The year's biggest music gear show brought us wild self-playing guitars and motorized MIDI controllers.

In reality however, making music has never been more accessible, and armed with just a computer and one of the best cheap MIDI keyboards you can start creating songs for relatively little outlay. A ...

On the controller's right hand side is a keypad with several more buttons, and it seems to be equipped with both a USB-C and MIDI DIN port. To our ears, applying the motorized knob concept from the ...

For better or worse, the fundamental design of guitars has remained familiar since they electrified around a century ago. A few strings, a fretboard, and a body of some sort will get you most of ...

There's something so satisfying about holding a guitar controller and feeling like I'm actually playing songs that I would never dream of playing on a real guitar. While my own Rock Band days ...

This time last year, PDP was gearing up to launch its brand new Riffmaster guitar, and since it was the first officially licensed controller in years to bring back memories of Guitar Hero and Rock ...

The Riffmaster features a layout that will be familiar to Rock Band veterans, including solo buttons and a whammy bar, but it also includes a built-in analog stick behind the head of the ...

A lot of competing consoles around now tried to get crazy with controllers, adding things like number pads and spinning dials. This joystick and button is about as limited as you can get for a ...

Xbox is releasing a new transparent red controller for $74.99 on February 4. The Pulse Cipher Special Edition is the latest in the line of see-through Xbox controllers. Microsoft has revealed a ...

Addictive sprawling hip hop, specially crafted bird-imitating instruments, and bagpipe hyperpop are the order of the day in David McKenna's latest French dispatch ...

For example, it offers 50 guitar patterns in categories of basic, strumming, and picking. There are also 19 piano patterns, 18 bass guitar patterns ... record samples or midi loops, and you ...

From reggae to rock, classical to dance, there should be something to tickle your fancy, with double bass, bass guitar and serious sub-bass all on show. An instantly recognisable slice of early 80s ...