Roland Aira – Post NAMM 2.nd-4th Teaser for new SH101/TR808/TB303 -> TB3, System 1, TR8

UPDATE – it will be presented on Musikmesse but also in Feb. – and they put out some more till then – they seem to be more into the promotion of stuff – they did not show the AIRA series at NAMM but have another teaser for the world and I also just post it and send you to the longish forum posts (page 35) .. 4th Update: it’s called ACB – Analog Circuit Bahavior – Korg’s buzz word is quite similar (component modeling…) it means – they analyzed it…

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Roland AIRA – rebirth of the TR808 and more TR / TB stuff + Voice Transformer VT3

it’s this video which makes us think it will be the classic TR/TB coming back as analog or analog modeling machines – it’s just the end of this clip … NAMM is coming – so be prepared  aira looks like some of the a’s are for analogue? on of the names is TR8 or TR9 .. and some more melodic below – mc202? tb303? or a full real multi track thing incorporating some more and without the „you need to stop the sequencer when editing“ problem of the MCs..? good idea,…

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NAMM 2013

Namm 2013 @ Forum the Subphatty: Forum • Namm 2013. new things – Moog Sub Phatty, Rolands seems to be the first (!!) to bring an audio interface with more than 8 audio inputs built in, no $&§’ing ADAT only ins, no – it’s real 16 inputs.. called the studio capture. A Doepfer DIY Kit (called Karl Marx Stadt) – Module looks quite nice, in’nt?   The Casio one should have these features “Maximum Polyphony 128 voices Parts Organ (3 parts) Piano (2 parts) Synthesizer (2 parts) Drum (1 part) GM2 (16 parts)…

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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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Roland dBeam Keyboard A49 (& A88)

Yeah, Roland sells Keyboards with dBeams, I never quite liked that Bender principle, but having a free assignable dBeam or 2 has always been part of my wet dreams, so I still have a wishlist (3 Octave iPadable dual dBeam version), but this is worth a second look.. 180€ for one seems „ok“, no 3 Octave Version, but lots of good things and I trust Roland more to have a quite good one inside, well – let’s wait till they are really touchable. available as A49 and A88, so the…

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Planet Rock and other tales of the 808 – documentary

Planet Rock and other tales of the 808.is an upcoming documentary on about and featuring the TR808, haa, where’s Kraftwerk? here’s a musical teaser to it. what do you mean? TR808 Drummachine..? trust me, the EES MIDI was one of the best MIDI Kits I had in the TR, why? it’s really dynamic from a very subtle click (0-1 vel) to a big and deep BD. if you could live without the sequencer when using this. aaaand still lots of outboard needed. anyway, one of my fav. machines I used. 

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