MIDI is, in a word, a godsend. This unassuming data-transfer standard is the magic sauce that enables drastically different music technologies, developed decades apart, to tell each other what to do – ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. MIDI is, in a word, a godsend. This unassuming data-transfer standard is the magic sauce that ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. First things first: not all keyboards are MIDI ...

It's been the primary means of MIDI note input for computer-based musicians since the 80s, but is it time for MIDI keyboard manufacturers to reappraise the humble piano keyboard and take it somewhere ...

Almost every well-known manufacturer has MIDI keyboards for controlling a digital audio workstation (DAW) and software synthesizers in its range. To stand out from the crowd, M-VAVE recently launched ...

The progress for electronics over the past seven decades or so has always trended towards smaller or more dense components. Moore’s Law is the famous example of this, but even when we’re not talking ...

MIDI instruments are cool, but they’re not laser cool. That is, unless you’ve added lasers to your MIDI instrument like [Lasse]. [Lasse] started out with an old MIDI keyboard. The plan was to recycle ...

Inspired by leaps in the development of electronic music controllers and the visual and tactile appeal of knitted fabrics, Irmandy Wicaksono from MIT's Media Lab has combined the two to create the ...