The controller in question. Custom MIDI controllers are all the rage these days, but let's face it: most of us wouldn't know how to go about building one. If you want a bit of insight, check out the ...

To make a simple MIDI controller, you need knowledge of firmware design and computer architecture, you need knowledge of mechanical design, and you need to know electronic design.

Strictly speaking, a Theremin uses a pair of antennae that act as capacitors in a specific R/C circuit. Looking at ...

DIY musical instruments are their own thing entirely, but if you're looking for a place to start, Adafruit has a guide to building your own MIDI controller using an Arduino.

In this week’s edition of The Logic Pros, we will be looking at how to map all those fun looking sliders, switches, buttons and encoders on our controllers to various functions inside of Logic ...

We review Native Instruments' excellent Komplete Kontrol A25 to figure out whether we have room in our life (and studio) for a keyboard controller.

MIDI controllers also require the use of a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). In a MIDI keyboard controller, different sections of the keyboard can be assigned to control different instruments.