Christopher Simmons
Christopher Simmons is an award winning graphic designer, multimedia artist, author, journalist, musician, photographer and public relations (PR) pro. Member ASCAP and PRSA. Former contributing editor to such publications as Digital Imaging, Digital Printer, Micro Publishing News, Polyphony, Spazz, Computer Player, the Graphic Artist's Guild journal, and many more. Widely quoted and interviewed in publications like Entrepreneur, PCWorld, TrendWatch, Chicago Sun Times, etc. CEO of Neotrope® (formerly Mindset), and founder of Send2Press® Newswire. You may know him from gigs at PhotoVentures, Creative Computers, MacMall, Micro Publishing Press, etc. Chris is based in Redondo Beach/Torrance (Los Angeles), Calif., USA. Learn More »
DAW Archive
Review: Open Labs NeKo XXL Gen5 DAW Keyboard Workstation
REVIEW: I'm a big fan of Open Labs' music workstation instruments, so I was pretty excited when they announced the rebirth of their XXL model this spring, which was not available last October 2008 when I bought the NeKo TSE (previously reviewed for Music Industry Newswire). The XXL is not...
Read More Review: Open Labs NeKo TSE Keyboard Workstation
REVIEW: The concept of the so-called workstation keyboard is certainly not new; with a wide range of current such products on the market from big guns like Korg, Roland and Yamaha, stretching back in time to the Korg M-1. These products seek to fill the needs of the "one keyboard...
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