Not real ones of course. This is Vintage Synth Trumps, a deadly serious card game for vintage synth enthusiasts featuring 52 classic instruments. Test your knowledge and settle those arguments once and for all with the synth-spotter’s equivalent
of arm-wrestling.
Karma Lab has KARMA Triton 1.3 released, with full support for the TRITON Extreme. Free updates for registered owners of KT and KARMA MW. The main new feature is that KARMA Triton 1.3 includes full support for the Korg Triton EXTREME. KARMA Triton now works with all Korg Triton models, including the Classic 61, Pro 76, ProX 88, Studio 61/76/88, Extreme 61/76/88, LE 61/76/88, and the Triton Rack. In addition, numerous performance enhancements have been incorporated into both versions.
Yamaha are delighted to announce the launch of the new MOTIF-RACK ES, this
Exclusive Sexy product will be revealing all at the Winter NAMM Show 2005.
This gigantic, expandable tone module with its slim, lightweight design will fit
into any universal rack or even your rucksack! Thus easing the logistics of moving
these fat sounds around.
he wait is over! – “and it was worth waiting for” – so says Hartmann managing director Stefan Rapp. “Many people may think, that the VS is nothing but a downgrade version of the Neuron hardware synthesizer. Let me tell you – this is simply not the truth!”
Moog Music has announced a contest to give away the last Anniversary Edition Minimoog Voyager produced in 2004, the year of inventor Bob Moog’s 50th anniversary in music. One lucky Moog fan will be selected on January 23rd at the 2005 NAMM show in Anaheim CA. The winner will have the opportunity to pick up their new Voyager at Moog’s booth, number 6016 on the show floor, or have it shipped.
MACHINEDRUM OS UPGRADE – The best just got better!
Users of Elektrons Machinedrum synthesizer and arranger can now enjoy an overall feature boost. Elektron offers an upgrade to the new OS1.20. The OS is now available from the Elektron Machinedrum webpage free of charge for all current users.
This update adds an additional 117 Preset Patches, 118 Preset Patterns, 17 Preset Rhythm Kits and 9 Preset Samples. This update also adds several new features including the Sample Machine Gun function.
Sunday november 14th we were present with our very own stand at the Dj Expo, held in the Auditorium of the Eindhoven University. An expo showcasing all the latest Dj gear and electronic music production gear (Hard- and Software). It started at an very early hour to built the stand and getting everything set up for the opening at 09.30 am. For entertainment we had set up a three turntable Dj setup. Over the whole of the day we had invited around 15 Dj’s to do 30 minutes sets, which we broadcasted live on the internet.
With more than 3,500 musical artists endorsing its products, Yamaha Corporation of America boasts one of the largest artist rosters in the industry. To showcase those valued relationships, Yamaha has launched a new section on its Website devoted to its affiliated artists.
Access Music is excited to announce the new VIRUS Total Integration (TI) Line of synthesizers, leading the world in a completely new direction with musical instrument and pro-audio convergence. TOTAL INTEGRATION uses innovative technology to greatly expand the VIRUS Synthesizer, resulting in an advanced stage/standalone instrument, while simultaneously extending the product capabilities with a suite of compelling studio integration features.
Demonstrating its commitment to worldwide customer support, Roland Corporation US has now made product manuals available online. From Quick Start Guides, to Owners Manuals and Applications references www.RolandUS.com now offers it all.
We understand how important it is to have this information readily available to our customers, said Roland Director of Product Management and Marketing. Hopefully, due to the intuitive nature of our products, most of our customers will never even have to consult their product manuals—but for those who do, the resources are just a few keystrokes away.
Effective immediately Roland Corp. US will offer online manuals for the current Roland product line. The company intends to post manuals for legacy product in the near future.
Roland is proud to announce that the
Fantom-Xa is now shipping. Roland’s Fantom-X series has redefined the
cutting-edge of sample-based workstation technology. For musicians who want the famous sound and power of a new-generation Fantom, but desire a more cost-effective way to Fantomize their rigs, Roland proudly announces the Fantom-Xa — a multifaceted sampling workstation with an affordable price tag!
Roland proudly announces it is now shipping the Juno-D — the most competitively priced and full-featured synthesizer in its class. Hundreds of radio-ready sounds are packed into the Juno-D’s jet-black metal chassis, along with a world-class array of expressive multi-effects, realtime performance controllers, and tools for groove creation and composition.
Roland is now shipping the DR-880, a rhythm-programming powerhouse that’s loaded with world-class drum, percussion, and bass sounds from Roland’s famous SRX library. It also includes a stunning collection of original waveforms. From rich, sparkling studio drums and deep-dish electronic kits to standard and exotic percussion instruments, the DR-880’s sounds can be played and programmed as is, or customized with powerful tools such as independent compressors and EQs for the kick and snare, and a compressor and selection of COSM amp models for the bass.
Only three months have passed since Focusrite’s acquisition of Novation, yet so many improvements to Novation have already been made; Fantastic news for the thousands of Novation customers, present and future, worldwide. Not only have unit prices been reduced across the board, including the latest addition to the family, the fabulous X-Station, but the now expanded Research and Development team are also busy working on updates, software giveaways and new product development.