Best Music Keyboards & Synth Pads
Teenage Engineering Robot Pocket Operator: Our Review of the PO-28
The Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator PO-28 Robot Pocket Operator Delivers Convincing 8-Bit Sounds With Programmable Step Sequencer and Drum Machine THE PO-28 BASICS Retro 8-bit sounds...
Jamsik+ MIDI Guitar Controller Review
Performer Magazine reviews the Jamsik+ MIDI Guitar Controller, and is Happy to Announce Our Issues with the Previous Version Have Been Resolved. PROS: Tracking issues...
Contribute to Performer’s Special Synthesizer Issue!
Do you obsess over oscillators? Do you have more money invested in your Eurorack system than in your retirement plan? Here’s your opportunity to contribute to Performer’s upcoming special issue on synthesizers...
iRig Keys 37 Pro MIDI Controller Review (IK Multimedia)
IK Multimedia iRig Keys 37 Pro MIDI Controller PROS: easy-to-use MIDI controller, 3-octave range and simple control layout are nice touches. CONS: USB port/connection should be...
IN-DEPTH REVIEW AND VIDEOS: YAMAHA Reface Series Keyboards
YAMAHA Reface Series Keyboards PROS: Fantastic design, functionality and sounds. CONS: Mini keys may turn off some users, price is at the upper limit. (price...
Top 5 Plugins to Get Amazingly Realistic Digital Piano Sounds
As a piano player, I used to detest the idea of digital pianos replacing the need for acoustic craftsmanship. While I still think that there...
PUC Wireless MIDI Interface for iOS REVIEW
PUC Wireless MIDI Interface for iOS REVIEW PROS: simple, easy to use. CONS: only works with iOS. PRICE: $99 MIDI is the language that was...
jamstik Smart Guitar Review
jamstik Smart Guitar for iOS – $259 (by Zivix) PROS: good learning tool. CONS: limited sounds from app, tracking is lacking (with the app), no Android support....
My Favorite Axe: Loveskills & The Dave Smith Prophet Synthesizer
MY FAVORITE AXE with Loveskills In the state of multiplicity, we will find Loveskills (aka Brooklyn producer Richard Spitzer). Producing textures of therapeutic synth, low...
Hacking MIDI Controllers to Create Drum Machine/Guitar Hybrids
In 2001 I started bringing my Ensoniq EPS sampler keyboard on stage to make freestyle beats. It came about in part because as a DJ...
