Synthtopia and Roland Clan have the scoop of the new Jupiter-80 that Roland will announce on the upcomming MusikMesse. We, from Gearjunkies, did know the name and that it will be a VA synth, but we did not find any photos, … until NOW!
At first glance, Ziggybox looks like an everyday item for smokers, which one could easily find in a living room. However, it is a synthesizer that generates and modulates sounds by placing cigarettes in the notch of an ashtray or by opening a box of cigarettes.
With the VSR-3 – vintage spring reverb and the Retroverb Lancet Vermona will show two new spring reverb units at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt next week.
Access Music released a public beta version of OS 4.5 for the entire Virus TI series including the Virus TI Snow. TIOS 4.5 brings several new types of chorus effect to the Virus TI series, ranging from faithful models of renowned vintage chorus and tremolo effects, to the brand new Hyper Chorus. It also adds a authentic rotary speaker simulation and several new mod matrix sources have been implemented.
Moog Music engineers carrying on the legacy of visionary founder, Robert Moog have announced the first major technical Theremin design advance in over 40 years. The PolyTheremin incorporates bleeding edge Iso Directional Inductive Oscillator Technology, to isolate space around five individual pitch antennas thus enabling each to be played simultaneously (finger-by-finger) without interference from it’s companion antennas. This revolutionary concept breaks the long held belief that the Theremin could only be monophonic instrument.
The trend that the iPad set last year is undoubtedly not slowing down. The iPad will become more and more a musical tool in the studio and beyond. Last year we saw some synths being recreated for the iPad by Korg for example. Just a few days ago we were sent a picture of another ‘famous’ synth being ‘recreated’ as an app. Is Novation taking the plunge in the app market with a V-Station (HD) app? It seems legit as the V-Station was the VSTi version of their hardware K-Station. So with the popularity of the iPad as an instrument (and the improved midi capabilities) it makes sense that the V-Station would be the synth to recreate as an app.
M-Audio, part of the AVID company, is a brand we all know from their MIDI controllers and keyboards and audio interfaces (amongst many more products). So it was a big surprise when M-Audio started teasing us with something that looked like a synthesizer. And, at this years NAMM, there it was, the 12-voice Venom VA synthesizer from M-Audio.Time to get it in the studio and try this baby out.
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Roland has posted a video on their RolandConnect website as a teaser for the coming MusikMesse early april. And that’s about it. A teaser. In true Roland style they don’t say anything more, to give us some clue of what to expect. But as Roland is most famous of their keyboard instruments (synths), the general expectation is that Roland is giving new life to one of their classic synths. Just like they have done with the SH and Juno models.
MFB’s step-sequencer URZWERG PRO is the extended version of their URZWERG. This advanced version has been inspired by feature requests and suggestions of many users to ensure better flexibility than ever. Most prominently, URZWERG PRO now offers output of MIDI-notes and -controllers as well as 32 individual step LEDs to keep track of the sequences’ status.
Native Instruments have released the first ‘signs’ of a new instrument on Youtube. The new VSTi RAZOR is a collaboration with Errorsmith, a Berlin based electronic musician. Backed by his studies of communication and computer science errorsmith builds his own instruments using a modular software synthesizer. Now, together with Native Instruments they have developed RAZOR.
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Vermona is currently hard at work on the final development of their new synthesizer. This synth will be unveiled at the coming MusikMesse in Frankfurt next month.
On his website, Maxi Jazz announces the end of the legendary Faithless.