It’s time to escape the keyboard rig and rock the stage. The stylish AX-Synth represents Roland’s new generation of remote keyboards, but for the first time, this one has a sound generator onboard. It’s self-contained and equipped with powerful, solo-oriented sounds from Roland’s latest, greatest synths. Strap on an AX and steal the show.
CME, a leading supplier of MIDI controller keyboards and audio interfaces and WaveIdea announce NeoSynth24, a new audio/MIDI expander available as an expansion board for CME keyboards (UF and VX series).
Open Lab announces it will release the new Gen5 series of NeKo and MiKo (portable) keyboard production stations. Based on the award-winning NeKo, the Gen5 models incorporate new features, highly sought after by today’s artists, producers and engineers.
Just only a few hours away to the opening of the Winter NAMM we came across this information that was going around on the internet ‘Rumour’ hot-spots. Native Instruments is going into Hardware? Well kinda. Of course they have their own Kore controller. Their next venture into hardware would be a ‘next-generation’ groovebox machine. Conveniently called MASCHINE.
Tomorrow NAMM 2009, the music manufacturers’ US trade show will kick off. This year will probably be more interesting then ever. With the world’s economy in a less then good shape, manufacturers will have to make extra efforts the coming year(s). Will they introduce new products or … will they hold off new gear because they wanna monitor the economy first and see where we are going with this issue?
With a sleek new look on the outside, and an arsenal of Kurzweil’s latest cutting edge chip technology under its hood, the 61-note PC361 delivers 128 voices of incredible sound quality along with a host of powerful, easy to use features. The PC361 is Kurzweil’s ultimate performance controller keyboard, with an enormous collection of stunning sounds combined with comprehensive real-time controller functions.
Musicians and sound designers for film, games and live electronic music now have a new supercomputer designed specifically for interactive sound exploration and live performance.
Muse Research has announced that they have reached an agreement with Univer Sons / Ultimate Sound Bank of Paris, France to include their USB Plugsound BOX collection of six virtual instruments with their new RECEPTOR 2 Hardware Plug-in Player.
Swooooooossshhhhh! … Yeah, you are right, that is the sound of how fast 2008 has passed us by. To us 2008 went by very fast. A year that gave us some interesting new ‘gear’. Next to the countless updates and upgrades, we want to mention just a few additions to our Gear database that deserve that little extra attention, without disgarding all those other new 2008 products. Because we LOVE all the new gear!
ARTURIA announces version 1.0.6 of the ORIGIN firmware, a free update for all registered owners.
As the year is ending (again), many manufacturers are announcing sweet offers, rebates, deals and discounts for their products. This post is a service to all our visitors. Below is a list of the ‘good deals’ we came across.
Spectralis II is the even more powerful successor of Radikals sophisticated Hybrid Synthesizer.
Not really clear if this is just a rumour or already a known fact. But even if there are no details on the Kurzweil website, we have found pictures and some information on the near arrival of a 61-keyboard version of the Kurzweil PC3. According to a Kurzweil rep, the PC361 would arrive in coming january.
Dutch Techno producer Jochem Paap AKA Speedy J has been releasing material on a variety of different labels including Warp and Planet Mu since 1992.