Midi Controllers Reviews

Akai's latest range of controllers, the Advance Series, falls into a new category of the keyboard controller market, largely created by the launch of Native Instrument's Komplete Kontrol S-series

Akai's original MPD16 launched back in 2002. Fast forward to 2015 and here comes the new MPD2 range.

The original MiniNova impressed us, packing in a lot for less than £300.

Like many Live users, I snapped up a first generation Launchpad back when they were originally released in 2009.

The 'gap' between iOS and desktop recording systems has been steadily closing in recent years

For a while we were so distracted by the flashing lights of pad-type controllers, that we neglected mixer interfaces

Pioneer steps up its DJ game

The new CTRL49 from M-Audio pushes the keyboard controller further by adding virtual instrument control to the mix.

There's an awful lot of controllability squeezed into this diddy box. Worth considering if you need a portable controller

If you're looking to get physical with your computer music, the Easy-3 set is an excellent, comprehensive solution