If you’ve got an old-school 5-pin MIDI keyboard you’d like to mate with your digital synth VSTs, then your needs are understandably simple; if you have a whole bunch of hard- and software you ...

Check for compatibility, as while MIDI is a universal musical language there can still be moments when a certain keyboard and piece of software won’t talk to one another.

Discover the best MIDI keyboards on the market. ... Nowadays, you have access to incredibly powerful, surprisingly intuitive music-making software and hardware.

However, not only do you get a solid USB/MIDI keyboard controller, but over 5,000 synths from inside the software included for the price. Recently the line was updated with “Essential” models ...

Photo: Michael Hession. The Arturia MiniLab MkII was an easy choice to make as the best 25-key MIDI controller for most people. At just over 12 inches wide and 8½ inches deep, it's compact enough ...

My dad is a musician. I am not, but I'd like to help him out. He has a Roland button accordion with MIDI in/out ports. I bought a cable that adapts these ports to USB. The only missing part is ...

If you’re looking for a cheap MIDI keyboard that offers uncomplicated, out-of-the-box DAW compatibility with a minimum of fuss and expense, it would be hard to go wrong with Nektar’s SE25.

If, however, you have a more complex MIDI controller like the Arturia Keystep Pro, and want your keyboard to control hardware as well as software – even if just by relaying tempo information from your ...