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music production hardware

Arturia BeatStep Pro

Arturia has brought us a perfect tool to enable the production of music on the move once again. The Arturia BeatStep Pro is a remarkable sequencing powerhouse: it’s a controller that is elegant and compact and packs great versatility and power. You can trigger clips, play the drums, or tweak the parameters of your favorite…
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MIDI 2.0 Confirmed

Great news today in the world of music: MIDI 2.0 confirmed! The MIDI Association has announced the “biggest advance in music technology in decades”—and we are so excited to give you an insight into what this means. The MMA has finally confirmed that, after years of planning into the research and development of the new…
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Music Production Hardware

Alesis V49

The Alesis V49 is a medium-sized, versatile, and user-friendly USB MIDI keyboard controller. It aids you in directing your desired music software in a creative and intuitive way. In particular, it has 49 full-size and velocity-sensitive keys, knobs, buttons, and pads to trigger your creativity. Additionally, with it you can expand to a full melodic…
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MPK Mini by Akai

The MPK Mini, by Akai Japan, is a compact and impressive MIDI keyboard controller made and designed for the nomad music producer in mind. Its array of buttons, pads, and knobs gives you the chance to perform and produce your music in a very intuitive and practical way. Specifically, it has 25 velocity-sensitive keys for…
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SBX-1

The Roland SBX-1 sync box is multiformat sync for computers and electronic instruments: it allows them to communicate simultaneously and synchronize with each other. In particular, it can support several analog and digital devices with its DIN SYNC, MIDI, and USB connections. All of these can be the master clock source. Additionally, you can utilize…
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Komplete Start Production Suite

The Komplete Start Production Suite has a vast array of high-quality samples, loops, effects, and instruments that you can load directly to your favorite DAW and trigger through your favorite MIDI keyboard controller. It has over two thousand customizable sounds, acoustic instruments, drums and percussions, synths effects, and more. In addition, it has over 6GB…
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APC mini by Akai

Akai collaborated with the creators of Ableton Live in the design of the of their benchmark keyboard controllers: APC40 mkII, APC Key 25, and APC mini. As you might as well know, Ableton is a music performance and production software preferred by a great audience around the world. Back in 2009, Akai and Ableton started…
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APC Key 25 by Akai

Akai collaborated with the creators of Ableton Live in the design of the of their benchmark keyboard controllers: APC40 mkII, APC Key 25, and APC mini. As you might as well know, Ableton is a music performance and production software preferred by a great audience around the world. Back in 2009, Akai and Ableton started…
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Alesis Q25

The Alesis Q25 is a small-to-medium keyboard controller that belongs to the Alesis Q family of MIDI controllers. It is pretty straight forward when it comes to design and capabilities. For instance, it has a 25-keynote keyboard that allows you to play and control vast MIDI hardware and software. These keys are velocity-sensitive, which makes…
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Arturia iMini

The Arturia iMini is a software recreation of the iconic and classic monosynth that Dr. Bob Moog developed back in the 70s. The original monosynth was a 3-1/2 octave keyboard whose design aimed at being portable in comparison to other modular systems of the epoch. During that time, it became really popular with bands. For…
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