AKAI Intros iPK25 And SynthStation Studio So You Can Turn Your iPhone Into A Synthesizer!

2010 NAMM Show: Akai Professional has introduced the iPK25 keyboard controller and the SynthStation Studio music production app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Together, the iPK25 and SynthStation Studio transform a musician’s iPhone or iPod Touch into a portable music production studio for mobile music creation. “The package of the iPK25 keyboard and the SynthStation… Read More AKAI Intros iPK25 And SynthStation Studio So You Can Turn Your iPhone Into A Synthesizer!

January 14, 20104 Comments

Synthtopia At NAMM

We’re on our way to 2010 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. You can follow our coverage from our NAMM Show page. If you’ve like to meet with us at NAMM, here are the best ways to contact us while we’re at the show: Contact James: at 515-537-9941 via Twitter Contact Elisabeth at 515-554-3769 via Twitter

January 13, 20101 Comment

Apple Logic Pro, MainStage Go 64-Bit

Apple has released updates for Logic Pro and MainStage, allowing the applications to run in 64-bit mode. The main advantage of 64-bit support is that you can address vast amounts of memory. With 64-bit mode, the application memory is not limited to 4GB as with 32-bit applications, so there is essentially no practical limit by… Read More Apple Logic Pro, MainStage Go 64-Bit

January 12, 20101 Comment

What Does NAMM Stand For?

Synthtopia readers are going to be seeing a lot of NAMM Show posts over the next couple of weeks – so we thought it would be good to explain what NAMM is and what The NAMM Show is for people that are unfamiliar with it. What Does NAMM Stand For? “NAMM” is the name of… Read More What Does NAMM Stand For?

January 11, 2010January 9, 20101 Comment

Rain Intros Windows Quad-Core Laptop Monster

Rain Computers will officially debut its LiveBook Studio, a high performance quad-core notebook based on Intel’s “Nehalem” Core i7 architecture, at the Winter NAMM Show. LiveBook Studio will be available for sale starting in early February 2010 with a trio of quad-core processors, a high performance drive up to 500GB and up to 8GB of… Read More Rain Intros Windows Quad-Core Laptop Monster

January 11, 2010January 10, 20102 Comments

Serato & Ableton Unite To Conquer DJ World

2010 NAMM Show: Serato and Ableton have announced plans to work together to conquer the DJ world: DJs, remixers and producers on the forefront of technology, watch out. Serato and Ableton are happy to announce a partnership which will pave the way for the future of Digital DJing. With shared artist rosters from hip-hop (DJ… Read More Serato & Ableton Unite To Conquer DJ World

January 11, 2010January 10, 20102 Comments

Jomox Intros M.Brane11 Analog Membrane Modeling Synthesizer

2010 NAMM Show: Jomox has announced the M.Brane11 Analog Membrane Modeling synthesizer. Here’s a demo of the M.Brane11 in action. All sounds are 100% M.Brane11: [display_podcast] The unit will be available in March/April. Pricing is TBA.

January 11, 2010January 11, 20102 Comments

DigiTech Intros Vocalist Live 3 Vocal Harmony Processor

Winter NAMM Show: DigiTech has announced the Vocalist Live 3, a 3-part vocal harmony, pitch correction, and vocal pre-effects pedal. Description: The Vocalist Live 3 is an intelligent vocal harmony processor that automatically generates live multi-part vocal harmony by analyzing guitar chord progressions and the lead voice. The Live 3 continually follows the notes being… Read More DigiTech Intros Vocalist Live 3 Vocal Harmony Processor

January 10, 2010October 15, 20182 Comments

NAMM 2010 – Doepfer Intros A-187-1 Voltage Controlled DSP Effects Module

NAMM 2010: Doepfer has introduced the A-187-1 Voltage Controlled DSP Effects Module. Description: Module A-187-1 is a DSP based effects module with voltage control of four parameters of the selected digital effect (with manual control and CV input with attenuator for each parameter).

January 9, 2010January 9, 2010Leave a comment

Thomas Dolby On, But Not In, Women’s Underwear

It sounds like Thomas Dolby may still be Blinded By Science – at least the the science of women’s underwear. Dolby notes in latest blog post that it’s bloody cold now in England (same in the Midwest) and that he’s been waking up with his long johns “around my ankles, and my underpants were wrapped… Read More Thomas Dolby On, But Not In, Women’s Underwear

January 9, 2010Leave a comment