Happen to have an old Rock Band drum controller collecting dust in your living room? If you also have a spare Arduino and don’t mind parting with that plastic college memento then you’ve got the bulk ...

Drumming hackers take note, if you’ve got an extra bass drum pedal it’s cheap and simple to use it as a MIDI controller. This rig was thrown together to supplement a DIG DRUM electric drum set. That ...

A keyboard is still most people's first MIDI controller purchase, but more and more of us are now expanding our hands-on setups by adding a drum pad. The main benefit of such a device is obvious - it ...

Mad Catz® Interactive, Inc. ("Mad Catz" or "the Company") (AMEX/TSX: MCZ), a leading third-party interactive entertainment accessory provider today announced that it has begun shipping the Rock Band 3 ...

Affordable DIY music machines have become all the rage of late, and there’s another one doing the rounds that goes by the name of Beatbox ($129). Currently seeking funding through Kickstarter, Beatbox ...

I'm giving a lot of thought to picking up a guitar hero: world tour band kit bundle (which includes wireless xbox 360 drums). I have read several reports of using various video game drum controllers ...

A Kickstarter project called Oddball aims to put a new spin on making music. Comprised of a ball about the size of a lacrosse ball and an accompanying app, the ball behaves as a percussion trigger, ...

Old-school rock stars brandished guitars, but today's laptop songsmiths hit the stage with controllers—boxes that let them physically "play" music software like instruments. Most have piano keyboards ...