI keyboards are made to interface with a computer via USB. These may even draw power through USB, meaning it may not work as a ...

Alesis V25 25 Key USB MIDI Keyboard Controller. This MIDI Keyboard features 25 full-sized keys, along with eight production pads, and assignable knobs and buttons that easily interface with your ...

If you’re looking for a cheap MIDI keyboard that offers uncomplicated, out-of-the-box DAW compatibility with a minimum of fuss and expense, it would be hard to go wrong with Nektar’s SE25.

Though I can’t fit this guitar on my desk like a MIDI keyboard can, it is going to sit right beside it as one of my arsenal of tools for creating music and sound design. Photography by Andrew ...

Overview: Of the MPK Mini Mk3, Akai says "your entry-point into a world of pro production starts here" and it's hard to disagree, as this is a great beginner choice. Indeed, in many ways it is the ...

K Multimedia has added another device to its audio interface line, introducing the iRig Keys I/O as pair of MFi-certified MIDI controllers that can be used to create music on an iPhone or iPad ...

If you want your MIDI keyboard to control software in your computer’s DAW, you want to send MIDI out from the keyboard to the ...

If, however, you have a more complex MIDI controller like the Arturia Keystep Pro, and want your keyboard to control hardware as well as software – even if just by relaying tempo information from your ...