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Keyboards & Synths.
Keyboards, pianos and synthesizer reviews.
Arturia Announces the KeyStep 37
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Arturia's New MicroLab Keyboard: Big Power in a Small Size
Arturia's Last Word in Keyboards
KeyLab 88 MkII has one of the best weighted hammer-action keybeds with aftertouch ever made, the Fatar TP/100LR. When a light keyboard won't do, Arturia's biggest controller…
Get an Arturia V Collection 7 for Free
Zentralmedia has timed the launch of the powerful Arturia V Collection 7 with a promotion that equips producers who buy the KeyLab 88 with this software for free. It is a MIDI…
Dexibell VIVO S9 Pro Stage 88: High Quality in a Powerful High-End Instrument
We put this powerful piano on the test bench. It combines the latest sampling technologies with carefully crafted acoustic piano, electric piano and organ sounds. It is equipped…
Arturia Announces the New KeyLab MkII MIDI Controller Keyboards
Arturia has just unveiled the latest generation of its legendary line of KeyLab MIDI controllers. It combines the comprehensive control of Arturia's classic original KeyLab with…
Hammond Spain: At Last, Customer Service in Spain
“A person or thing greatly admired and remembered despite the passage of time.” That is how the Real Academia Española defines legend. And legends are what we're talking about…
Abyss, a 4-Voice Analog Synthesizer with Powerful Character
The Athens-based company takes analog simplicity to new heights with this 4-voice analog synthesizer. We're living in a time when the instrument market shows a clear passion for…
Hammond D44, Freedom on Stage
How many times have I watched concerts by Clapton, Santana, Knopfler or Maceo Parker and thought: "What a show I could put on if I didn't have to sit here." It's the keyboard…
NOVATION Launches PEAK, Digital Synthesis with Analog Sound in a Polyphonic Version
Novation has chosen Superbooth, Berlin, as the best place to launch PEAK, a new polyphonic synthesizer that, as the manufacturer promises, is set to be the flagship of the brand…
Hammond XK-3: A Legendary Sound
Following the characteristic sounds of Italian organs, from the 1960s onward other, much more percussive organ sounds burst onto the scene. They brought new musical hits, mainly…
Waldorf KB37 Eurorack and nw1 (Review)
A day like today can be perfect for talking about synthesizers: instruments that generate electrical signals which end up being turned into sounds played through speakers or…
Vivo Stage S7 (Review): Built for the Stage with a Digital Concept
Keys, keys, keys!!! I always thought there could be no better distinction: white or black. There's nothing in between, and the note right next to the one you are playing may well…
Arturia MiniBrute: Power to the Analog Synths
With the MiniBrute we wrap up the series of 4 Arturia units that came through the lab this month: the MicroBrute, KeyStep and BeatStep Pro. Today we take a closer look at the…
Arturia MicroBrute Review: A Vintage-Style Analog Synth You Can Easily Handle
MicroBrute is a small analog synthesizer based on the design of its bigger brother, the MiniBrute. It's very easy to use and delivers a unique sound: ultra-fat basses, pads…
Arturia Keystep Review: A Pocket-Sized Controller
We take a look at four offerings from one of today's leaders in keyboards, controllers, grooveboxes and electronic devices: Arturia. We begin with the Keystep. Let's get to work.
Korg microKEY Air: No Cables Required
Shrinking the weight and size of keyboards is a trend that firmly took hold in 2015. Korg, Yamaha, Roland, IK Multimedia and plenty of others have released their Mini models. It…
IK Multimedia Introduces iRig Keys USB: Ultra-Affordable MIDI Keyboard Controllers for Mac/PC
Now Mac and PC musicians have an affordable, fully equipped solution for making music with 3 ultra-compact, portable MIDI controllers: the iRig Keys 25, iRig Keys 37 and iRig Keys…
KORG Liverpool, Back to the '60s
Lennon and McCartney literally changed the music scene from the 1960s to the present day. With the creative driving force of the world's most recognizable band and its hits, their…