A common trick among artists is to take tracks of digital origin and to process them in the analog domain to give them an “analog” flavor. The idea is to utilize cheap used analog gear and cheap digital synths you can find on Ebay to produce awesome analog sounding tracks, without having to break...

The iPad music revolution is brewing. It seems every month we get new MIDI & OSC controllers apps. It is a matter of time before we see hundreds of MIDI / OSC / Ableton touchscreen controlling programs! Here is the latest round-up of iPad & Android MIDI controller apps: Midipad Midipad is the one of...

While of us working in small and modest music studios in our bedrooms and at home, are content to have our rack gear sitting on top of desks, in SKB cases and other boxes, some people with bigger studios have customized cabinets built to house their synth & music gear. Some people like to take things a...

I have read a few articles about how the iPad is going to be the next MIDI controller killer.. It goes like this.. one iPad is going to eventually replace many if not all of the following dedicated MIDI / OSC Controllers: Novation Launch Pad, Korg Kaossilator Pro, Yamaha Tenori on, Akai MPC-1000, Monome...

What would happen if someone decided to engineer a lovechild between a Korg Kaoss Pad and the Monome? You will get a Kaossonome, an open source hardware touch controller based on a modified ArduinomeSerial. According to the creator’s webpage, the new controller is “is fully Monome 256...