So, you want a DAW control surface that looks the part, and more importantly, speeds up your DAW music production workflow. Find out if the Icon Pro Audio Qcon Pro X ticks all the boxes.
Sporting a touch-sensitive, motorized fader, jog wheel, four rotary encoders, eight color coded buttons and transport controls the new iCon Pro Audio Platform Nano punches above its weight and size!
ProControl and Control|24 surfaces can now work with recent versions of Pro Tools as well as Logic, Cubase and Nuendo thanks to this new update to V-Control Pro.
Announced back in October 2018, this hardware controller with touch-sensitive motorized faders for under $499, the new 2nd-generation Icon Pro Audio QCon Pro G2 is now shipping!
The app that turns your Mac trackpad into a MIDI controller just got an upgrade that adds more power features and flexibility when controlling your music software, and even Adobe Lightroom.
The mouse was followed by the trackpad and along came the touch screen. What if your next laptop had a touch screen in place for a trackpad like the Asus ZenBook Pro? How would that help musicians?
Recording and editing controller data can be the key to achieving fluid, dynamic changes over time in your music productions. Here's how to work with controllers in FL Studio.
Take control of your DAW with the latest Faderport 8 control surface from Presonus. In this video we explore the ins and outs and features for this economically priced mixer with motorised faders.
NI has come up with whole new way to perform and produce with Maschine and it's got some clever tricks up its sleeve. We couldn't wait to unwrap Maschine Jam'¦
A cool thing about Maschine JAM is its ability to not only control and sequence Maschine, but control other DAWs. Here's a quick look at an early Mackie Control Light script for Logic Pro X.
SSL have announces the new version of their multi-award winning project studio centre piece Nucleus. It's an impressive audio interface, DAW controller and monitoring hub in one.
Novation users and Ableton user rejoice! Isotonic's Sigabort is back with some control scripting magic to turn your Novation LaunchControl into an entirely useful controller for Ableton Live.
The Icon Pro Audio QCon Pro X is a control surface with motorised faders fit for most DAWs that is built like a tank in a good way! Matt Vanacoro gives it an in-depth review along with video.
The Keith McMillen K-Mix audio interface, programmable mixer, and control surface has just had an update to make it Windows compatible. Read more below.
We're working on a review of the Icon Pro Audio QCon Pro X DAW controller, but in the meantime, you'll be happy to know that this flexible, powerful $899 control surface is now shipping.
So you want to get hands on making music without actually touching a device? Soli is a new sensing technology that uses miniature radar to detect touchless gesture interactions.
Despite all the talk about hardware music controllers, touch-screen controllers are becoming more and more popular too. ScreenForge's Yeco is a new multi-touch Ableton controller for Mac & Windows.
K-Mix from Keith McMillen Instruments is a high-quality audio interface, programmable mixer, and MIDI controller combining their best tech know-how in one portable package. Timo Preece gets hands on.
If you're looking for a solid MIDI controller with lots of lights and great keys and pads, then M-Audio have a treat for you in the shape of their new Code 49. G.W. Childs deciphers the code.