Welcome to our 2016 Sonic Joy awards for the Best Controllers & Innovations Of The Year categories. 2016 was certainly an inspiring year for both. We’ve seen some cool new products that only a few years ago would have been unthinkable and promising new technologies that we are looking forward…
Tag: K-MIX
news
KMI K-Mix Adds Windows Support!
In our K-MIX review published some months ago, we praised the qualities of this little gem but we also had to mention the temporary lack of Windows drivers. Today the guys from Keith McMillen Instruments have got in touch with us to announce the availability of K-Mix Editor for Windows 7,…
hardware reviews
Summer Trips, Carry-ons & Creative Challenges: Volca Sample OK Go, Acidbox ii, Mini KP2S, OP-1 and K-MIX
From Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies cards to Matthew Herbert’s manifesto, we have seen very different ways of working within constraints. We’ve all been there. Sometimes an empty page is full of too many possibilities. After all, “the enemy of art is the absence of limitations”, quoting Orson Welles. This is…
news
KMI K-MIX Update: New Features & iOS Compatibility – Multitrack Recording With The iPad (Video)
If you are an iOS musician and on the fence about buying the KMI K-MIX, we have good news. Last week Keith McMillen Instruments announced the availability of K-MIX Editor v1.2 for Mac OS X for its K-Mix (see our KMI K-MIX review) — improving its K-MIX 8 In 10…
hardware reviews
Keith McMillen K-Mix Review – A Mixer, Audio Interface And Controller From The Future?
The music technology industry has a problem. I call it the MOTS (More Of The Same) syndrome. Every week, magazines and blogs receive countless announcements of products that, in most cases, are simply ‘more of the same’ – even though many users still get excited about the umpteenth filter/oscillator/virtual something…
interviews
Designing Innovation – Interview With Keith McMillen: K-MIX and Beyond
At ANR, we love innovative companies like Keith McMillen Instruments (KMI), that allow musicians to create music and interface with computers in exciting new ways. The founder, Keith McMillen, is certainly a unique case in the pro audio industry, an acclaimed music technology innovator of some 30 years standing. Last…