Best digital pianos under $1,000/£1,000 in 2022: budget-friendly pianos for at home and on the go
Want the grand piano experience without paying a grand? We pick the best options for smaller budgets
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Sonnox ListenHub review
- £59
Monitor controllers that mimic the capabilities of a console’s master section are increasingly popular. But in software? Listen up…
Korg’s new Pa5X arranger keyboard looks too good for hobbyists
A high-quality sound engine, sampling and a tiltable touchscreen display give it a professional sheen
Teenage Engineering TX-6 mixer review
- £1199
The Swedish company has created a mind blowingly compact mixer but does the fact it can mean it should?
Is Yamaha planning a ‘90s revival with a new version of the AN1x synth?
Company applies to trademark the AN-X name… but why?
Beyerdynamic M 70 Pro X review
- £219
Need a videocasting mic that sounds and looks the part? We may have just the thing
Casio PX-S3100 review
- £839
Has Casio made “the world’s slimmest digital stage piano without compromising on sound”?
Dave Smith: synth prophet
‘Legend’ can be an overused term, but there can be no argument when applying this description to synth pioneer Dave Smith. Here we trace his influential career…
Roland JX-08 Sound Module review
- £333
Roland continues resurrecting its analogue history in digital form. We plug in the new JX-08
Ebashi Audio Triple LFO review
- €180
Looking for a versatile LFO module? We take the Triple LFO from Ebashi Audio for a spin
Røde NTH-100 review
- £149
The mic manufacturers switch focus to bring out some of the best cans we've come across in a while
Coldplay’s Chris Martin plays an impromptu piano version of A Sky Full Of Stars in an English pub
And the beer was all yellow
Nerina Pallot: “It’s about being in love with what you can do with a few chords and the melody, because you can do anything"
The singer-songwriter on her new album, appearing on the soundtrack to Normal People, and working with Kylie
Herbie Hancock says he still owns his Apple II Plus: “I always knew computers were going to be important in music”
As he prepares for his Glastonbury appearance, the jazz icon also discusses Miles Davis and his plans for the future
Watch Stevie Wonder playing the new Rhodes MK8 electric piano
“Isn’t she lovely,” he may or may not have said
Could Akai Pro’s MPC Key 61 synth be the workstation keyboard of the future?
You still get the pads, but now there are five octaves of keys, too
Beyonce’s Break My Soul sounds like a love letter to the Korg M1 synth
All that's missing is the Seinfeld SlapBass patch
Nicky Romero/Cableguys Kickstart 2 review
- $16
A longtime favourite for automated ducking in the EDM world, has Kickstart 2 got enough flexibility to appeal to users beyond the 4/4 realm?
1010 Music Nanobox Lemondrop review
- £379
The second in the Nanobox range is a touchscreen, palm-size synth with full-size sound… and price
