NAMM 2016 Overview – Synthesizer News

NAMM 2016 – Overview – Übersicht
all posts updated (as always here on sequencer.de)

Highlights

• Make Noise Zero/no-Coast – Desktop Mini Synth – no classic structure! (confirmed)
  
• Dave Smith – Oberheim = OberDave!
  –>DSI OB6 by Dave Smith + Tom Oberheim
  
• Why no Behringer? Well Amazona says, there WILL be something, but trust me – there is not even a clue about what it could be – but in 2016 something will come „everything is and was well done“ – they say. the problem is – they are all under NDA, so no chance – but a big yes for the Behringer – a non Odyssey, possibly a polyphonic synth since Behringer got the power to do so, there’s enough monophonic synths around so far – so I assume it must be polyphonic „rolandish“ sounding something with a rather hi level luxury sound..
• –> Arturia – luxury 3 VCO Paraphonic-Matrixsynth
  more complex than Brutes with FM, Sync, 2 filters…
  
• Arturia Keystep Sequencer
  

Feature  (german/deutsch)

Musotalk Donnerstag NAMM 2016 Talk 1 von 2

Teil 2 von 2 – NAMM Freitag:

• NAMM Report via Greatsynthesizers, Part 2
• Waldorf Module cmp1, mod1, vca1 (confirmed)
  –> KB37 Euro-Rack Keyboard (confirmed)
  
• –> Korg Volca FM
  
• Expressive E – Touché Controller
   sensitive to the sides, top and bottom
  

• Korg Minilogue Synth (confirmed/official, real pics, released)
  
• Emu Modular (eurorack) coming back (confirmed, pics)
  –> new modules incl. Z-Plane (Morpheus) by Dave Rossum
  
• Modal as a Module:
  Oscs and Filters from the 002 and 008 ($400)
  and a MIDI CV interface
  
• Melodyne 4 – maybe not too synth related,
  awesomely musical – here’s the harmonic correction
  (check video at 9:00 ff)
  
• –>Teenage Engineering new Pocket Calculators
  PO-20 (Arcade), PO-24 (Office), PO-28 (Robot)
• OP-Z  – something OP1’ish? (pic link)
  wireless 16 track multitimbral synthesiser with fully sequenceable parameter locks, video synthesis & introduction of step components – and not exactly „pretty“ – video
  
• Keith McMillen has a multidimensional keyboard controller K-Board 4 ready.
• Zoom ARQ interesting Sequencing Blutooth Controller
  
• Roland A01 Controller
  Mono Mini 8Bit Synth, Bluetooth, MIDI, CV
  
• updated: more Modules in Aira Customizer for digital Modules + System 500 officially released after 1 year..
  
• Marion Systems SEM Pro – Tom Oberheim makes the SEM as a eurorack module + Mini Sequencer (confirmed) – new version & name compared to 2015.
  
• Korg Nano Controller Bluetooth (confirmed, released)
  
• Yamaha Montage – Multi-Synthesis Synth
  like Korg Kronos with „Alien Tech“ means -> Sampling & 8OP FM
  
• Yamaha Midi wireless
• MFB Tanzmaus / Tanzbär Lite – Drummachines are ready
• Bitwig supports touch gestures on MS Surface Pro (that’s not an iPad)
• Radikal – Stereo Phase Shifter RT602 Eurorack Module (left side), the other one is a dual multimode filter released last year
  
• Bastl – new modules (confirmed)
  
• Vermona has 2 more modules (filter, twincussion)
• Mellotron Micro – 2 Octave – same functionality as the big one:
  (another image), Price?
  
• Rob Papen new stuff (Prism)
• FXpansion Cypher 2 (hi-end sounding analog-kind of synth)-
  very surely will show new things (Cypher pix seen, modular synth seen)
  
• Presonus USB 3.0 Audio Interface Studio 192
• U-He RePro 1 – confirmed, but will not come in the next month, more like 2 or 3 or…
  FURTHER
• Casio MZ-X (still thinking of this not being a real synth.. but..)
• Akai AX Analog-Synth-re-Launch – Might be a great board for us to bring back… (confirmed/official, no pics of any products)
• and new MPC software for the „old“ and „new“ series (video info) – possible in 6 month new hardware (check video) – and this studio controller in black (addition to the silver one):
  

HOAXES / RUMOURS / UNTRUTH

• Stammtisch - News von der US Musikmesse NAMM 2016