Korg Monotribe

Sep 22,2011
by Francis Preve   Saying that analog synthesis is having a renaissance is kind of like saying Deadmau5 is an up-and-coming producer. The fact of the matter is that analog is back in full effect—and with good reason. After a More...

Highlights from AES 2011

Oct 27,2011
The 2011 Audio Engineering Society convention returned to New York City to large crowds, Our own Jon Regen got the scoop on the latest and greatest instruments and recording gear, including the much buzzed-about Pro Tools 10 with More...

Booker T Video Repost

Oct 12,2011
We've been meaning to catch up with Booker T. Jones since his Grammy win for the 2009 album Potato Hole--for which we interviewed him back in August '09. If you haven't heard his latest, The Road From Memphis, you're missing out, More...

Welcome to Keyboard's November 2011 Links Page

Oct 10,2011
Exclusive interview with the Flaming Lips! Evan Bogart talks songwriting, keyboards, and production. Miss our Summer NAMM gear wrap? It's online?     More...

The Komplete Maschine

May 2,2012
We recently paid a visit to Native Instruments' sparkling new U.S. headquarters in the heart of Hollywood. There, we got a firsthand demo of how tightly integrated Komplete (the full collection of every virtual instrument NI More...

Arturia Origin Keyboard

May 1,2011
The Arturia Origin is a grand technical achievement, a true virtual modular synth cast in hardware. Its sound quality and deep programmability bowled us over when we reviewed the desktop module in June 2009. With its flip-up More...

How It Works: TALKBOX 101

May 1,2011
The Rocktron Banshee 2 is the gold standard of talkboxes.    Love ’em or hate ’em, vocals that are processed or Auto-Tuned until it sounds like a machine is doing the singing are a staple of funk, More...

Jungle City - Savior of the Studio Scene

Jun 23,2011
Jungle City Studios is the brainchild of Ann Mincieli, the extremely gifted audio engineer we encountered when we interviewed Alicia Keys back in June 2010. Painstaking attention to detail has been put into everything from the More...

Scion AV Presents Studio Tours

Jan 6,2011
Scion A/V is the arm of the Scion car company (itself a brand of Toyota) that reaches out to artists, musicians, filmmakers, DJs, and other creatives as part of Scion's "lifestyle" marketing to the creative community. They More...

Amp Up Part 2, The Powered Stage Monitor as Keyboard Amp

Feb 25,2011
by Eric Lawson and Tony Orant  Most touring weekend warriors bring their own monitors to gigs so as to maintain a consistent and predictable onstage keyboard mix. There are loads of options these days—everything from combo More...

Macworld 2011 - All About Music Gear

Feb 2,2011
Macworld Expo, the mecca for devotees of all things Mac, happens about this time each year at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. Which happens to be right in our back yard. We dropped by expecting to see one or two More...

Dallas Austin and the Beat Thang

Aug 18,2011
Storied producer Dallas Austin wanted a drum machine that did everything he liked about his classic gear, and also added a lot more sounds and functionality, and was easier to use than all the gear he cut his teeth on. So he did More...

How It's Made - SKB Cases

Aug 10,2011
Instrument cases are one of those unglamorous but very necessary pieces of gear. You might be surprised to learn that one of the most popular brands of cases for keyboards, guitars, rackmount gear, and just about everything More...

New Gear 2011: The Best from NAMM

Apr 29,2011
If you’re into music gear enough to have this issue in your hands, you probably want to read yet another introduction about why it’s cool to go to NAMM about as much as we want to write one. We’re off to a good start. Since More...

Moog Music Slim Phatty

Apr 29,2011
Editing on the Phatty is so intuitive that you feel like there are more than just four main control knobs.  Saying that Moog’s Little Phatty has become a staple in countless live and studio rigs is a bit like saying that bacon More...

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