At Musikmesse 2015, Roland introduced the System-500, an all-new, fully analog modular synthesizer system, produced in colloboration with modular manufacturer Malekko, that’s compatible with Eurorack systems. The Roland System 500 Eurorack modules are now available. Here are the details:
Developer Eric Pitra let us know about an interesting new instrument that he’s created for real-time performance with cassette tape. The HC-TT Human Controlled Tape Transport is a compact cassette manipulation device that lets you play a cassette tape with your hand, similar to how you scratch a vinyl record. Sound is only produced while your hand is… Read More The HC-TT Human Controlled Tape Transport Is Like The Love Child Of Turntablism + Musique Concrète
Yamaha has launched Soundmondo – a new website for Yamaha keyboard owners to share and find synth patches. Initially, Soundmondo supports the recently introduced Yamaha Reface line of mini keyboards. ‘Soundmondo is social sound-sharing for synthesizers,’ says Nate Tschetter, marketing manager, Music Production, Yamaha Corporation of America. ‘Back in the day, synthesizers had patch sheets where… Read More Yamaha Debuts Soundmondo, A ‘Social Sound-Sharing’ Site For Synths
https://www.instagram.com/p/BASC-t1LM3T/ It looks like a new polyphonic analog synth will be making its debut at the 2016 NAMM Show – the Korg Minilogue. Unofficial images leaked out on Friday, via multiple sources, of the Korg Minilogue synth – an as-yet to be announced keyboard.
Organizers have announced that tickets are now available for ContinuuCon, the first Continuum Fingerboard conference.
Rossum Electro-Music share this teaser image today for their new Evolution synthesizer.
Misa Digital recently introduced the NSC-32 Note Sequence Controller (NCS), ‘a new type of electronic musical instrument’ designed to let you manipulate and cue electronic music sequences live. Now they’ve shared a series of videos that takes an in-depth look at what the NCS-32 can do and offers a comprehensive guide to using the new Note… Read More A Video Guide To The Misa NSC-32 Note Sequence Controller
Developer Alexandernaut (Arpeggionome, Fugue Machiune) has released Link to MIDI – a free iOS app that lets you use Ableton Link to sync MIDI Clock on hardware MIDI devices. Link to MIDI connects Ableton Link to musical devices that support MIDI Clock Sync. Simply join a Link session, connect your MIDI device, and that’s it. Your MIDI device is… Read More LINK to MIDI Delivers ‘Incredibly Stable’ MIDI Clock
Could AKAI be bringing back the AX analog synthesizer? On AKAI’s Facebook page, they shared a user demo of the AKAI AX73 6-voice analog synthesizer, with this note:
This video, via Red Bull Music Academy, captures a discussion by Jean-Michel Jarre & Laurie Anderson at RBMA Paris.
