Casio is giving away two custom XW-G1 synthesizers, styled by design duo, Dee & Ricky Jackson. Only two units of the Limited Edition XW-G1 synthesizer were created, which feature the designer duo’s Lego block design and neon leopard print patterns. Casio is hosting the giveaway on their Facebook page through August.
Korg has announced a new promo, running through the month of July 2013. Anyone in the U.S. who buys a new Korg MicroKorg or MicroKorgXL+ virtual analog synthesizer from an authorized U.S. retailer can get a limited edition MicroKorg USB drive. Details are available at the Korg site.
This video captures a short presentation by Peter Vogel Instruments’ Graeme Renaud on the Fairlight CMI 30-A. While the focus is on the new CMI 30-A, Renaud also discusses some of the history of the Fairlight CMI and how the technology of the time affected the instruments sound.
Korg today announced the latest addition to their line of high performance Arranger Keyboards. The Pa900 provides a new palate of sounds, as well as a broad range of musical styles which cover genres from around the world. New to the Pa900 model is expanded PCM memory, user PCM, and style locations. A “robust” color… Read More Korg Announces Pa900 Performance Arranger Keyboard
The latest episode of the Power Of Electronic Music (POEM) audio podcast takes a look at Bringing The Mellotron Into The 21st Century. POEM’s Thomas Janak talks to ‘Mister Mellotron Germany’ Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock about the Mellotron and the Memotron, a ’21st century version’ of the Mellotron:
Korg All Access: Andrew Innes of Primal Scream and the MS-20 mini Analogue Synthesizer was uploaded by: KorgUSAVideos
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YAMAHA CS-5 Analog Synthesizer 1978 | HD DEMO was uploaded by: AnalogAudio1
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This video, via Verifyhuman, captures a “budget monophonic synthesizer smackdown”:
Reader Goat Monster let us know about an unofficial firmware upgrade for the classic Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 that adds a lot of features, including greater resolution for sound parameters, faster envelope generators, new LFO function generator, advanced MIDI in control and more. Here’s what the Prophet 600 firmware update offers:
Saturday Synth Porn: Moog Music has shared a collection of detailed photos of some of Bob Moog’s prototypes and development boards. The prototypes are for some of his later designs, including the Minimoog Voyager, Etherwave Pro and Little Phatty.
