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Novation LaunchKey Mini Mk3 – new version of Ableton Live’s most portable controller

Novation has come up with a new and improved version of the LaunchKey Mini. They've added a creative arpeggiator and chord mode and brought it in-line with the style of their SL Mk3 super-controller.

Glassy – spectral modelled electric pianos and pads from the classy 90s

Sampleson has shifted its spectral modelling gaze onto the electric pianos of the 1990s and offers up the aptly named Glassy combining classic DX and Roland digital sounds with a snuggly pad generator

Alesis Strike Multipad: hit it, beat it, sample it, loop it

The performance pad controller is back with a sampling audio engine, on-screen editing, triggers, 9 velocity sensitive pads and audio looping in a device that you beat with sticks.

Strata: next generation control system for Ableton Live

Strata is a prototype advanced controller for Ableton Live from Envision Sound that claims to take control, performance and workflow to the next level. They are looking for Live users to get involved.

Novation SL Mk III – MIDI and CV Controller with 8 track Sequencer

Novation updates their SL range of controller keyboards with five little screens, dual CV/Gate outputs and a polyphonic 8-track sequencer. The SL Mk III is packed full of versatile controlling action.

AKAI Fire FL Studio hardware controller leaked on American dealer website

Developed in cooperation with Image Line, the Fire controller integrates tightly with FL Studio, not unlike Ableton Push or NI Maschine. With 4 matrixes x 16 velocity-sensitive RGB pads, you can input patterns.

Make Noise reinvent René – their three dimensional prism of composition

Make Noise's Cartesian sequencer has evolved into a third dimension so you can now snake in one dimension while Cartesianing in two others, simultaneously. And it all lights up, which is nice.

Korg celebrates 10 years of the nanoSERIES MIDI controllers with a splash of colour

Korg releases their inner fabulousness with Orange/Green and Blue/Yellow anniversary nanoSERIES controllers. Or this is what happens when you let your kids loose in your design software.

Native Instruments Maschine Mikro MK3: Mini beats and big mobility

The little entry level Maschine gets a welcome upgrade. Mikro MK3 is smaller, lighter and sleeker than the previous version and is ideal for music production on the move with the full Maschine software.

Dreadbox Medusa hybrid synthesizer about to hit the shops

This sleek hybrid synthesizer from Dreadbox and Polyend comes with 3 analog and 3 digital oscillators and a grid of 64 expressive pads for performance and sequencing. Will you be enraptured by the Medusa?

Leak! Nektar to announce Panorama T4 and T6 MIDI controllers

New mid-range controller keyboards from Nektar get leaked on a French music store website. The Panorama T4 and T6 appear to have all the DAW integration facilities we like at an attractive price point.

Arturia sex up controllers with sensitive, delicate and high impact KeyLab MkII

The Pro-Feel key-bed is robust and yet sensitive, delicate and nuanced for high-impact play - are Arturia describing the new KeyLab MkII controller keyboards or a new range of condoms?

Deal: Get a free gooseneck mic with your IK Multimedia iRig Keys I/O 25

Been eyeing an iRig Keys I/O? If IK's MIDI controller and interface is something you're interested in, now may be a good time to splurge as the Italian maker is a giving away a free gooseneck mic.

NAMM 2018: Get Beatmaker 3 for iOS free during NAMM

Make beats and music anywhere with Beatmaker 3, a remarkably fully featured, drum pad based music production app from Intua. You can get it for free from the AppStore from 25th-28th January.

NAMM 2018: Alesis Vortex Wireless 2 Keytar

The original wireless keytar MIDI controller is back in a new sequel - Alesis Vortex Wireless 2 MIDI controller and on-stage posing device for electronic musicians

Akai turns its MPC 2.0 software into (almost) a full DAW

Akai has announced the release of MPC 2.0, a long-awaited update that turns its MPC software into a DAW (well, nearly). Will NI Machine users be eating their heart out?

Alter Audio Timetosser boxes in real-time audio slicing, dicing, and re-sampling

Timetosser is a ready to go re-sampling maschine - not that a Kaoss Pad or an iPad with effects apps won't be able to get you the same effects, but they can't beat this little box's immediacy...

Flintpope Palette brings some thick synth pads for free on Windows and Mac

in case you are in the mood to try something new, here's a cool freebie that just popped up - Palette is inspired by paintboxes and has eight coloured rectangles that trigger samples.

OB-X Neo teaser video has us swimming in thick pads

A OB-X Neo 2 x 8 voice synthesizer module fades in from the gloom. Not quite clear enough to tell if it's a render, a plug-in or hardware. Is it from Tom Oberheim or is Behringer behind it?

Bitwig Studio gets Ableton Link with 2.2 update

Bitwig Studio reaches version 2.2 and joins the Ableton Link party for instant networked tempo sync to other software and devices. There are also new modulators, time shifting and 3GBs of new content.

The NDLR: Multi-part polyphonic arpeggiator and chord machine

The NDLR "Noodler" is an advanced arpeggiating box that will run up to 8 synthesizers with separate bass and lead patterns, 4 note pads and a drone root all from internal chords.

iRig Keys I/O: IK Multimedia’s mobile music production station

The iRig Keys I/O believes it's invented the idea of combining a USB MIDI keyboard with an audio interface and throws in some software. After the teaser, I'm disappointed.

IK Multimedia tease an all-in-one music production station

It will go anywhere you want and brings new meaning to plug and play. IK have a new "music production station" they are releasing on the 24th August - any idea what it is?

AliveInVR: Virtual Reality controller for Ableton Live

AliveInVR will place you in a virtual 3D space with a silver helmet and robot hands to trigger scenes and clips, drums and instruments in Ableton Live. Time for some serious arm ache.