Clavia announces LeftWave
In a strategic move to strengthen its presence on the MI market, Clavia has today announced that it will start developing a serie of instruments aimed at the left handed musician.
Synths and workstations
Free sounds for your Korg M3
SUPER CHARGE your M3 with 512 new sounds. As an example of Korgs commitment to constantly adding to the M3s sounds and features Korg has recently created 512 additional Programs for you to download FREE, covering lots of essential sounds such as classic keyboards, guitars, basses, brass, woodwinds and more.
Gearjunkies MusikMesse Roundup
We are back from the 2008 edition of Frankfurts MusikMesse. There was plenty of interesting news to check out there, and we had gave it a day to come down to a roundup of what we thought was the best of the new gear.
And who took the cake at this years MusikMesse
9th mipa – Musikmesse International Press Award 2008
Below are the gearjunkies.com relevant categories. Read and decide for yourself if you agree with the jury of 100 magazines from all over the world who got together to vote for the best products of 2007/2008 in more than 40 categories.
Chicks and gear at the messe 2008
Gear and girls, good combination….to make a long story short: an overview:
Video of the Nord Lead anniversary model
The moment many gearjunkies were waiting for. The unveiling of that new Clavia synth. It turned out to be a special Anniversary model of the Nord Lead.
Yamaha Aannounces the MM8
In the wake of the successful MM6 Mini Mo synthesizer, Yamaha Corporation of America announces the new MM8 Music Synthesizer. Like the MM6, the MM8 features sounds from the popular Motif Series, real-time control, street-smart grooves, seemless computer integration, and adds an 88-note Graded Hammer action Yamaha keyboard.
Is color the new theme at this years Messe?
Only day 1 underway and we noticed some kind of theme this year. Maybe not that many new product innovations but some manufacturers are going colored this year.
MFB launches MFB-SYNTH 3
This week MFB will launch thier new MFB-SYNTH 3 at the Messe. MFB-SYNTH3 is the semi-modular version of MFBs Synth-II. It trades memory locations and MIDI-control off for 37 patch connectors that allow breaking and modifying the internal routing. Put single MFB-SYNTH3 components under analog sequencer control or let the whole unit interact with your existing modular-synthesizer-system.
Yamaha intros rack version of the Motif XS
Yamaha announced MOTIF-RACK XS Tone generator at this years MusikMesse. The new MOTIF-RACK XS is packed full of inspiring sounds, exciting rhythms and expressive control that spur your creativity to new heights.
New Userstudios online!
The brand new Gearjunkies Userstudios website just went online! Open your browser and navigate to http://www.gearjunkies-userstudios.com to find out about this virtual studio website.
What to expect at the MusikMesse 2008 [UPDATE]
Looking at the past WinterNAMM, there were a few products that were expected with much anticipation. A few rumours and expectations were floating around on the internet. So what to expect at the MusikMesse which will start next week. Let’s try to make a small list of the Manufacturers our Gearjunkies team definately will visit on DAY ONE of the Messe.
Clavia will announce a new product at the Messe 2008
We’ve got an invitation for a press meeting for the unveiling of a new, red product and additional information on updates of current, red products… Let the speculations begin! 🙂
Waldorf releases Blofeld Firmware V1.02
This version is a hotfix addressing bugs reported by our users. It is recommended for all users of the Blofeld. Furthermore a new soundset has been released. This soundset has better matching sound volumes. The sound selection is identical to the soundset released in January 2008. Please note that the soundset replaces all sounds in the Blofeld.
HardSID 4U a HardSID… for you
The HardSID 4U is the most powerful SID synthesizer since the legendary C64 now comes in a box and as a VSTi