Here are a couple of rumors for Musikmesse 2013. While Korg has not made any Musikmesse announcements, at this point, the above image seems to show a set of micro groove boxes. Could they be new members of the Monotribe line? Or something completely new? If the Korg ‘Microgroove’ line looks interesting, how about the… Read More Musikmesse 2013 Rumors – Are These New Korg Synths Too Awesome To Be Real?
Musikmesse 2013: Swedish synthmaker Nord today introduced its new ultra lightweight Hammer Action Portable Nord Piano 2 HP, in advance of this week’s Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany. The Nord Piano 2 HP lets you play, split and layer sounds from both the Nord Piano Library and the Nord Sample Library and features a versatile effects… Read More Nord Intros New Hammer-action Portable Nord Piano 2 HP
Musikmesse 2013: Startup instrument maker Dualo is introducing a new musical instrument with a unique keyboard layout, the du-touch ß. The instrument features dual hexagonal keyboards, designed to more closely reflect the actual relationships between pitches. According to the dualo principle, the notes of a scale are arranged alternatively on both hands. For example, in,… Read More Dualo Intros du-touch ß Keyboard
Musikmesse 2013: Nord today introduced the Nord Lead 4 – a 4-part multi-timbral synthesizer sporting a brand new 2-oscillator virtual analog sound engine with 2x oversampling In addition to classic analog waveforms, there’s a Wavetable mode with new Formant Wavetables. Frequency Modulation and Hard/Soft sync options are available for mutilating your sound further and the… Read More Nord Lead 4 Debuts At Musikmesse
Nord is announcing several new instruments this week at the Frankfurt Musikmesse (April 10-13th), including the Nord Drum 2 and the Nord Pad. The Nord Drum 2 is a 6-channel Modeling Percussion Synthesizer. The Nord Drum 2 sound engine features Resonance modeling, Subtractive and FM-synthesis in addition to a comprehensive Noise section with High-Pass, Low-pass… Read More Nord Announces Drum 2, Nord Pad At Musikmesse
Musikmesse 2013: This morning Novation announced the launch of Bass Station II – a new analogue bass synthesizer that they say is equally well adapted to leads. Based on the classic Novation Bass Station from 20 years ago, the Bass Station II has been “completely re-worked for the 21st Century,” with two filters, two oscillators… Read More Novation Bass Station II Updates Classic Analog Design
Jomox has announced a new line of analog drum modules in Eurorack format. The ModBase 09 bass drum modules and Mod.Brane 11 percussion modules are expected to be available in Summer 2013. Additional modules are planned. Here’s what they have to say about the new Euro analog drum modules:
Grp has announced that production of the 2013 Series of the Grp A4 Synthesizer will start June 1st and that ordering will remain open until that date. Here’s what Grp has to say about the A4 Synthesizer: The A4 has been derived from an audio section of the Grp A8 (of which it takes over the… Read More The Grp Synthesizer A4 Synthesizer 2013 Series
Musikmesse 2013: MFB has introduced the Tanzbär Drumcomputer – a new analog drum machine.
Musikmesse 2013: MFB will be introducing the MFB Dominion 1 – an analog synthesizer keyboard with a weighted 3 octave keyboard.
