Keyboard Control Room
Dedicated to the Keyboard Enthusiast, Recording Industry, and the Beginner to Professional Musician.
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Welcome to Keyboard Control Room
The Keyboard Control Room is a site containing News and Resources, Tutorials, Patches, Sounds, and MIDI Resources.
Feel free to browse the resources, chances are you'll find what you are looking for.
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| Above are photos of some of my studio setup: Korg KRONOS, Moog Little Phatty, Roland VS-2000, Roland JD-800, Ensoniq VFX-SD | ||
Current News and Events
Korg and ARP to re-issue the ARP OdysseyAnaheim, CA (January 21, 2015) - In conjunction with ARP Instruments Inc., Korg Inc. has revived the legendary analog synthesizer, the ARP ODYSSEY. Originally produced in 1972, the ODYSSEY quickly garnered a faithful following among musicians. |
Yamaha and Quincy Jones team up for Music EducationYamaha today announced a new partnership with Playground Sessions, the award-winning interactive keyboard software co-created by music legend Quincy Jones. The companies & partnership demonstrates a shared desire to increase access to high-quality and engaging music education for aspiring pianists in the U.S. More Info |
Gear News
Waldorf Waves in New Era of Software and Eurorack HardwareREMAGEN, GERMANY: high-quality synthesizer developer Waldorf is proud to announce new software for Mac, PC, and iOS alongside its first Eurorack module at The NAMM Show 2015, January 22-25 in Anaheim, California. More Info |
Korg announces OS v2.1.1 update for the KronosThis is a very cool update with Newly Updated CX-3 Organ Sounds. More Info |
Kurzweil announces MPG200 Digital PianoYoung Chang/Kurzweil is proud to announce the new MPG200 Digital Grand Piano. This marks the FIRST Kurzweil digital grand piano in over 8 years – with the last being the industry leading Mark 150/152 series. The KURZWEIL MPG200 combines an elegant compact-grand piano design with the legendary sound technology of Kurzweil. Outstanding craftsmanship includes an all-wood rim and high quality polyester finish – combined with new technological innovations including a digital amplification system and VAST sound architecture. More Info |
Other News and General Information
Bob Moog Foundation announces major archive additionsThe Bob Moog Foundation (BMF) has announced significant additions to the Asheville, NC-based foundation's archives. Included in these new additions are several rare prototypes, including one of the few Moog Apollo Synthesizers in the world (the Apollo became the prototype for the Polymoog), the Moog Liberation, Moog Drum Controller, Moog Sequencer, Moog Song Producer, Moog Feedback Suppressor; as well as production models of the Minutemoog, and a Moog Vocoder. Also added to the archives are more than 1,000 schematic drawings dating from 1965 through 1985. More Info |
MIDI Reloaded: Why MIDI Still Matters, Part 1Three decades ago, keyboards were wedded to tone generators in the same enclosure, and digital audio recording were expensive and rare—but then MIDI appeared. MIDI is a digital language by which synths, sequencers, and controllers talk to one another. Among its early benefits was separating the keyboard controller from sound generators so that a single keyboard could control multiple, less expensive, and typically rack-mounted tone modules. MIDI also offered a high-quality “multitrack” recording experience to composers and working musicians who couldn’t have afforded their own multitrack tape machines. Today you can easily record 100 tracks of digital audio on a basic laptop, so MIDI may seem irrelevant in the studio. Yet MIDI remains not only viable, but valuable, because it lets you exploit today’s studio in ways that digital audio still can’t. More Info |
MIDI Reloaded: Why MIDI Still Matters, Part 2Part 1 of this column re-acquainted us with the basics and benefits of MIDI, such as being able to edit notes, transpose, and change instrumentation in a song without having to re-record digital audio. This time, we’ll investigate various more advanced techniques that demonstrate some of MIDI’s power. More Info |