The surface plug and play gloss of MIDI hides an arcane world, where only the braver amongst us dare to tread. But sometimes, it could be worth manning up and peering into the dark abyss beneath, especially right now as Serato have unleashed ITCH 2, complete with the SP-6 sample player, but no MIDI. So you can operate it via the keyboard but wouldn't it be nicer to do it via a controller? Well thanks to Bome's MIDI Translator, you can. Jared Helfer holds my hand through the basics and then lets me run free to fill in the blanks.