Guides · Oct 28, 2026
Choose a MIDI keyboard by how you play: 25 keys for beats and basslines, 49 or 61 for chords with two hands, 88 weighted keys if you play piano. Then look at pads, knobs and your DAW.
Stories · Oct 28, 2026
We checked 4,066 price cuts at Thomann over seven weeks. 85% were real: the old price had held for two weeks and the new one was the lowest we'd recorded. 4% were 'sales' that only undid a price rise from days before.
Guides · Oct 28, 2026
To produce music you need a computer, a DAW and three pieces of gear: a MIDI keyboard, an audio interface and headphones. Monitors come later. A good starter kit costs about $440.
Prices · Oct 28, 2026
Live and studio gear moved in opposite directions this month. Allen & Heath's CQ, SQ and Qu mixers and UA's Apollo interfaces got more expensive at Thomann, while Yamaha's MGX mixers got cheaper.
Stories · Oct 28, 2026
Four pedal brands, four profiles. Boss wins the most charts, Electro-Harmonix is the cheapest, MXR is always close behind, and Walrus Audio, the youngest, costs the most and wins two.
Guides · Oct 28, 2026
A harmonica costs from $3 to $1,777, but you don't need to spend much: half of the 905 at Thomann cost less than $62, and the classic Hohner blues harps cost under $40.
Stories · Oct 28, 2026
Only 1,329 of 37,165 products got more expensive in two months, against 3,655 that got cheaper. But the rises cluster: a quarter of acoustic pianos went up, and some products jumped 30 to 50%.
Prices · Oct 28, 2026
Three days after Arturia cut 46 prices at Thomann, 32 of them went back up. 29 returned to where they were before the cut, three went higher. Here is what is still cheaper and what isn't.
News · Oct 28, 2026
ADAM Audio's new open-back reference headphones joined Thomann's catalog on October 23. They come with Sonnox software for crossfeed and calibration, a separate hi-fi mode and two cables, and they are priced against Neumann and beyerdynamic, not against everyday studio cans.
Guides · Oct 27, 2026
Every AudioFu gift guide in one place: 24 by instrument and role, 7 by person and 5 by budget, all picked from our rankings with prices that update every night.
Guides · Oct 27, 2026
The best music gift for a child is a real instrument at the right size, not a toy that's out of tune. Here's what works from preschool to about age 10, all from our rankings.
Stories · Oct 27, 2026
Four brands own metal guitars at Thomann. Ibanez has the most models and the most top-10 spots, ESP the most expensive range, and the #1 heavy guitar is a Jackson from $380.
