Let's start with the barest of bare-bones options for your digital setup. The Nektar SE25 is a great, inexpensive, entry-level MIDI controller and arguably the best budget controller out there.

MIDI is cool, but it can also be a bit of a dense subject – so, for those newly blessed with a MIDI keyboard or controller, ...

Wave is a wearable Bluetooth ring that translates your hand motions into MIDI signals. It starts at $149 if you’re willing to fund it on Indiegogo. Now all your hand motions can be MIDI signals.

For advanced users, the setup with puc+ gets really interesting when you send your iPad MIDI out to Logic, allowing you to control your iPad synths with your MIDI controller and simultaneously ...

For those reasons alone, it fit perfectly into my setup, but the reason I dropped $130 (MSRP of $150) on it a week before a show is Arturia's dead simple sequencer.

While the “M” in MIDI stands for “musical”, it’s possible to use this standard for other things as well. [s-ol] has been working on a VJ setup (mixing video instead of… ...

If you’re running a hybrid setup with both hardware and software, you might want to consider either a dedicated controller for your DAW or the Novation 49SL MkIII.

Repurposing a digital piano as a MIDI controller is a fantastic way to expand your musical horizons. It’s a no-brainer for many musicians. Skip to main content. Open menu ... Once you start to build a ...

Or go wireless – best Bluetooth MIDI keyboards for Mac and iPad. As we touched on above, folks using a USB-C iPad like the latest Airs and Pro models (the new Logic Pro for iPad requires an A12 ...

This diagram is for a live performance setup, where a laptop is responsible for playing backing tracks, sending MIDI information to hardware synths, and receiving its own MIDI information from a ...