NAMM 2007

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

Hardware

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

MV8800

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

• successor of MV8000

Korg

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

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)
• KARMA and drum track/truck function
• Radias Sound Module optional (!) EXB-Radias
• Touch Screen

r3 (Microkorg successor)

• 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)

Kaoss Pad Mini

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

Studio Electronics Code

• Multifilter analogue Synth based on the Omega8 with new Filter structure (access!)

Access

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

amazing feature update..

Arturia Origin

• 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..

Waldorf

• Stromberg Synth -
• quite Q structure but with analog filters (attached to the rear: per voice / valves .. ) and
• Blofeld (same in mini desktop, no midi out here)
• Q series continued as phoenix (changed colour)
• E-Piano (big case, looks very 70s)

SOFTWARE

1. 1 Arturia

• Jupiter 8 Emulation

1. 2 Korg

• Legacy: Monopoly Emulation added.