MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Big City Music Booth & Aerosmith Pics

Highlights included Tiptop Audio, Future Retro, Surfin Kangaroo, Dewanatron, Analogue Systems and Metasonix. Note the prototype panning by Surfin Kangaroo. It has 8 Audio Inputs and a couple of outputs. You can configure it as an 8 in 4 out / 4 in 8 out / 2 in 16 out / 1 in 32 out. The black panel under it is just there to cover the rack and is not part of the module.


Don't miss Aerosmith's Steven Tyler. :)

Update: added some info on the Surfin Kangaroo prototype. It's actually a panning system, not a sequencer.

Mode Machines @ NAMM 2013 Fluxwithit.com

Published on Jan 30, 2013 flux302·107 videos

"Mode maschines was on hand to show off it's new filter boxes and drum machines."

Note he states the x0xb0x2 has a Commodore 64 chip in it. I wonder if he mixed it up with their SID box or if the 2 denotes an extra SID chip. Note the Alkex controller for Arturia's Prophet-5 and the Surfin Kangaroo sequencer and of course the Juno-106 and EDP Wasp filter clones.

Synths Dominate NAMM Oddities 2012

Every year Barry Wood of The Other Room comes out with his list of NAMM Oddities. This year, synths dominate the list. Click through for the descriptions, other oddities and links to previous NAMM years.

This year's winner was the Dewanatron Hymnotron. You can catch my NAMM video of the Hymnotron and more in my NAMM 2012 Megapost here.

Others on the list include:

Alkex Instruments BallBeats
Keith McMillen Instruments QuNeo
WMD Pedals
WayOutWare SynthX
Smithson Martin, Inc. Emulator
NoiseFX, Inc. Palindrome PD-1
Beat Kangs Electronics, LLC Beat Thang
Surfin Kangaroo Studio eurorack quad-surround panner & iOS editor
Moog Music 500-series ladder filter
The Schmidt Monster Analog

NAMM 2012: Mode Machines & Livid Instruments Booth Pics

flickr set by MATRIXSYNTH

Note the Livid case with eurorack modules. surfin kangaroo step sequencer, DTronics DT-200 JX-3P hardware editor, Oakley filter, Simmonizer DrumSynth SDS-1 & Alkex Ball Beats also featured.

NAMM: New Gear From Surfin Kangaroo Studio

http://www.surfin-kangaroo-studio.de
via Sonic State
"Wolfgang Michalowicz from Surfing Kangaroo Studio shows us some of his new gear and alterations made to previous favourites.

The Surfin Step Sequencer has been re-released with some updates, and we also take a look at a set of analog modules featuring different I/O setups which was developed for surround sound systems."

Update: video should now play properly.

NAMM: Winter NAMM 2010: Big City Music

Pics of the Big City Music at NAMM 2010

Featured:
http://bigcitymusic.com/
Booth included:
4ms Pedals
Analogue Systems
Cwejman
Dewanatron
Diabolical Devices
Dirty Boy Pedals
Eowave
flight of harmony
Ham Heart
Jomox
Mellotron

Metasonix (Eric Barbour)
Sherman
Signal Arts
Surfin Kangaro
Malekko / Wiard

If I missed any, let me know! I forget the name of the orange red device in the bottom image. I've posted it a number of times. It's on the tip of my tounge, but I can't freakin remember. It's driving me crazy! :)

Update via Josh Humphrey and Dan in the comments: It's the 4ms Bend Matrix Joy Toy. Some previous posts including video here.

I met Roger Cordell owner of Big City Music, Josh Humphrey of Big City Music, Eric Barbour of Metasonix, Shagghie, and Wolfgang Michalowicz of Surfin Kangaroo. All great people. Be sure to see this video on the Surfin Kangaroo and this video on the Metasonix D-1000. Click here for a search on bigcitymusic which will bring up more videos of what was shown at NAMM.

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NAMM: Winter NAMM 2010: Surfin Kangaroo Surfin Step Sequencer

YouTube via matrixsynth
"http://www.surfin-kangaroo-studio.de
http://bigcitymusic.com/

Wolfgang Michalowicz of Surfin Kangaroo goes over the Surfin Step Sequencer at Winter NAMM 2010 at the Big City Music Booth."

NAMM: NAMM Pics via synchro1

more pics here

Pictured here:
Two Surfin Kangaroo step sequencers
Eurorack on the left
Mungo State Zero
Waldorf Zarenbourg EP
TipTop Audio Modular

Update: some highlights from synchro1: "- *THE* highlight was seeing someone tinkering with a prototype module for a demo and realizing it was Mike Brown [Livewire] and the expander modulefor the AFGs. Mike looks well and it was great to speak with him again.

- new digital polyphonic synth from Mungo [State Zero]. Very intriguing and lots of modular possibilities as almost everything has external CV capability. Great ergonometric design, sound (in noisy NAMM environment) reminded me a bit of my SunSyn. And it is quite expensive but there is an awful lot in there. Number of photos at the link below.

- Bob Amstadt is showing the new LP-2 MINI Looper [Looperlative]. Essentially a single channel mono looper with many of the abilities of the amazing LP-1.

- Monorocket cases look great.

- Make Noise X/Y sequencer and capacitance-sensitive keypads are very intriguing - ordered 2 of the keypad modules.

- Flight of Harmony Sound of Shadows on display but did not have a chance to play with it yet."

NAMM: Surfin Kangaroo - Surfin Step Sequencer

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"A short video teasing the Surfin' Kangaroo Step Sequencer. We're inputting the current sequence with a midi keyboard in real time! You can also trigger saved sequences via midi. Come check it out at our shop or stop by booth #6735 at the NAMM show."

Surfin Step Sequencer

The Surfin Kangaroo Step Sequencer has been out for a bit. It recently popped up on an email list I'm on, and I realized I haven't posted on it for a while. I took a look at the Surfin Kangaroo website and found these shots and the following info. See the site for more.

stores up to 100 Sequences
8 / 16 Midi and Analog Step Sequencer
Return / Stop / Pause / Skip Function per Step ( 8 Step Mode )
Return / Stop or Pause / Skip Function per Step ( 16 Step Mode )
9 Midi Tracks parallel
1 Midi Track up to 4 Voice polyphonic
Trigger/Gate Output
Trigger Start
Trigger Stop
Keyboard Remote Control
4 Gate/Trigger Outputs
8 Analog Outputs 0 - 10V ( 4 Outputs switch to additional Gates/Trigger )
1 to 250 BPM
Midi Clock
MTC Start/Stop
Transpose Function
Programmable during Sequencer Running
Master / Slave Function by using more than one sequencer
Software update via Midi & USB
for the US market please contact „analogheaven“ Hmm... I'm guessing that's Analogue Haven.

WNAMM08: Surfin Kangaroo Sequencer Updates

Be sure to check out the write-up on Sonic State.

Surfin Step Sequencer

flickr by Synthesizers

full size

Update via Qwave in the comments:
"Have a look here for information about this project of Wolfgang Michalowicz from Dusseldorf/Germany:

I heard it and his 4 channel panning-processor last September in Kufstein/Austria during a little gig we (HAJo and me = EL-KA) had together with Wolfgang.

Surfin' Kangaroo Studio Step Sequencer Messe Vid on Gearwire

Title link takes you there.

Surfin Kangaroo Studio Step Sequencer

via fdisk

Anyone know more about this one?