NAMM 2013 IV – still some things to know – clever MIDI, Audio and ..

there have been quite a lot of interesting things at NAMM, see all the 2-3 pages of news – here’s a new Apple-Keyboard-kind of MINI USB Keyboard from CME with polyphonic Aftertouch and Dynamics for $99 .. also Behringer got a range of Mixers that also work as an audio interface in 4 sizes – as a small 19″ rack, a bigger one like the Yamaha 01V96 and the 2 X32 mixers with OLED displays for track names and full knob control – they are all iPad controllable as well…

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Koma RH301 Clock Utility/Sync Tool – the rhythm workstation MIDI / DIN Sync and LFO

the new RH301 is made for syncing everything from the MIDI, digital and analog world, including an internal LFO, dividing the clock and a Roland DIN Sync to and from MIDI – so this is a nice sync box to hook up (analog) synths, modular stuff, MIDI gear and control it with the dbeam-style proximity controller and set the clock and division incl all there is as control voltages..   description (without connecting things) the official info is this: KOMA Elektronik announces the RH-301 Rhythm and Utility Pedal! New pedal…

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Korg Monotribe MIDIfy without soldering just plug in

Amazing Machines (Brasil) has a special MIDI to CV Interface out which is very easy to handle, just plug it in, thats all. of course it works with all „mono…“ Korgs http://youtu.be/IqDm53gscRU 05/12/2012 – Amazing Machines Releases NastyMono – Amazing Machines Releases NastyMono – Feedback Controller and I/O Adapter for the KORG Mono Series – Features: – – Stereo 3.5mm I/O cables – Mono 1/4″ Auxiliary Input – Mono 1/4″ Audio Output – Feedback Attenuator for Optimal Control over the Feedback Path – Fixed Passive Low Pass Filter to clean up the…

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Kenton releases the euro rack MIDI to CV converter CV/Gate + 4 CVs + 2 clock outs (gate signals)

you may have heard it already or seen it on the music fair in Frankfurt.. this euro size module is in fact the solo Kenton as a module, not the one with USB. it has 6 more CV’s to offer (additional to the CV/Gate you need anyway for any synth). 2 for clock signals from any MIDI sequencer, the rest is „free“ – so it should work for most of us especially hardware geeks. As the Solo it also generates it’s own CVs (to be used as LFOs) and portamento,…

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Alkex Prophet-style Controller for USB and MIDI

In opposition to the wonderful but non-buyable but brilliant Controllers by Synth-Project this one is avkailable for 400USD and has MIDI and USB and the Layout of the Prophet 5. later it will be 500 Dollars. All Controllers can be assignet via a software (OS X) Alkex Professor is the official name. Der Professor ist ein dem Prophet 5 nachempfundener Controller, den man auch kaufen kann, er ist frei belegbar über eine OS X Software und bietet MIDI und USB. Die Diskussion über den jetzt erhältlichen ImpOSCar 2 brachte die…

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iOS 4.2 – MIDI Handling to iDevices

very interesting new feature from apple will come in the next update for iDevices, it will contain MIDI and MIDI via USB handling. I did not really expect them to do that, so I am surprised. USB? yes, thats the connector on all of them. so in fact all iDevs got USB, the only Hardware-MIDI-Interface für iDevs is the one from Line6 (see Interface link below). So this may bring the Pads and Pods a pro-touch and control our synths & computers on a standard, which is good for us…

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