Timbaland Open

Open Labs' MiKo

If you've ever wished you could stuff your computer- based workstation into a keyboard controller and take it anywhere, you should check out Open Labs. Their latest product, the MiKo combines a screaming fast Window's compatible PC with a 15" touch-screen, a built-in 37-note semi-weighted keyboard controller, audio I/O, a built-in DVD burner, and more. It can run leading Windows recording, effects and instrument software and can play back up to 300 notes of polyphony. Generic MiKos seem powerful enough, but Open Labs also offers some special editions, including the Timbaland Special Edition, boasting an all white chassis and loaded with sounds and instruments selected by the producer himself. Openlabs.com.