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Rocketboom Tech’s Ellie Rountree explains generative music and talks to laptop musician Luke Dubois about his work in this medium.

The Tenori-On, the grid-based musical instrument with whimsical sequenced lights created by Toshio Iwai, has been gradually becoming more affordable.

The UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid provides flexible and mobile operation via FireWire or hi-speed USB2 connectivity to a Mac or PC computer, with professional audio quality at samples rates up to 192 kHz an...

The first battery tester for musicians, Batt-O-Meter, is now available for purchase through many popular retailers.

A new, free software release for Novation’s Launchpad could make your device a lot more usable – and it shows how useful OSC can be for hardware, even if that isn’t OSC hardware.

It is a new electronic percussion pad that offers 12 on-board pads and a built-in sound module. The unit is designed to easily integrate into an existing acoustic set up or act as a stand alone uni...

Yamaha has unveiled a new online resource for anyone serious about playing and producing music.

For the modern musician, the computer often fulfils multiple audio roles, and if your musical activities extend beyond the studio, that usually means carting around not just your computer, but a su...

Ableton Live has been steadily gaining popularity over the last four or five years, going from an 'outside DAW' to the trendy software that everybody wants to say they use - no matter how much it a...

Eight studio-grade microphone preamps welcome condenser microphones, and two of the mic inputs are on the front panel for easy access.