IK Multimedia has released an analog synthesizer for everyone - UNO Synth. It has a rather fat sound, it has everything you need for beginners in subtractive synthesis, and even a sequencer. In addition, it is very compact, has an intuitive control and costs only $199!

Pioneer, Sensel and Solid State Logic announce their new products and share some details about the functionality and availability: DJS-1000 stand-alone DJ sampler has been introduced by Pioneer DJ, Sensel Morph adaptable control surface finds its way to the market, Nucleus2 DAW & Studio Controller is going to ship in two versions.

Kickstarter supported another project called TouchKeys. It’s an incredible musical instrument which turned a simple keyboard into multi-touch control surface. The creator’s name is Andrew McPherson – the TouchKeys developer has been working on the project in С4DM (Centre for Digital Music), Queen Mary University of London. One of the main TouchKeys features is its multidimensional control “note by note” with keeping this traditional keyboard feel at the same time.

A detective story - put some German industrial band as a soundtrack – full of mystery, mystic incidents, non-linear plot and intense catching up the narrative because you don’t want to miss a detail. We’re talking about Retrosound video actually. Really, just watch it.

The fact that Roland, Kurzweil, Yamaha and Kawai can’t afford ignoring the mid-range segment (they smart enough to know that it would be foolish of them) and even more – they treat it with care and attention – is proven by the attractive quality of their stage pianos: RD-800, Artis, CP4 and probably the most stunning among them MP7 tempting with its impressive functionality. A professional pianist would agree to perform having any of them (at least once, but would anyway). These compact digital instruments include a big choice of key sounds and can be easily taken in tour. Here we’ll review a few most catching models and the full list is always ready at hand – just click our catalogue.