• IK Multimedia Syntronik 1.2 for Mac/PC and Syntronik for iPad

    After spending the past few years focused heavily on developing hardware products, we’re happy to see that IK Multimedia has put a renewed development effort ...
  • Roland System-8 Plug-Out Synthesizer

    Analog modeled synths have come a long way over the past couple of decades. Where the term analog modeling used to suggest "sounds just like ...
  • Novation Peak

    Novation has built more than a few memorable electronic music products, and the Bass Station monosynth was one such instrument, still extremely popular and now ...
  • Yamaha MD-BT01 and UD-BT01 Wireless MIDI Adaptors

    We have seen many advances in technology over the years, yet it is always fascinating to see how some standards stand the test of time, ...
  • XILS-lab PolyKB III

    Here in the U.S., perhaps XILS-lab doesn’t come to mind as quickly as other European software plugin companies, but we are thinking more and more ...
  • UVI Urban Suite

    We are always on the lookout for cool sounding virtual instruments. UVI has a number of intriguing plug-ins, and one that definitely exceeded our expectations ...
  • Radikal Technologies Accelerator

    There’s a pretty powerful, virtual analog poly-synth on the market that many keyboard players are unaware of: the Radikal Technologies Accelerator. Players and producers ranging ...
  • Winter NAMM 2017: Keyboards

    Akai Professional The classic MPCs were standalone music production units, but more recent models have been hardware/software hybrids, meaning they required computer connectivity for operation. ...
  • StudioLogic SL88 Grand & SL88 Studio MIDI Controller Keyboards

    StudioLogic SL88 Studio One of the most essential instruments in a keyboard player’s rig is a MIDI controller keyboard. Whether you need to control a ...
  • Moog Mother-32 Semi-Modular Synthesizer

    If musical instruments are like religion, then modular synthesizers are like existential philosophy. Just when you think you are close to an answer, it bears ...