MIDI is, in a word, a godsend. This unassuming data-transfer standard is the magic sauce that enables drastically different music technologies, developed decades apart, to tell each other what to do – ...

The ESI XSynth MIDI keyboard is very flat and small, comparable to the ultrabook device class for laptops, but for desktop keyboards. It also has a synth engine on board, making it ideal as a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. These days, as we all know, entire albums can be made using nothing more than a laptop, a DAW ...

Back in 2016, Tim Jacobs of mixtela managed to cram a MIDI synthesizer into a teeny MIDI plug that drew power from the device it was plugged into and output sounds via an included piezo buzzer. Jacobs ...