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NAMM 2018: Kami-Oto cardboard keyboard from Yudo
25 Jan 2018 · Build yourself a MIDI keyboard out of cardboard with this cool little Kickstarter project called Kami-Oto from Japanese company Yudo who were hanging out in the convention centre foyer.
NAMM 2018: Noise Engineering Mimetic Digitalis sequencer and more
25 Jan 2018 · Mimetic Digitalis is a 16-step 2-dimension CV sequencer with 4 outputs a trigger and "Shred" loads of randomisation. Noise Engineering also present some really cool utilities.
NAMM 2018: Malekko Heavy Industries shows its Manther Groovebox
25 Jan 2018 · The long-awaited Manther monosynth and sequencer is almost ready to go and we get our first look at a finished version. Is it everything we hoped it would be?
NAMM 2018: Teenage Engineering PO-33 K.O! and PO-35 Speak
25 Jan 2018 · Two new Pocket Operators for the "Metal" series which includes the existing PO-32 Tonic. Both are samplers, the PO-33 K.O! is purely a sampler whereas the PO-35 Speak likes to mangle the spoken word.
NAMM 2018: Studiologic Numa Compact 2X piano/organ/synth
25 Jan 2018 · Studiologic's Numa Compact 2X has a go at the Nord Electro with an affordable and portable 88 note, semi-weighted keyboard with piano, organ and synthesizer sound engines.
NAMM 2018: Qu Bit Synapse Crossfading Switch
25 Jan 2018 · The Synapse is an 8 input crossfading into 4 channels of voltage controlled switching with integrated LFO, scatter and memory morphing. It's an interesting way to create texture from other sources.
NAMM 2018: Qu Bit Nebulae V2 granular sampler
25 Jan 2018 · Qu Bit overhaul their Nebulae granular sampling module and upgrade the engine, adding live recording and manual processing along with everything CV. There's too much fun to be had with this.
NAMM 2018: Hammond introduces the Skx Stage Keyboard, a twin-keyboard behemoth
25 Jan 2018 · A twin keyboard goliath of a brand new organ from Hammond. It's called the Hammond Skx Stage Keyboard and we know nothing beyond a couple of photos and that it will be revealed at NAMM. Update: Video!
NAMM 2018: Qu Bit Scanned Organic Wavetable VCO
25 Jan 2018 · Qu Bit have created a Eurorack module that puts Scanned Synthesis into hardware for the first time. The Scanned Organic Wavetable VCO is like a string held in space that you can manipulate in interesting ways
NAMM 2018: Pittsburgh Modular microvolt 3900 patchable synthesizer
25 Jan 2018 · Pittsburgh Modular reveal a complete semi-modular synthesizer called the microvolt 3900. It has some interesting features like wave-folding, low-pass gate and a function generator.
NAMM 2018: Verbos Multi-Delay Processor 8-tap digital delay
24 Jan 2018 · At NAMM this week Verbos will be showing their new Multi-Delay Processor. It's a voltage controlled 8-tap digital delay with "special tricks up its sleeve." Now with video!
NAMM 2018: Roland Cloud gets virtual TR-808 and TR-909
24 Jan 2018 · Roland Virtual Sonics have announced that the Roland Cloud online Legendary Series of virtual instruments will be joined by the first official software emulations of the TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines.
Is Elektron Digitone going to be a Monomachine MKIII?
24 Jan 2018 · Elektron seems to have registered the name "Digitone" worldwide - could this be a new product in the works? A synth, perhaps, in the form factor of a Digitakt? Speculation is rife.
NAMM 2018: Blipblox – If Fisher Price made synthesizers…
24 Jan 2018 · A synthesizer and beatbox for kids of all ages that's fun, fruity and wipe-clean - meet Blipblox making its debut at the NAMM creché or is there more to this than playful noise making?
Frap Tools Fumana Dual 16 band filter bank for Eurorack
24 Jan 2018 · Emerging from the thick fog of spectral band analysis of modulators and the re-synthesis of signals Fumana offers two 16 band filter banks in a comprehensive Eurorack module.
NAMM 2018: Is Teenage Engineering teasing a new Pocket Operator or two?
24 Jan 2018 · Teenage Engineering are likely to reveal another Pocket Operator or two at NAMM and it's probably going to be called the K.O. or Speech or something - we have evidence to support this!
NAMM 2018: Nord Electro 6 stage piano/organ/sampler synth
24 Jan 2018 · Nord's famous three personality Electro keyboard gets an update with seamless transitions between patches, layering of all three sections, more memory, polyphony and organisation.
NAMM 2018: Alesis Vortex Wireless 2 Keytar
23 Jan 2018 · The original wireless keytar MIDI controller is back in a new sequel - Alesis Vortex Wireless 2 MIDI controller and on-stage posing device for electronic musicians
Moog Symposium performance at the University of Surrey
23 Jan 2018 · Saturday 3rd February sees a Symposium of seminars, demonstrations and performances at the University of Surrey by the likes of Chris Carter, Chris Watson and Thom Holmes presented by Moog Soundlab UK
NAMM 2018: Spectrasonics releases some small updates and calls it news
23 Jan 2018 · Spectrasonics have pulled an awesome update out of years of developing - you can now run Stylus, Trillian, Omnisphere and Keyscape standalone, without a DAW - FAB-U-LOUS!
NAMM 2018: Panoptigon player for Optigan/Orchestron discs
23 Jan 2018 · Born in the 1970's from games manufacturer Mattel the Optigan and Orchestron were the futuristic Mellotrons of their day, pulling audio off celluloid discs. Someone has built a new player for the discs.
NAMM 2018: Waldorf STVC String Synthesizer and Vocoder
23 Jan 2018 · Waldorf will reveal their leaked string machine at NAMM 2018. The Waldorf STVC String Synthesizer and Vocoder has string oscillator banks, a 16-voice synthesizer and vocoding filters.