Under the title Kore Days World Tour, Native Instruments has initiated a tour at local distributors World Wide. The KORE Days kick off from May 8th at NIs top dealers worldwide. Each participating store will host an event in which KORE will be presented in detail by selected product specialists. All aspects of KORE will be covered, from creating new sounds and using the Sound Browser to using KORE in a sequencer or live on stage.
At first, it looked like a hoax, but Waldorf seems to be back.
Roland is proud to announce they are now offering TR-505, TR-707 and TR-737 vintage synth sound sets for a limited time. Achieving popularity in the 80s, the Roland TR series became the workhorse product for anyone wanting a play-along drum machine.
On there website is a tekst thats tells us that Waldorf is getting back to the main stage.
So what was new at the MusikMesse of this year? It must be said that this edition of the MusikMesse didn’t introduce as many new gear as the 2005 edition did. The only product that really ‘took the cake’ was undoubtedly the new Moog. For weeks and months there was the buzz on the internet what Moog would come with, … the Little Phatty. It was the last product the late and great Boob Moog worked on.
Next to the Phatty there was the new KORE from Native Instruments. Again with an extensive pre-Messe publicity coverage, the Kore got unveiled at the MusikMesse after being announced at the WinterNAMM earlier this year in Anaheim, USA.
The list below covers just a small selection of the gear that we think were the most interesting, and stood out the most.
The Persephone is a fingerboard analogue synthesizer with CV and MIDI in and out. At the first sight, the Persephone reminds of the first electronic fingerboard instruments developed in the 1920s.
Behringer announced at Messe 2006 the addition of two digital pianos to its Eurogrand series.
TerraTec Producer announced a unique keyboard at the Frankfurt Musikmesse – AREA 61. AREA 61 is an expandable keyboard system for studio and gigging musicians. It is a genuine musical instrument with freely selectable, integrated sound generators (optionally available DSP soundboards) that may also serve as a central control unit for all software sequencers and virtual instruments in computer-based music studios. So in fact it is not just a midi keyboard controller, but much more.
We just got them in. Our pictures live from the Messe floor. Interesting, cool, but also touching. See for yourself in the first picture!
Small but stout, that’s what the Little Phatty is all about! We are so proud of this product we can’t help but shout exultations. We hope you will feel the same.
Debuting at the Musikmesse, the new Prodyssey ASB synthesizer is the latest arrival to CreamWares ASB family of desktop synthesizers.
MBF announces on there website two new products: the Step64, a 64 staps sequencer and a new filter the MultiFilter.
sing any Din Sync Sequencer or Drum Machine as a slave device to hardware or software generated Midi Clock requires the use of a Midi Clock to Din Sync converter.
Attention Ableton Live users! The Novation ReMOTE SL keyboard has just been updated to become the ultimate hardware controller for Live 5! And with this free software update comes complete compatibility for Cubase and Logic users too.
On March 29th, 2006, in Frankfurt, Germany, Moog Music will unveil our newest analog synthesizer. We are incredibly excited to bring this product to you, as it was Bob’s vision to bring this product to market.