At DSI mid Summer 2008 – Linndrum II analog (there will be a digital model, too)

LinnDrum II Many of you have been anxiously awaiting news of BoomChik, the collaboration between Dave and Roger Linn announced at Winter NAMM 2007. As information becomes available, we’ll be posting it to this page. The most obvious development over the last year is that it is no longer called BoomChik: it is now the LinnDrum II. There will be two models: the all-digital LinnDrum II and the LinnDrum II Analog, which adds a 4-voice analog synth and 27 dual-function voicing knobs. The LinnDrum II will be available from Roger…

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Apples neuer Kopierschutz

Apple bastelt an einem Kopierschutz, malsehn ob das was taugt oder ob es den User bestraft, naja – Irgendwann wird Apple auch sowas wie MS. Vielleicht nur fürs iPhone, was dann vermutlich nur wenige betrifft.  info dazu.. Was und wie das Ding wirklich funktioniert, muss man noch sehen, die bisherigen Methoden, die jeden einzelnen User betreffen nerven ja nicht wenig, da man nichtmal auf dem gleichen Rechner unbegrenzt arbeiten kann oder installieren/authorisieren kann – Kein Apple-Problem – Aber sie werden dieses Problem auch haben. Artikel von PCWorld zu diesem Patent

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Secession ‚Touch‘ 1985 + Boytronic

Secession ‚Touch‘ 1985 – more the commercial synthpop from the 80ies, I can see a a Korg Poly 61 in here? Dieses Video auf YouTube ansehen a bit earlier – Boytronic – listen to that „melotron“ kind of sounds in here – I am sure to most younger ppl this may be almost unknown, too..: (no, it’s just music, they just show the cover of their album here..) hit me, but thats the music I listened to in the 80ies beside others (the harder ones) and other stuffs. Dieses Video…

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Linndrum II – The ex-Boomchik

You were wondering about the progress of Roger Linn+Dave Smith making a Drummachine? There’s a little milestone posted on matrix 12/23/2007 10:29:00 AM showing details.. „LinnDrum II So no BoomChik but the name now is the LinnDrum II! Aha, well, so it’s Dave looking smaller than Roger ;) Article is in the new Future Music with nice pics (it looks quite different from the Boomchik pics): 2 versions of the new Drum Machine to be Launched: 1 All Digital with Sample playback 2 Digital and Analogue (IE version above but…

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