Attacco turns any mic – and any surface – into expressive percussive music input

Attacco’s Virtual Controller, now in beta, makes anything into a percussive MIDI controller – not just for triggers, but expression, too. And you don’t need special hardware, either.

This is now the iOS drum machine you want to jam with: Elastic Drums 1.6

Remember when apps were novel toys for experimentation? Now, an app could give your drum machine a run for its money. It’s the third wave of iOS apps. We’re now onto a moment where, cresting the wave of tools, a few are becoming simply invaluable to the right users. They can make an iPad feel […]

Peter Kirn - August 24, 2015

Control, Shortcuts for Ableton Starting at $99: A Look at the New AKAI APC Line

For any tool that has “live” in the name, physical control will always be important. And so even with a broad market for controllers targeting Ableton’s flagship software, now including the slick Push hardware from Ableton themselves, AKAI’s re-vamped APC line earned intense interest when it debuted at Musikmesse this month. Let’s make sense of […]

- March 23, 2014

Do It With Lasers: R&D Experiment Makes Drum Microphones, Triggers More Accurate

- April 17, 2013

Nord Drum 2, Playable Drum Synth, Gets More Sound Options, Nord Pad Companion [Photos]

- April 8, 2013

AKAI MPK mini USB Controller Packs Keys, Pads, Knobs Into 13″, One Pound

- December 21, 2010

After-Holiday Music Technology Bargain Shopping Picks

amqc948 - December 27, 2006

Akai MPD24 MIDI Pad Controller, Photoblogged in the Wild

Peter Kirn - November 5, 2006

DIY MIDI Drum Triggers with Arduino; MIDI Over USB?

Peter Kirn - October 30, 2006

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