Ahead of the National Association of Music Merchants show (NAMM), Alesis has announced the second generation of its legacy keytar, the Vortex Wireless 2. The MIDI keytar controller, which has 37 ...

What is it? Depends on your point of view. On one hand, it's the biggest totem of 1980s cringe there is this side of the piano-key necktie. On the other, it's a misguided, if heroic, attempt to make ...

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The VKB-100 will be launched in Japan this year When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Derided by some, Yamaha’s Vocaloid ‘singing synth ...

There is perhaps no more potent symbol of ‘80s rock star excess than the keytar, an instrument that freed musicians to strike poses around the stage while hammering out synthesized riffs. Korg ...

Turns out the Purple One was even more of a multi-hyphenate than you might think, as official records indicate that he added 'inventor' to his list of talents back in 1992 When you purchase through ...

We can’t think of where you’d buy a new, cheap, MIDI keytar that’s just a keyboard and a handle with some pitch and mod wheels or ribbon controllers. This is a format that died in the 90s or ...

Keyboard players can often only look on as their band mates get to feed off the energy of the audience at the front of the stage. If only they had an instrument they could strap on like a guitar ...