Today the quite visual Launchpad audio contoller from Novation was released. It is customised for the use with Ableton Live and got a certain sci-fi feel. I totally like that music-controllers are getting more and more abstract, distracting the line between making music and playing a game. Read some first hands-on impressions at the Create Digital Music blog.
Grid – Matrix and audio you say? There are more things like this around lately. Check out ToneMatrix, Monome, Inudge or Tenori-On.