Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...

Silicon Valley startup Miselu is showing off a web-connected, Android-powered keyboard and MIDI controller called Neiru at SXSW this week. The device features a multitouch screen on top of its 25-key ...

The Central Branch of Brooklyn Public Library appears to be like any other — with fluorescent yellow lights, linoleum tile floors, and a nostalgic fragrance of dusty books. On a Friday afternoon in ...

The first electric guitar played in public. The first Hawaiian-made ukulele. Eric Clapton’s 1956 Fender Stratocaster, “Brownie,” which helped create his signature sound on classic songs like “Layla” ...

If you're looking for new musical instruments on the cheap, now is the best time to shop. By Rudie Obias All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may ...

JEFFERSON AS MUSICIAN He was an incurable tinkerer with a keen interest in all the technical innovations for instruments, and corresponded with friends about all the new and “often peculiar things to ...

Native Instruments has plenty of hardware for beatmakers and DJs, but what about synth players - the people who've been using the company's products since it started creating software instruments back ...

Music For Amplified Keyboard Instruments is different, and arguably more interesting, in that it involves new work composed specifically for that synthesizer. At first listen, it’s easy to overlook ...