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This is sort of stupidtacular - Roland has introduced the C-30 Digital Harpsichord. It’s also a sign that the technology is getting cheap and good enough to be irrelevant for a lot of types of instruments, so packaging starts making more of a difference.
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Roland’s “click action” F-scale keyboard provides an authentic harpsichord feel, while two [...]

Namm Update: Arturia unveiled version 1.0 of Origin Keyboard, a new hardware soft synth that they previewed last year.
“The Origin project has proved much more demanding and complex than we initially thought,” says Frédéric Brun, President of Arturia. “The modularity of the architecture, combined with the nature of the engine, based two TigerSHARC’s, and with [...]

The Yamaha CS-80 is considered by many to be the finest analog synthesizer ever manufactured. The CS80 was the flagship synth from Yamaha’s CS family from 1976-80.
It’s best known as the signature synth of Vangelis, but has been used by many other electronic and pop musicians.
CS80 Features

The CS80 is a 2 * 8 [...]

Start saving your money - Dave Smith Instruments has announced that it’s now shipping the new Prophet 08 monster analog synth.
The Prophet ‘08 is an eight-voice synthesizer with a 100% analog signal path. While the Prophet ’08’s overall sonic character will be familiar to anyone who knows Dave’s work from the ’70s and ’80s, [...]

 

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Korg has released Operating System Version 1.5 for the Pa800.
The new operating system includes new features and enhancements, such as dual MP3 files playback, MP3 recording, Guitar Mode, a Master EQ and direct on-screen manipulation of sliders and knobs and more.

John Bowen Synth Design has introduced the Solaris keyboard synthesizer.
Bowen is best known for his work on pioneering keyboard synthesizers at Sequential Circuits, but he’s also been very active creating software synths.
“While I certainly enjoyed many good years at Sequential Circuits, working as an independent plug-in developer for the Scope platform over the last 7 [...]

Custom Synth, a UK service from Jeff Toman that offers restoration and renovation of classic gear. They can give worn gear a “face lift”, or hot rod it with new end cheeks, front panels and decals.
Yes - that’s a Roland MC909 with wood end panels in the photo, right. They provide replacement wood parts for [...]

 
At the recent 2007 NAMM Expo, Roland introduced their new “flagship” V-Synth GT Synthesizer. The GT combines the V-Synth’s Elastic Audio Synthesis engine with Articulative Phrase Synthesis technology and never-before-heard sounds in a rugged, road-ready chassis.
By integrating a new dual core V-Synth engine, the V-Synth GT can combine Elastic Audio Synthesis, Vocal Designer Technology and [...]

At the recent 2007 NAMM Expo, Roland announced an Oriental-themed keyboard, the EXR-46 Oriental Arranger.
The EXR-46 OR offers dozens of authentic sounds, drum kits, and phrase samples from a wide range of Arabian Gulf-region countries. In addition, authentic Music Styles have been preprogrammed into the EXR-46 OR, making it easy to create song arrangements.
The [...]

Hyundai has appointed artificial intelligence guru Ray Kurzweil as Chief Strategy Officer of Kurzweil Music Systems. Kurzweil Music Systems helped pioneer sample-based keyboard technology, but has struggled to keep up with larger keyboard manufacturers in recent years.
Hyundai, one of the world’s largest corporations, plans to work with Ray Kurzweil to “build Kurzweil Music Systems into [...]