MIDI Controllers

Euphonix's EuCon control protocol first saw the light of day in their high-end digital mixers. Now it has the potential to revolutionise the world of the project studio.

The latest incarnation of NI's Kore system introduces an updated controller, redesigned and streamlined software and a generous library of built-in sounds. So is Kore all you need to get the most out of your software instruments and effects?

Akai will be best known to SOS readers for their samplers and ever-popular MPC range — so what can they bring to the controller keyboard party?

Realising that some potential users were daunted by the highly customisable nature of their innovative Lemur screen-based controller, Jazzmutant have added a second controller to their range — and this one specifically supports a range of popular DAWs.

The CME VX8 is a particularly ambitious keyboard controller, with an ambitiously low price tag. It's a balancing act — so can CME pull it off?

This powerful MIDI control surface boasts a lot more flexibility than the budget offerings on the market, yet it's still affordable.

Is this the perfect marriage to date of guitar and MIDI?

Akai combine MPC-style pads with more traditional sliders and rotary encoders in their cost-effective new desktop USB MIDI controller box. Is it destined to be a hit?

Fender have married Roland's VG technology with the timeless design of the Stratocaster. The result is a cutting-edge classic.

Edirol's updated PCR keyboard range offers more controls than ever, and a software editor to make the most of them. Let's check it out...

Jazzmutant's Lemur combines both touch-sensitivity and a completely customisable interface, to create an entirely new breed of MIDI controller.

This controller comes from a range that, unusually, takes the concept of a quality weighted action into the realm of the shorter keyboard — and offers hands-on knobs and sliders for software control to boot.

Korg's tactile effects processor benefits from a major overhaul - so is the third generation the Kaoss Pad you always wanted?

Synthesizer, USB audio interface, MIDI controller — Novation's Xiosynth does it all, and at a very reasonable price...

M-Audio's new wireless controller keyboard aims to free you from the restraints of MIDI cables.

Novation have cut the keyboard and the cost with the latest addition to their Remote SL line of 'intelligent' hardware controllers.

Novation's Remote LE range offers a healthy selection of features from their popular Remote controller keyboards at a cut-down price.

Want to turn movement into sound? Sonalog's 'mocap suit' is probably the world's first wearable MIDI controller.

Is an all-in-one mixer, MIDI controller and audio interface the perfect solution for digital DJs and live laptop artists?

Pad controllers are aimed at releasing the frustrated drummer in all of us, allowing desktop composers access to rhythm sounds without having to use sticks — and Korg's Pad Kontrol adds a couple of nice twists to the concept...

NI's Kore system promises to unify your library of software instruments and effects, creating the mother of all workstation synths or multi-effects units.