Controllers

Akai Pro have distilled the best of their technologies into a stand-alone clip- and scene-based performance and production workstation.

The Joué offers a highly configurable modular MIDI control system.

Arturia take their KeyLab controller keyboard range to the next level.

The PreSonus Atom offers hands-on control and tight integration with their Studio One DAW.

We put Nektar's ambitious foot controller through its, er, paces.

Could Novation’s new keyboard be the ultimate command centre for your synth studio?

IK’s iRig Stomp I/O bridges the gap between hardware and software, both on stage and in the studio.

If you like your control surfaces to be versatile as well as tactile, the Sensel Morph might be for you.

The updated FaderPort aims to give you comprehensive DAW control with a single fader.

Is the Kordbot a chord generator? An arpeggiator? A MIDI controller? It’s all three...

The iRig Keys I/O offers a one-cable keyboard controller solution for computer- and iPad-based musicians.

Welcome to the world’s smallest serious DAW control surface!

The KeyLab Essential condenses Arturia’s core controller capabilities into one cut-down package.

Are the Maschine 3 and Komplete Kontrol 2 enough to keep NI at the top of the integrated controller/software game?

Expressive E’s Touché is a hardware controller like no other.

M-Audio’s Hammer 88 is a fully weighted 88-note keyboard with a very attractive price tag.

ROLI have taken their forward-thinking multitouch technology and applied it to an imaginative modular control system.

Could the MPCX make you rethink your whole approach to studio and live music production?

The Faderport 8 offers tight Studio One integration at a very attractive price.

Are Korg’s Bluetooth Nanos the ultimate mobile MIDI controllers?

Eowave’s Ribbon 2 combines a 12-bit synth and a ribbon controller in 24-inches of plexiglass.