Five mystery musicians, each a celebrated cutting-edge performer in their own right, join forces for a world premiere performance at Sónar by Day. Well-known as individuals, this is a rare chance to see five top artists collaborate and create for the first time – ‘Mostly Robot‘ is set to deliver the most unique event of the Sónar program.
MusikMesse is over again. And again, the show was enlightened with the first rays of summer-like sunshine of the year. There must be some karma going on. After strolling around, we have made up out minds, and here is the roundup of what Gearjunkies thought was the coolest gear of MusikMesse in our traditional roundup. Categorized by our classic gear organization categories.
Nothing more to say then two Dave Smith Tempest drumcomputers and two Teenage Engineering OP-1 (sampler) synths going forwards together under the leading expertise of Edison and Anon Day. Enjoy!
For the 13th time, more than 100 magazines(!) from all over the world voted for the best musical instruments and audio equipment of 2011/2012 in more than 40 categories of the mipa Musikmesse International Press Award.
Here’s the second chapter in an overview of the MusikMesse show in Frankfurt. Walking and taking around, there are some more pictures with stories.
Novation is pleased to announce the launch of the Daniel Fisher Soundpack (Vol. 2), the second installment of sounds made especially for UltraNova by one of the industry’s most talented sound designers.
Yet another child of this analog renaissance come to light as Studio Electronics presents their new discrete analog desktop synth today. With a choice of four flavor this knobtwister will compete with synths like the little phatty and minibrute.
There is a small booth at MusikMesse where Eowave showed the Magma. This little synth is not just a cool synthesizer, but the designer has spent quite some time to listen to how users would want to use the Magma. The result is a new analog groovebox that is ready to perform on.
Veteran synthesizer designer Tom Oberheim announced a new type of synthesizer just today. This may sound as an Apple spoof but this new Tom Oberheim 2-voice is similar to the original from 1975, but with some very interesting upgrades.
The MAGMA is an analogue bassline synthesizer inspired by classical synths from the 1980s. It offers the possibility to mix 4 different waveforms (saw, square, sub, noise). The 24 dB low-pass filter is also inspired from classical filters from the 80s.
Since the launch of the JUPITER-80, many professional keyboard players and producers have praised its expressive SuperNATURAL sounds and live-performance capability. With the Version 2 software update, the JUPITER-80 offers new features that enhance its already formidable synthesis power, and provides more flexibility and creativity for musicians designing their own sounds.
We have arrived at MusikMesse, and here’s an overview of our first impressions of what we have seen. Lots of Messe novelties, but also a lot of gear that was introduced at NAMM and is shown for the first time here. Before we go in depth, here’s our report of scratching the surface.
With its unprecedented fusion of synthesis and acoustic instruments, the new-generation Roland JUPITER has changed the way we play, react to, and feel a keyboard. By combining the supreme expression of the JUPITER-80 with the portability of the JUNO series, the new JUPITER-50 brings SuperNATURAL sound and pro performance to every stage and studio.
Before the MusikMesse started, Propellerheads decided to invite the press that was already in Frankfurt to visit MusikMesse, to their own little press event. There was some speculation of something mobile, something rack, something, well, read on for more 😉
The latest Soundpack in the series of free sounds made exclusively for Novation’s UltraNova synthesizer is from renowned sound designer Daniel Fisher. The Daniel Fisher Soundpack (Vol. 1) for UltraNova is free for all UltraNova users and it comprises 30 sounds by one of the industry’s most talented sound designers. This is the first in a series of four soundpacks, which will be released throughout early 2012.