Kenton

Analog Sweden has announced a group buy for a Yamaha CS70m Kenton MIDI Retrofit:

What
You now have the opportunity to get a Yamaha CS70m Midi retrofit by Kenton Electronics UK. It will be a redesign of the Kenton kit that was discontinued due to parts availability quite some years ago.

Scroll down to the end of the document to read the specifications.

How
This is a group buy, which means that we need at least 10 prepaid orders to start the production. Production and distribution will be approx 8 weeks.

Price
349 UK pounds + VAT which needs to be paid in advance to Analog Sweden. If we don’t reach 10 prepaid orders by the 1st of October 2009, your money will be promptly returned. Shipping cost not included.

Ordering & Questions
Use the contact form here

Deadline
October 1, 2009

Installation
The kits are not intended for installation by the end user. They should always be fitted by an experienced synth engineer. The kits are built and tested before dispatch. DIY-kit NOT available. Analog Sweden can do the installation.

Background
We at Analog Sweden have had a few enquiries about CS70m retrofits, so we got in touch with Kenton to investigate the possibilites for a new production run. Kenton wanted to have a group order to start the production, and here we go.

Kenton Electronics has introduced the USB Solo – a MIDI to CV converter for analog synthesizers. The USB SOLO replaces their 14 year old MIDI to CV converter, the Pro Solo.

The Kenton USB Solo is available now for £130. Details below.

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Korg Sigma synthesizer with a Kenton Pro-Solo.

According to synth historian Gordan Reid:

When Korg released the Sigma its design and a handful of its facilities put older preset monosynths to shame.

It was heavily endorsed by Rick Wakeman (who at one time replaced his Minimoogs with four of them) and also used by Keith Emerson.

Yet it never caught on, and within a few years had vanished. And that’s a pity because the range of possibilities contained within its weird architecture was huge.

Nowadays, its resale value can be very low, but who knows… if a bit more fuss had been made of the original rather than focusing on its limitations, there might have been a Mark II, and that could have been a very weird and wonderful synthesiser indeed.

via ikworgek

Kenton has added to their unique range of studio solutions with the Merge 4, a 4-way MIDI merge box.

Operation of the Merge 4 doesn’t get more straightforward — take four opto-isolated MIDI Ins, merge the four streams of data and deliver the combined results to two MIDI Outs (both carry identical MIDI data). Once you’ve set it up and plugged in (using the supplied power supply) you can forget that it’s even there. The Merge 4 is ideal for anyone wanting to combine several MIDI sources without using a computer.

Features:

• 4 x MIDI In
• 2 x MIDI OUT (both carry identical MIDI data)
• Merges all MIDI data — including SysEx and Clock
• DC power input jack 2.1mm (centre +ve)
• Power indicator light
• 9V unregulated power supply included (UK, EU and USA types available)
• We automatically ship the correct power supply for the destination country.
• Housed in a metal box so it can withstand the knocks.
• Finished in brushed aluminium with black screen print
• Powered from a mains adaptor (wall wart), so simply fit and forget.
• Dimensions: 110 x 80 x 35mm.
• Weight: 700g (including power supply)
• Price: £74.97 (inc VAT)