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Akai SynthStation49 full-size iPad dock/keyboard combo

by David Quilty (Jan 14th, 2011)

While it's not the kind of iPhone or iPad dock you would bring with you on your next cross-country plane ride, the Akai SynthStation49 dock offers up something a standard iPad dock doesn't -- a 49-key, velocity-sensitive keyboard controller complete with drum pads and manual pitch control. As ...

Pianist Pro 1.5 for the iPad adds MIDI Mobilizer support from Line 6

by Matt Tinsley (Sep 13th, 2010)

From MooCowMusic comes the latest iteration of their renowned iPad app, Pianist Pro 1.5 (£5.99). Most notably, Pianist Pro now incorporates the MIDI Mobilizer technology from Line 6, enabling Pianist Pro on your iPad, with the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer adapter (£45) or wirelessly over Wi-Fi, ...

V-Studio 100: not a piece of cake but a great piece of hardware

by Josh Carr (Dec 8th, 2009)

Most aspiring musicians, at least those of us who are computer nerds, have spent time recording their music to distribute it digitally ... to Grandma. Most of us pass GarageBand with flying colors, graduate from Logic Express and eventually get a masters in Logic Pro. I'm admittedly in the learning ...

Count The Beats: Logic Studio, are you in love? (Poll)

by Matt Tinsley (Nov 16th, 2009)

Here at TUAW, we've not given Apple's Logic Studio a great deal of coverage recently. In particular, back in July 2009, Apple released its latest iteration of the popular music production software, Logic Pro 9 (alongside the upgrade to all its various virtual studio components too), and not much has ...