Keyboards

The ET‑5 may have its roots deep in electronic musical history, but it’s very much a modern instrument.

Piano lessons from seven years of age and pipe organ fascination from the age of nine began a passion for keyboards. Now, aged 82, I love my keyboards.

With polyphonic aftertouch, MPE and MIDI 2.0, Korg’s Keystage has a lot to offer.

Novation’s updated Launchkey range introduces improved creative features and better DAW integration.

Melbourne continue to push the (motorised) envelope with their latest polysynth.

‘One keyboard to rule them all’ is very much the order of the day with Arturia’s 3rd generation KeyLab.

PWM’s sophomore outing is an intriguing combination of old and new, co-designed by the late Chris Huggett.

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking E-mu Systems Emulator II sampler, Dave Rossum, Kevin Monahan and Paul Wiffen share inside stories of the development and manufacture of the instrument.

Nick Rothwell learns about the Augmented Instruments Laboratory, a music technology research team lead by Professor Andrew McPherson, whose ongoing projects include the Magnetic Resonator Piano and the Bela open-source platform.

Clavia have made their best‑in‑class stage piano even better!

A Moog polysynth is always a big event, but is the Muse the inspiration you’ve been waiting for?

Arturia’s PolyBrute has gained six voices and a lot more besides.

Far from being a cut‑down version of one of its bigger siblings, the TEO‑5 is a brand new Oberheim synth with a personality of its own.

Roland's RD‑08 is a stage keyboard with hidden depths that punches well above its price tag.