Experimental Synth’s Chris Stack sent this video our way from his recent Synth Party. Sadly, we weren’t invited – but it does look like it was quite the soiree, with Korg, Moog & Yamaha in attendance. Stack adds, “If it’s not fun, it’s not music.”
The Casio VL-1 vs the Teenage Engineering OP-1 – “A photo that pretty much had to be made.” Image via Maggie Osterberg & the Synthtopia Flickr Group.
Have you weighed in on the hottest new synth of Musikmesse 2011 yet? It was actually a pretty good year for hardware synths. Korg introduced a new synth + sequencer combination, the Korg Monotribe. Roland introduced the massive Jupiter 80 synthesizer. Yamaha introduced the budget-minded Mox 6 & 8 keyboards. Nord came through with the Electro 3… Read More Vote For The Hottest New Synth Of Musikmesse 2011!
JUPITER-80 Synthesizer Workshop in Musikmesse 2011 was uploaded by: RolandChannel
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Oberheim OB-X Analog Synthesizer “Memories” was uploaded by: retrosound72
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Palle Dahlstedt was uploaded by: dannefors1966
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ALESIS ANDROMEDA A6?DEMO? was uploaded by: DIGITALSCREAMS
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Synth designer John Bowen has announced that his Solaris keyboard synthesizer is now shipping. The general concept behind the Solaris synthesizer is to implement something like a giant wall-sized modular system entirely in software, where you can select among several completely different types of oscillators and filters. The Solaris offers up to four oscillators, four… Read More John Bowen Solaris Now Shipping
Musikmesse 2011 has come and gone. And, while Synthtopia readers have enjoyed debating the pros and cons of each introduction, it was actually a pretty good year for hardware synths. Korg introduced a new synth + sequencer combination, the Korg Monotribe. Roland introduced the massive Jupiter 80 synthesizer. Yamaha introduced the budget-minded Mox 6 &… Read More What’s The Hottest New Hardware Synth Introduced At Musikmesse 2011?
Sunday Synth Jam: Here’s a nice synth demo + jam, via Kebu in the electronic music forum, Requiem For A Dream. He comments: I took some time to learn a bit more about programming my Roland D50, so I made a tune using only the D50 and its built in effects. The song was programmed/performed… Read More Roland D-50 Synth Jam
