Native Instruments' Kontrol S series MIDI keyboards are a favorite among producers and musicians for their solid build and tight integration with the company's instruments like Kontakt and Massive X.

Writing your own music is no easy feat. It’s one thing if you’re a career musician—it’s quite another if you’re just a long-time music lover who wants to take a first shot at creating your own stuff.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Akai's MPK Mini mk3 is a solid and affordable way to get into MIDI keyboard controllers, but there's still a chance you want more flexibility ...

Beautifully built and incredibly engaging keyboard. Brings the Osmose experience to a controller format, at a cheaper price-point. The included Ctrl-e plugin software provides an enormous menagerie of ...

We live in a golden age for MIDI controllers. [rheslip]’s contribution to the milieu is a twisty take on the format, in that it’s covered in an array of knobs. Thus the name—Twisty 2. The controller ...

The generative features make it much easier to iterate on an idea and get unstuck. The generative features make it much easier to iterate on an idea and get unstuck. is the Verge’s weekend editor.