Korg Krome Synth Workstation First Look

Dec 20 2012 12:12PM
On a recent visit to the New York City area, editor Stephen Fortner got to drop in on the offices of Korg USA, sitting down with Korg's Rich Formidoni for a session with the new Krome workstation. It's sample-based sounds are More...

AKAI PROFESSIONAL MAX49

Nov 28 2012 5:00PM
By FRANCIS PRÈVE THE KEYBOARD CONTROLLER MARKET IS COMPETITIVE LIKE THIS summer was a little warm. There are so many products that it’s never been a better time to shop around, but the range of options is daunting. Akai’s More...

Vintage Vibe Electric Pianos

Nov 21 2012 12:26PM
By JON REGEN The ultra-portable 44-key model. The Vintage Vibe piano also comes in 64 or 73 keys. Click here if you can't see the video below. More...

Clavia Nord Piano 2

Nov 21 2012 12:00PM
By TOM BRISLIN THE ORIGINAL NORD PIANO (REVIEWED SEPT. ’10) BROUGHT CLAVIA’S KNACK for great-sounding, intuitive, and portable instruments to the gigging pianist. Taking a good thing to the next level, the Nord Piano 2 HA88 More...

Game Changing Gear

Nov 20 2012 4:00PM
“Where does a kid get six or seven thousand dollars a pop? Or even $2,500?” pondered Oscar Peterson in our October 1983 interview. The jazz piano demigod was reflecting on the cost of electronic instruments and on how lucky he More...

Hot New Gear at AES 2012

Nov 2 2012 6:13PM
Whereas NAMM is huge and covers everything from pianos to DAWs to guitars to school band instruments, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) conference and trade show is for the serious recording geeks. Since we proudly put More...

Dual-Manual Madness!

Oct 4 2012 5:34PM
Left to right: Crumar Mojo, Clavia Nord C2D, and Hammond SK2. IS ONE KEYBOARD ON YOUR CLONEWHEEL NOT ENOUGH? THESE THREE DRAWBAR ORGANS ARE ALL LIGHT ENOUGH TO CARRY UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS UNDER ONE More...

Playing Yamaha's CFX Concert Grand and NU1 Hybrid Pianos

Sep 5 2012 8:56PM
We recently paid a visit to Yamaha, and while we can't tell you (yet) about everything they showed us, we did get some hands-on quality time with their newest flagship concert grand piano, the CFX. Now, it wasn't as if the More...

Visiting Dave Smith Instruments

Aug 29 2012 7:21PM
Apropos of synth design icon Dave Smith being in our September 2012 Hall of Fame issue, editor guy Stephen Fortner paid a visit to Dave's new headquarters in the storied North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. There, we got a More...

Made in the USA: Rodgers Organs

Aug 15 2012 10:09PM
Rodgers, a division of Roland, is one of the leading manufacturers of digital organs for classical and church use. Making use of very high-end sampling and modeling technology, as well as advanced multi-channel sound systems to More...

Inside Vintage Vibe Electric Pianos

Jul 25 2012 9:14PM
Vintage Vibe has long been known for being a go-to restoration, repair, and customization shop for owners of vintage keyboards of all kinds. Recently, they've gotten into making their own electro-mechanical tine pianos, which we More...

Summer NAMM Video Gear Reports

Jul 13 2012 2:00AM
In spite of its reputation as a "guitar show," Summer NAMM in Nashville often sees some major keyboard releases. This year is no exception, as we've seen the muscular Korg Kronos X, the vastly improved yet still affordable new More...

Studiologic Numa Organ

Jul 4 2012 7:36PM
If you’re bringing a new hardware drawbar organ to market, it had better be good. “Clonewheels”—keyboards that emulate a Hammond B-3 organ and rotating Leslie speaker—have improved so much over the past decade that questions More...

First Look at the Crumar Mojo

Jun 6 2012 9:18PM
Since its announcement last year, the Crumar Mojo clonewheel organ has been generating a huge buzz--and no, we don't mean 60Hz ground hum. We just got our hands on one of the few specimens to make it across the Atlantic from the More...

Musikmesse 2012 Gear Report

Mar 27 2012 6:23PM
By Peter Kirn   There are two things you should know about Musikmesse, the international music trade show held every March. First, it's big - really big. The Messe convention center is actually 11 halls; it feels like it ate More...

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