Brands
Who makes what, and what each one is good at
Most instrument brands are excellent at one thing and ordinary at the rest. These pages say which is which, and where the same factory sells the same product under three badges.
- Yamaha Japan The broadest catalog on this site, and the one least present on the US store 6 reviews
- Fender United States Three products here, none of them offered on the US store 3 reviews
- Casio Japan Keys first: weighted actions and short sound lists 4 reviews
- Alesis United States Mesh heads and complete boxes 6 reviews
- Behringer Germany The floor of three different families, on all six stores 2 reviews
- Focusrite United Kingdom The interfaces most home studios settle on 4 reviews
- RØDE Australia USB microphones that are a complete chain, not a component 3 reviews
- AKG Austria The brand that publishes impedance and sensitivity 2 reviews
- PreSonus United States Desktop monitors that state where their low end stops 4 reviews
- M-Audio United States Everything in the box, including the cables nobody counts 2 reviews
- Akai Professional United States Pads first — the controllers built around beat making 4 reviews
- Blackstar United Kingdom One knob that changes the amplifier’s character 2 reviews