2008 NAMM Show: Roland announced the new E-09W interactive arranger. The popular E-09 boasts 870 sounds, 70 drum kits, interactive music style including Western, Middle Eastern and Asian, and, 47 Multi-FX, 64-voice polyphony and more. Roland equipped the board with a built-in 16-track recorder for capturing and developing musical idea.An Easy Mode provides quick, friendly… Read More 2008 NAMM Show: Roland E-09W Interactive Arranger
Open Labs decided to make their Winter Product Release virtually this year, instead of at the 2008 Winter NAMM Show. “We have had great success using the world-wide web and wanted to give back to the virtual community by allowing them unprecedented access to our products, staff and artists,” said Victor Wong, Founder and Chairman… Read More OpenLabs Blows Off The NAMM Show
Clavia has released the Nord Wave Manager, an application that allows Nord Wave users to create Sample Instruments from any standard audio file and download these to the Nord Wave synthesizer through its USB interface. Highlights: Creates mono or stereo samples from an audio file (.wav format) Easy to map samples across a keyboard range… Read More Clavia Releases Nord Wave Manager
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At the 2008 Winter NAMM show, Moog introduced the Minimoog Voyager Old School, an back-to-the-basics analog synth based upon their famous Voyager. The Old School will feature a streamlined interface for a more authentic experience. The Old School features an enhanced modulation selection and a slightly altered knob configuration, and unlike the Minimoog Voyager, there… Read More NAMM Show: Moog Minimoog Voyager Old-School
ESI Audio has announced that the K.ON expandable controller is now shipping. K.ON has with 88 hammer action keys and a total of 4 expansion slots, compatible with existing synthesizer modules from other vendors and with forthcoming expansions from ESI. One of the expansion slots is occupied by the standard I/O board featuring support to… Read More ESI Audio Shipping K.ON Expandable Control Keyboard
Access is introducing OS Version 2.7 for Virus TI at the 2008 Winter NAMM Show. The new OS version includes a new control centre application for Apple Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows XP and Vista. Using the stand alone application users can overwrite the ROM patches of their Viruses with their own sounds and… Read More NAMM Show: Access Music Intros OS Version 2.7 For Virus TI Platform
At the 2008 NAMM Show in Anaheim, Doepfer will be introducing its latest analog synth goodies. Here’s a preview of what they’ll be announcing. A-100 CV/Gate Keyboard (A-100CGK) A monophonic analog keyboard with these outputs: CV, gate, velocity, after touch. The first use of the keyboard is to control the A-100 modular but as the… Read More Namm Show Preview From Doepfer Syntheser
The Yamaha CS-80 is considered by many to be the finest analog synthesizer ever manufactured. The CS80 was the flagship synth from Yamaha’s CS family from 1976-80. It’s best known as the signature synth of Vangelis, but has been used by many other electronic and pop musicians. CS80 Features The CS80 is a 2 *… Read More Yamaha CS-80 Resources
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXJJ2Ek4bmQ The Vako Orchestron is an old-school style optical competitor to the Mellotron. The Orchestron, which was adapted from the Mattel Optigan, was introduced in 1975 by Dave Van Koevering. It was intended to be a competitor to the Mellotron, but it never really took off. More information about the Orchestron and related instruments is… Read More Vako Orchestron Optical Disc Sampler
