Traktor Kontrol X1 controller   < Native Instruments >
Reviewed by Shane Thomas on May 16, 2011
Category: Control Surfaces
< Issue: 83 >     ONLINE ONLY    
How in the world do you get away from the stupid trackpad and keyboard while DJ'ing from a laptop?  This has been one of the bigger questions since DJs began moving from CDs to computer-based...  < KEEP READING >
AWS 948 analog console & controller   < Solid State Logic >
Reviewed by Allen Farmelo on May 16, 2011
Category: Consoles/Summing Control Surfaces
< Issue: 83 >
A console review can be rather involved, so let me just say up front that I think the SSL AWS consoles are absolutely excellent. The sound is enormous, clear and strong; the functionality offers up...  < KEEP READING >
Reviewed by Scott McChane on Mar 15, 2011
Category: Control Surfaces
< Issue: 82 >
Nearly every audio equipment manufacturer was pushing at least one hardware control surface at the Fall 2008 AES show... and nearly every studio has at least one control surface condemned to the...  < KEEP READING >
Reviewed by Scott McChane on Mar 15, 2011
Category: Control Surfaces Instruments
< Issue: 82 >
MIDI. Vacant stare. Puzzlement. Eyes rolling back into the head. Drool forming on the chin. You've heard about guys like me - I'm MIDImpaired. Terms like polyphony, quantization, and nodes make...  < KEEP READING >
Reviewed by Dana Gumbiner on Mar 15, 2011
Category: Control Surfaces
< Issue: 82 >
The Launchpad has, well, landed and seems certain to become a ubiquitous tool for users of Ableton Live (Tape Op #72). It's a compact and lightweight USB MIDI interface organized around an 8x8 grid...  < KEEP READING >
Reviewed by Dana Gumbiner on Jan 04, 2011
Category: Control Surfaces
< Issue: 80 >
The Launchpad has, well, landed and seems certain to become a ubiquitous tool for users of Ableton Live (Tape Op #72). It's a compact and lightweight USB MIDI interface organized around an 8x8 grid of...  < KEEP READING >
Ohm 64   < Livid Instruments >
Reviewed by Josh Boughey on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Control Surfaces
< Issue: 77 >
It all started in 2006 when I bought a Monome 40h (Tape Op #62) and plugged it into my computer's USB port. (After a lot of configuring) I held in my hands a box of blinking buttons -each light...  < KEEP READING >
Reviewed by Allen Farmelo on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Control Surfaces
< Issue: 76 >
Whether to work with a control surface or not is a personal decision. If you do prefer to have faders, knobs and buttons under hand, the one thing we will all agree on is that the integration between...  < KEEP READING >
Reviewed by Dana Gumbiner on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Control Surfaces
< Issue: 74 >
Akai Professional and Ableton have co-developed a new comprehensive MIDI performance controller for use with Live versions 7 or 8 (Tape Op #72). The APC40 introduces a new breed of USB-MIDI devices...  < KEEP READING >
AlphaTrack control surface   < Frontier Design >
Reviewed by Allen Farmelo on Nov 05, 2010
Category: Control Surfaces
< Issue: 64 >
A number of years back, I was tracking a record in a room with a 24-fader Digidesign ProControl and then migrated to a situation with only a keyboard and a mouse. About halfway through the first day...  < KEEP READING >