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XioSynth (2007) [32] was a keyboard synthesiser with USB audio interface and template-based MIDI controller, available in 25- or 49-key versions. Like the X-Station, it featured Novation's X/Y touchpad (the 'X-Pad') and included a synth engine based on that in the X-Station with the addition of filter overdrive and the X-Gator patch programmer ...
Many audio control surfaces are MIDI-based and so are essentially MIDI controllers. While the most common use of MIDI controllers is to trigger musical sounds and play musical instruments, MIDI controllers are also used to control other MIDI-compatible devices, such as stage lights, digital audio mixers and complex guitar effects units .
Standard MIDI files trigger sounds played on a synthesizer. Play ⓘ Standard MIDI Files (SMF) contain instructions that trigger sounds played by a synthesizer which is typically expected to meet the General MIDI specification. On a personal computer these instructions can be turned into sound by either a software synthesizer, or by sending ...
Ableton has also released their own MIDI controller, the Push, which is the first pad-based controller that embraces scales and melody. [24] In November 2015, Ableton released an updated MIDI controller, the Push 2, along with Live 9.5. [25] Push 2 features a new color display, improved buttons and pads, and a lighter frame. [26]
The Novation Launchpad is an electronic music multi-button controller for the popular live control application Ableton Live, [1] featuring a grid of 64 (8x8) brightly illuminated square buttons. Each button can be assigned to a clip, (a piece of audio or MIDI that may or may not be looped).
A music sequencer (or audio sequencer or simply sequencer) is a device or application software that can record, edit, or play back music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically CV/Gate, MIDI, or Open Sound Control, and possibly audio and automation data for digital audio workstations (DAWs) and plug-ins.
Deckadance (often referred to as DD) is a DJ console and mixing tool developed by Image-Line software and acquired in 2015 by Gibson. [1] [2] Initially released in May 2007, [3] it operates on Windows and Mac OS X, and comes in a House Edition and Club Edition.
LV2 (LADSPA Version 2) is a set of royalty-free open standards [2] for music production plug-ins and matching host applications. It includes support for the synthesis and processing of digital audio and CV, [3] events such as MIDI and OSC, and provides a free alternative to audio plug-in standards such as Virtual Studio Technology (VST) and Audio Units (AU).