The 2016 NAMM Show doesn’t kick off until next week, but some of the biggest news is already out – the new Korg Minilogue Polyphonic Analogue Synthesizer. This video, via synthesist Olivier Briand, focuses on the sound of the Minilogue.
Here’s an video overview and demo of the Korg Minilogue, a new four-voice polyphonic analog synth, from Sweetwater synth guru, Daniel Fisher:
This pair of videos, via Perfect Circuit Audio, demonstrates the factory patches of the new Modal Electronics Modulus 002. Modal describes the Modulus 002 as ‘the first analogue/digital hybrid polysynth to have been designed, developed, and manufactured in the UK for four decades’.
2015 has been an amazing year for synth introductions – with major new synth lines from Roland, Yamaha and Korg; new modular synths, both big and small, from Moog and others; a new Prophet from Dave Smith Instruments; innovative new synths from smaller companies and hundreds of new synth modules. Here are the 10 most interesting… Read More The 10 Most Interesting Synth Introductions Of 2015
Nord has released a new version of the Nord Sound Manager, adding support for editing and organizing Set Lists. The new Electro 5 OS v1.28, adds support for the new feature and fixes several bugs. Check out the video below for a quick overview of the new Set List mode in the new Nord Sound Manager:
This video, via Richard Geere, demos the Sequential Circuits Prelude 4-in-1 keyboard.
Dave Smith Instruments shared this image, capturing Dave Smith talking with John Chowning, creator of the FM synthesis algorithm. FM synthesis revolutionized keyboards in the 80s, as a result of Yamaha’s implementation in its DX line of synths.
The Smiley SM-01 Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer is custom synth, featuring six voices, inspired by the Moog Model D voice. The SM-01 is handbuilt by Jim Smiley, and only this one and one other prototype exist.
20 Electronics shared this sneak preview of the upcoming ’20’ synthesizer, a new high-end monster synth. Production of the synth will be limited to 20 of each model. Here’s what they have to say about the mechanical drawings:
2015 has been an amazing year for new synthesizer introductions. At the 2015 NAMM Show, there were dozens of interesting new synth introductions – including the Korg Arp Odyssey, the Moog Modular Synthesizer reissues, the Roland JD-Xi, the Sequential Prophet 6, the Modal Electronics 002 and the Avalon Bassline. At Musikmesse 2015, there were more… Read More What’s the Best New Synthesizer or Keyboard of 2015?
