http://www.vimeo.com/2245060 Open Labs put together this nice introduction to the NEKO keyboard workstation. If you get the chance, check these out in person. They combine the best of PCs with a custom keyboard rig. Details at the OL site.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msaf7DuLI7U This video captures a modular synth rave jam, using the Synthesizers.com modular synth. Everything you hear is from the Dotcom and the delay is processed by a Korg Radias.
The video adds nothing, but it captures a nice switched-on version of Bach’s Two Part Invention #13. Multi-track recorded, all sounds from a Synthesizers.com modular synthesizer. Ten individual tracks are used. Only bit of delay and reverb added, no other FX. via thalassa
Red Martian posted this demo video of the Syntar, an extremely rare keytar designed in the late 70s by George Mattson. “I wanted to post a simple piece first and then later go into much further detail about what the Syntar can do that most mono-synths cannot and why it blows all other ‘keytars’ away.” Mattson’s company,… Read More Is This The Best Keytar In The World?
Moog Music is offering a free CP-251 Control Processor (normally $399) with the purchase of any Minimoog Voyager, Old School or Little Phatty synthesizer from an authorized Moog dealer through December 31, 2008, This is an awesome freebie – it basically turns your synth into a modular synthesizer. Based on Control Voltage technology, The CP-251 expands the sonic… Read More Moog Music Offers Awesome Freebie With New Moog Synth Purchases
Nord has announced the next generation Electro – the Nord Electro 3. Key new features of the Electro 3 include a new organ section, a new piano section, new effects and a cool new feature that allows the Electro 3 to use any samples from the Nord Wave library.
In May, we featured Analogue Solutions‘ prototype for a new monosynth keyboard. Now it’s more than just a prototype; Analogue Solutions has introduced the Leipzig-k, a keyboard version of their Leipzig monosynth. Here’s a demo of the Leipzig-K in action: [display_podcast] Features : Pure analogue voice circuitry Fat Moog style filter Velocity sensitive keyboard CV/Gate… Read More Analogue Solutions Intros A New Analog Synthesizer
MusicThing’s Tom Whitwell has posted his first impressions of the Arturia Origin synthesizer, and it’s not pretty: The Origin has crossed that line – it’s not a hardware synth, it’s a computer in a box covered in knobs. The trouble starts when you turn it on, after first plugging it in, using the OEM external… Read More Tom Whitwell Just Killed The Arturia Origin’s Buzz
RetroSound demos the Roland Juno-60 Analog Synthesizer, including demos of various filter and envelope settings, PWM, VCF and DCO Modulation and more; Juno-60 arpeggiator triggered by the Roland TR-606; drums: Roland TR-606.
audiomidicom’s preview of the prototype of the Waldorf Blofeld keyboard synthesizer. The keyboard version adds 60MB of user sample memory (accessed via USB) and a solid semi-weighted keyboard. The Waldorf Blofeld is scheduled for release this December.
