Musical Instruments

OneManBand Adds On-The-Fly Backing Music To Your Solo Guitar Playing

Playing a guitar on your own can make for a fun performance, but sometimes, having full accompaniment can make for a more satisfying sound. Problem is, gett... Read More...

Three Strings And A Narrow Neck Make The Loog Guitar A Whole Lot Easier To Play

Learning to play guitar is far from rocket science, but it does require a good load of training and practice to reach a decent level of skill. That makes qu... Read More...

Kombos MIDI Keyboard Breaks Apart Into Five Modules For Easy Transport

Like many musical instruments, a 61-key electronic piano can be hell to transport, with its long profile making for an unwieldy travel companion, whether yo... Read More...

Minimoog Model D Returns With MIDI Support And Other Modern Functions

The original Minimoog remains, arguably, the most famous synthesizer in music history. We’re not entirely sure why the portable synthesizer’s production end... Read More...

Play Weird Sounds On An Alien Flying Saucer With The Oval MIDI Controller

From drumpads and keytars to gloves and tambourines, MIDI controllers come in all shapes and sizes. If you prefer yours with the styling of an alien aircraf... Read More...

This Playable Cardboard Drumkit Surprisingly Sounds Nice

Using cardboard as a practice drum kit isn’t anything new. Cardboard and similar stuff (like notebooks and Tuppeware) have been the go-to solutions for ever... Read More...

Dato Duo Is A Synthesizer Designed For Collaborative Play

It’s not the only electronic musical instrument that combines a sequencer with a synthesizer. However, the Dato Duo is probably the first one we’ve seen tha... Read More...

Yamaha’s New Acoustic Guitar Plays Natural Reverb And Chorus Sounds

A good picker playing even the crappiest guitar can usually make it sound very listenable. However, even the best acoustic guitars have inherent limitations... Read More...

Zoom ARQ Aero RhythmTrak: This All-In-One Electronic Instrument Takes On A Tambourine Shape

We’ve seen plenty of music production and performance equipment that bundle electronic music-making instruments in a single rig. Despite that, we can defini... Read More...

Lap Skate Guitar Turns A Skate Deck Into A Real Musical Instrument

We’ve seen skateboard decks turned into many things, from side tables to office chairs to a detachable backrest. The Lap Skate Guitar, though, takes it a wh... Read More...

Roland Boutique Recreates 80s-Era Synthesizers In Fully-Playable, Book-Sized Forms

In every generation, there’s always a group of young people who enjoy the music of the good, old days. For this generation of young people, the good old day... Read More...

Seaboard Rise MIDI Controller Comes With Squishy Keys That Can Respond To Five Different Actions

Remember the Seaboard GRAND, an electronic keyboard that uses flexible keys instead of standard stiff ones, paving the way for entirely new ways to make mus... Read More...

Pocket Operator Is A Handheld, Calculator-Sized Trio Of Synthesizers

Swedish outfit Teenage Engineering is best known for their OP-1 Synthesizer, which combines a distinctive design with excellent sound quality and a rich set... Read More...

Live Out All Your 70s Prog-Rock Music Fantasies With The Moog System 55

Ever felt like you live in the wrong decade? Like, your life will be so much richer if you made music on cabinet-sized synthesizers, instead of doing everyt... Read More...

Korg tinyPiano: A Toy Piano With Real Instrument Sound

Toy pianos for young children have been around for seemingly forever. Why do you think so many young children grow up to become hipster musicians with no he... Read More...

Drumpants Put An Electronic Drum Set In Your Trousers

A while back, we featured a wacky one-off product called Ubiquitous Drum Pants, which hooked up a pair of trousers with various electronics that allowed it ... Read More...

Musician’s Gadget Of The Day: Beatbuddy Is A Programmable Guitar Pedal Drum Machine

Jamming on a guitar by yourself is fun and all. But doing it without the benefit of a steady beat doesn't exactly hone your timing and sense of rhythm -- tw... Read More...

Launchpad Mini Shrinks The Popular Music Controller Down To Super-Portable Size

We've been big fans of Novation's Launchpad ever since it came out a few years back. It's fun, functional and those grid of lighted control pads just look p... Read More...

Roadie Robotic Tuner Automatically Tunes A Guitar, Monitors String Health

There are quite a handful of gadgets available for automatically tuning your guitar. The Roadie Tuner offers the same, all while adding a few useful functi... Read More...

Artiphon Instrument 1 Turns Your iPhone Into A One-Man-Band

You make music on the iPhone like a boss. And, as awesome as you make it sound, it's still hard to get taken seriously when you diddle-daddle on a small di... Read More...

Seaboard GRAND Is A Keyboard With Flexible Keys

With synthesizers and electronic keyboards (no, your Electronic Music Synthesizer Shirt doesn't count), creating a mass of unique sounds from a ... Read More...

Pianocade Is A Perfect Synthesizer For Arcade Button Mashers

You always wanted to play with one of those DJ boxes, but could never quite get over being intimidated by all those knobs, sliders and pads. After all, you... Read More...