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 ...

There’s usb midi, there’s OS driver midi, there’s DIN5 midi. Same protocol, but over different hardware or software systems. DIN5 is the best imo, less jitter, opto isolation protects your ...

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 ...