Midi

Akai MPC Fly Stuffs A Sampler Into An iPad Case

12:30PM January 20, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

Akai’s original MPC revolutionised music forever by combining all of the tools a producer needs — a sampler, mixer, multi-track recorder and editor — in one device. The new ultra-portable iPad version of the hardware might do the same thing for a new generation. More »

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Turn Your iPad Into A Music Studio With Griffin’s New MIDI Gear

8:00PM January 15, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

The iPad offers great promise in terms of music making, and I’m not talking about karaoke or strange virtual guitar concepts: artists like Gorrilaz have managed to record full songs using them. Now you can, too, thanks to Griffin. More »

Software

Djay For iPad And Other Cool Music Apps Coming With iOS 4.2

7:20AM November 18, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

I was pretty pumped about the prospect of multitouch music apps before the iPad’s release, but iOS 3.x didn’t give developers too many audio options to work with. iOS 4.2, however, will, so we’re gonna get sweet stuff like this. More »

iPads And iPhones To Get MIDI Support With IOS 4.2

6:50AM November 5, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

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Building The World’s First Lightning-Proof MIDI Guitar

2:20PM August 20, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

The folks of ArcAttack – a crazy group of performers who use singing tesla coils to create incredible melodies – have built a lightning-proof guitar for a performance on America’s Got Talent. They’ve decided to tell us how they constructed the instrument and how it works: More »

A Glimpse Of The Multitouch DJing Of The Future

4:00AM August 7, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

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This isn’t the first multitouch deejaying we’ve seen, but something about seeing this guy navigate his transparent control station – a homebrew touchscreen running a Traktor Pro MIDI controller called Emulator – really makes me want to do the robot. More »

Gaming

How Harmonix Is Tricking Lazy Gamers Into Learning Real Instruments

8:20AM June 17, 2010 | Mark Wilson

For years, musicians have mocked those of us holding plastic guitars. Fair enough—but we had fun! But with Rock Band 3, we learn what Harmonix was up to all along: Actually teaching us how to play real instruments. More »

Watch The Great American Horn Machine Blow Like No Other

12:00PM April 15, 2010 | Brian Barrett

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Got a few dozen ship and train horns, 2347-litre air tank, gasoline powered air compressor, MIDI board and unmatched patriotic fervour? Then you’ve got The Great American Horn Machine. Presenting God Bless America, as it was meant to be heard. More »