NAMM 2007

Winter NAMM Show - New Gear & G.A.S. attacks? + GEAR released / shown around NAMM time (18th Jan 07)

Images/Bilder

1. http://www.fdiskc.com/syn/namm/2007/index.html
2. http://www.midizoo.com/namm/

Hardware

Dave Smith + Roger Linn

Drummachine Boomchick with Analog 4 Voice Section

• Images http://www.midizoo.com/namm/
• Image 2 http://www.sequencer.de/blog/synthesizer/2007/01/boomchik_poster_1342x0846.jpg

Roland

-Roland VSynth GX (new Vsynth Keyboard)

New Features are:

• AP Synth - > looks like sort of Physical Modeling in real time. (NOT the jp8 / tb 303 emu)
• Lower/Upper Structure (Dual Layer)
• Voice Modeller (VC2) runs with AP Synth without switching / simulateously
• LINK http://www.sequencer.de/syns/roland/VSynthGT.html

- Roland MV8800

New Groovebox / Sequencer Replacement for ppl who want to do it all without a computer

• successor of MV8000

Moog

Moog Freq Box

• FM-Tool Moogerfooger

Korg

korg news http://korg.de/3071.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=869&tx_ttnews[backPid]=556&cHash=5245151f38

- Korg M3 Workstation - Oasys like, white, panel upright like radias

• most features of oasys are in here: sampling, al1, legacy?, wavesequence?
• also as a rack
• 16 track sequencer
• 48khz sampling, 256 MB, 16bit up to 320MB sample ram.
• KARMA and drum track/truck function
• Radias Sound Module optional (!) EXB-Radias..
• Touch Screen
• Kaoss Pad Function is in, too
• Wavesequencing?
• full TI via VST Plugin, Firefire and USB conncetions.
• -> http://www.sequencer.de/syns/korg/m3.html

- Korg r3 (Microkorg successor) -> http://www.sequencer.de/syns/korg/r3.html

• like Radias (sound engine) with same features incl vocoder audio sample function + 3 ENVs etc.
• sequencer/ Arper.. as microkorg (8 step arper)
• 8 voices
• 2 layers (radias has 4)
• 16 step modulation sequencer
• 37 notes (full size keys, velocity sensitive)

- Kaoss Pad Mini

• Mini Version of Kaoss Pad (Fx only, no Midi)
• battery driven

Studio Electronics -Code

• Multifilter analogue Synth based on the Omega8 [1] with new Filter structure (access!)
• new set of knobs for editing all filters

Access

• New TI os allows formant and grain tables based on wavetables (no samples, of course), more wavetables.

amazing feature update.. http://www.sequencer.de/syns/access/VirusTI_Polar.html

Arturia Origin http://www.sequencer.de/syns/arturia/Origin.html

• Sharc based DSP Synth with all VA Synth in it that you know of (Moog Modular, CS80, Prophet V and the new Jupiter 8 emulation..)
• Knob interface / big display

Clavia

Dual Manual Organ.. so no synths..

Waldorf

- Stromberg Synth - http://www.sequencer.de/syns/waldorf/Stromberg.html

• quite Q structure but with analog filters (attached to the rear: per voice / valves .. ) but it reads all formats of all previous Waldorf products + has Wavetables (lots) plus Physical Modeling (!)

and watch this for info: http://www.sequencer.de/blog/?p=1554 I hope this guy doesn't mean the comb filters with impulse trigger is meant to be "physcial modeling" and the wavetables with 2-4 ADSRs replaces the XT with its 8 level-rate envelopes.. but we'll see, he said COMPATIBLE / can read the sounds of it.. so.. - Blofeld (same in mini desktop, no midi out here ca $500, don't know if it's exactly the same) http://www.sequencer.de/syns/waldorf/Blofeld.html

-> Hardware and basic software from Stromberg and Blofeld is different Interview Stefan Stenzel: http://musotalk.de/archives/106

• Q series continued as phoenix (changed colour)
• E-Piano named Zarenbourg (big case, looks very 70s)

Software

1. Arturia Jupiter 8 Emulation (to run on Origin also)
2. Korg Legacy: Monopoly Emulation added.
3. Native Instruments Massive 1.1: VA Oscillator Mode with PWM and Sync and new presets added.
4. Reason 4 + New Synth "Thor" which is semimodular with modulation matrix 16 step sequencer, 3 OSCs with Wavetables, very Waldorf.

Modular

1. Plan B - new modules
2. Doepfer - new modules

Controller

1. Tascam new mini transport controller (shuttle) http://www.sequencer.de/blog/?p=1535
2. Alesis 2 new controllers for mixing http://www.sequencer.de/blog/?p=1535
3. Korgs new Mixers also work as Midi Controllers Zero4 + Zero8 http://www.korg.com/gear/prod_info.asp?A_PROD_NO=Zero8