Keyboard Synthesizers

Trash Audio has posted another video from NAMM that looks at the Doepfer modular synthesizer:

The iAno is - you guessed it - a virtual piano for the iPhone.
This is available now as a free download for jailbroken iPhones. Let’s hope that when Apple officially opens up the iPhone to developers that they let everybody get at this sort of delightful weirdness.
Features

A complete four octave keyboard.
Multi-touch. Up to 5 [...]

Open Labs has introduced a companion to the Timbaland Special Edition MiKo.
The Timbaland Special Edition NeKo, an all-in-one production studio powered by Windows XP, is capable of running virtually any Windows XP compatible software including a variety of DAW software, virtual instruments (VSTi), virtual effects (VST) and other music applications.
“Timbaland wanted the ability to work [...]

Mitchell Sigman, keyboardist with Berlin, gives a great introduction to the Synthesizers.com modular system from his North Hollywood studio.
Big knobs are where it’s at!
via Tara

This cheesetastic video shows Michael Iceberg, the guy that performed spacey music at Disney for years, in a classic performance on the tonight show.
via Matrix

Found on YouTube - a device described as a wacky organ synth drum machine thing.
What would you call it?

Remember when I noted Roland’s V-Accordion as one of the the NAMM Show highlights?
You probably were wondering WHO would do WHAT with a MIDI accordion. Here you go:
Uwe Steger presents his extensions for the Roland V-Accordion.
via MusicThing

The 2008 NAMM Show wasn’t a great year for new synth and electronic music gear……but it was a good year.
We’ve already mentioned tons of great new gear that we saw at NAMM in the last couple of weeks, but, following in the footsteps of last year’s modular analog synthgasm, here are our picks for 2008’s [...]

At the 2008 Winter NAMM Show, synth goddess and Analog Suicider Tara Busch caught up with Dieter Doepfer and talked to him about what was new with the Doepfer modular synth line.

Trash Audio interviewed Doepfer Synthesizer’s Dieter Doepfer at the 2008 NAMM Show, and talked to him about his background/life/history.

Marc Doty introduces what looks like it will be a really well done set of videos on the ARP 2600.

Winter NAMM Show Update: Roland intro’d the ARX-01 and ARX-02 expansion boards for the new Fantom-G series. Each ARX board is a synth in itself.
The ARX-01 Drums Expansion Board offers complete control of the elements of each drum, such as shell depth and muffling. Once each drum is crafted, you can further refine it with [...]

NAMM Show Update: Korg’s new Pa500 uses the same EDS (Enhanced Definition Synthesis) sound engine that powers the Korg M3 workstation, Pa800 and the new Pa2XPro.
For the songwriter, the Pa500 features both traditional “workstation” sequencing, as well as Korg’s time-saving Backing Sequencer that can record each Style part to its own track in a single [...]

Winter NAMM Show Update: Korg introduced special edition versions of its X50 and microKORG synths.
The body of the Limited Edition X50 (X50-CF) is covered in a camouflage finish, and the Limited Edition microKORG (microKORG-BK) features vintage-style, reverse-color keys (the black and white colors are reversed). Both keyboards provide the same functions and features as their [...]

At the 2008 Winter NammShow, Korg introduced the Pa2X Pro, a $4600.00 keyboard workstation that uses the same EDS (Enhanced Definition Synthesis) sound engine that powers the Korg M3 workstation, Pa800 and the new Pa500.
Also included are a motorized/tilting full-color TouchView display (with contextual Help screens in seven languages) and a set of assignable sliders [...]