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TerraTec Producer’s Expandable Controller Keyboard AREA 61 will be available in spring this year.
AREA 61 is an expandable keyboard system for studio and live musicians. It offers freely selectable, integrated sound generators (f.e. KOMPLEXER DSP soundboard) that may also serve as a central control unit for all software sequencers and virtual instruments in computer based [...]

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 [...]

Native Instruments‘ Massive 1.1 is now available, featuring 140 new sounds, virtual-analog oscillator modes, an Acid Filter and a Hardclipper Effect, adding “even more beef to the already enormous sound spectrum of Massive”.
Registered Massive customers receive the update for free. For everyone else a new demo version for Mac and PC is available for download.
New [...]

Forget analog or digital - vanilla or chocolate?
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Apple has patented (#7,176,374) a music synthesizer and a method of generating a synthesizer output with a constant beat.
In a nutshell, the patent covers a design that lets two oscillators be synced with a Hz difference that is constant across the range of the keyboard. If you tune (detune) the oscillators to be 6 Hz [...]

2007 Winter NAMM Show: Yamaha expanded their top line of synthesizer workstation line with the new Motif XS, featuring new sounds and new creative tools in a redesigned, intuitive user interface.
The Motif XS includes new Xpanded Articulation sounds featuring 355 MB of wave ROM to inspire creativity, while Performance Recording with four intelligent arpeggiators and [...]

 
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 [...]

2007 Winter NAMM Show: Yamaha introduced a new portable synthesizer featuring sounds from the popular Motif Series, real-time control, street-smart grooves and computer integration in a portable 61-note keyboard.
The MM6 synthesizer not only features sounds from the Motif, but the quick edit knobs and arpeggios to control them. You can jam over the top [...]