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eMedia Music Releases Plug and Play Learn to Play Keyboard Pack 

eMedia Music has announced a plug and play version of its Learn to Play Keyboard Pack....

Yamaha Motif XS (Bonus) 

By Jim Aikin

Jim Aikin reviews the Yamaha Motif XS, a synthesizer workstation that incorporates sample-playback synthesis, user sampling, multitrack audio and MIDI sequencing, effects processing, and more. ...

CME Ships M-Key Portable MIDI Keyboard Controller 

The keyboard features 49 semi-weighted keys, a joystick control, a cell phone sound module, a trigger pad, a knob controller, U-CTRL, a speaker, USB and MIDI ports, a universal pedal connector, and more....

M-Audio Ships KeyStudio 49i 

The KeyStudio 49i is a USB keyboard controller with an onboard piano, General MIDI soundbank, and more....

KETRON Midjay 

By Marty Cutler

The Midjay, from Italian synth manufacturer Ketron, is a MIDI-and-audio playback device that features an onboard sound module, auto-accompaniment styles, and more....

KORG M3 

By Geary Yelton

The M3 is the latest in a long succession of pro-level synth workstations from Korg. It borrows much of its technology from the groundbreaking OASYS....

Korg M3 (Bonus) 

By Geary Yelton

Electronic Musician reviews the Korg M3, Korg’s latest professional-level music workstation....

Ketron Midjay (Bonus) 

By Marty Cutler

Marty Cutler reviews the Ketron Midjay, a tabletop device that combines a multitimbral synth with a multitrack sequencer....

M-Audio Releases KeyRig 25 and KeyRig 4 

M-Audio has released the KeyRig 25 keyboard controller and software bundle, which closely follows the release of the previously announced KeyRig 49 package....

X-STATION VS. XIOSYNTH 

For those who want a crisper keyboard, Aftertouch, and more controls and I/O, Novation offers the X-Station for just $50 more (list), but you give up the XioSynth's X-Gator, filter overdrive, and Hybrid mode....

NOVATION XioSynth 25 

By David Battino

Jamming three devices into a tiny case is usually a recipe for frustration, but Novation has done something remarkable. For a few hundred bucks more than...

Bizarre Hardware 

By Gino Robair

I like to think of my studio gear as partners in the creative process rather than as tools. Like their human counterparts, instruments and effects with...

Moog Music Releases Little Phatty OS Upgrade 

Moog Music has released operating system v. 1.03c for the Little Phatty Stage and Tribute edition synthesizers....

RADIKAL TECHNOLOGIES Spectralis 

By Geary Yelton

I first became aware of the Spectralis more than three years ago, just as the German manufacturer Radikal Technologies was pinning down the final details...

RADIKAL TECHNOLOGIES Spectralis (Bonus) 

By Geary Yelton

The Radikal Technologies Spectralis combines synthesis, sampling, sequencing, and a filter bank in a synthesizer workstation module....

DAVE SMITH INSTRUMENTS Evolver Keyboard 

By Nick Peck

Legendary synth designer Dave Smith has released the Evolver Keyboard ($1,329), a 3-octave performance version of the 1-voice tabletop Evolver....

BLEEP LABS Thingamagoop 

By Gino Robair

Bleep Labs has taken the lessons learned from the circuit bending craze and put them to good use in a portable instrument that is sure to put a smile on your face....

Arturia Announces the Origin Keyboard 

At Musikmesse 2007, Arturia announced its new Origin Keyboard....

EOWAVE Persephone 

By Gino Robair

The Eowave Persephone is a handmade, ribbon controlled analog synthesizer that offers MIDI I/O and CV output....

Carvin Introduces NS1 Nylon Synth Access Guitar 

Carvin has introduced the NS1 Nylon Synth Access guitar, a nylon string acoustic guitar with a MIDI output....