Join us on Wednesday, March 24 at noon Pacific for the MIDI All the Things Hack Chat with Tim Alex Jacobs! In our technologically complex world, standards are a double-edged sword. While they clearly ...

From colorful pads and expressive desktop instruments to guitar-shaped sound generators and novel accordion-like creations, musicians today can't really complain about a lack of digital music creation ...

This Design Idea uses the FT232BM from Future Technology Devices International, a USB-to-UART interface IC that you need not program, to interface a USB port to the MIDI ...

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) files enable musicians to notate music electronically. But aside from their compact sizes, MIDI files and their synthetic instruments are generally less ...

MIDI—the Musical Instrument Digital Interface—lets anyone with just an electronic keyboard, or other simple interface device, recreate an entire orchestra’s worth of sounds. But what if you can’t even ...

If you had sat down with a musician in 1976 and told them the entire way they approach recording, tracking, […] ...

If you’re just getting started with music production and you’re not sure what kind of keyboard to get, a MIDI controller is the easiest way to record software synths and instruments in your ...

Modded consoles are pretty awesome, letting people tap into the raw computational power of gaming machines to run emulators, custom software, and more. But what if you combine a modded console with a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Before electronic music became an umbrella category for a distinct ...

In the weeks since the concert industry was st o pp e d in its tracks, there’s been a 55% increase in Google searches for Apple’s Garageband music creation software. Apple confirms the company is ...

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dLKUcUlutRk’] Siri has seen many cool hacks, from using it to control watching videos on Plex to ...