SUPERBOOTH 2026 WAS MENTAL

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"2 hours through FEZ Berlin on the final day of Superbooth 2026. Synths, controllers, AI tools, quick conversations, a few things nobody has on YouTube yet — and Loopy Pro live in the wild."

0:00 Intro
0:56 Neuzeit Instruments — https://www.neuzeit-instruments.com w/ / jan0ritter
6:05 Dato Musical Instruments — https://dato.mu
8:34 True Cuckoo Interview — https://www.truecuckoo.com
10:44 Roland Future Design Lab – Tone Explorer — https://articles.roland.com/tone-expl...
16:15 Roland Future Design Lab – Project LYDIA — https://articles.roland.com/introduci...
23:53 True Cuckoo Live Gig — / truecuckoo
24:09 BoBeats on the Circuits — / @bobeats
25:46 Expressive E Osmose CE — https://www.expressivee.com (played by Tomasz Bura: https://linktr.ee/tomaszbura)
37:50 BLEASS — https://www.bleass.com
48:47 Exquis Controller (Intuitive Instruments) — https://dualo.com/en/exquis/
1:00:00 Entonal Studio (Node Audio) — https://entonal.studio
1:08:12 Tonebank (Node Audio) — https://node.audio
1:16:39 Mõnai by VOID9 — https://void9.com
1:27:12 Showing Loopy Pro — https://loopypro.com
1:27:51 Microrack — https://microrack.org
1:33:01 El Tigre Soundsystem — / eltigresoundsystem
1:33:58 Nord Electro 7 — https://www.nordkeyboards.com/product...
1:47:00 Zoom LiveTrak L-12 Next — https://zoomcorp.com/en/us/digital-mi...
1:50:29 Zoom LiveTrak L-6 Max — https://zoomcorp.com/en/us/digital-mi...
1:52:40 Focusrite ISA C8X — https://us.focusrite.com/products/isa...
1:55:02 Modular Audio Tools MAT 16X8 — https://www.modularaudiotools.com

Arturia Introduces the KeyStep Pro Chroma w/ KeyStep Pro Firmware 2.5

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What's New? | KeyStep Pro - Firmware 2.5

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Andreas Tilliander aka TM404 | Analog symphony with KeyStep Pro Chroma

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Press release follows.

KeyStep Pro Chroma combines new aesthetic elements, including a sleek dark gray exterior, striking blue LEDs and other expressive features that allow users to customize their track colors. These additions are added to the already-impressive list of features of 2019’s KeyStep Pro, the polyphonic controller that remains a benchmark for creative hardware & software sequencing.

With the release of KeyStep Pro Chroma comes a significant new firmware update (2.5), delivering useful new features and long-awaited enhancements, free for existing KeyStep Pro users. The update will be available to download via MIDI Control Center & arturia.com from November 30th, with full release notes viewable on Arturia’s KeyStep Pro web page.

KeyStep Pro Chroma will be available to order from November 30th in the US & Asia, and from mid December in Europe. Customers should contact their preferred dealer for availability information.

Check with dealers on the right for availability.

Highlights:

Sleek dark exterior
An alluring dark gray gives KeyStep Pro an edgy, industrial look.

Vibrant blue LEDs
In perfect contrast to the dark casing, bright blue LEDs illuminate your setup.

New stylish knob caps
Great-feeling knob caps all round to complement KeyStep Pro Chroma’s fresh design.

Customizable track colors
Exclusive for KeyStep Pro Chroma, users can now choose from a range of colors for their tracks.

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Roland System-1 SH-101 PLUG-OUT Details Including Software Versions For Windows and Mac

Details are in. What's interesting is it appears you can run the emulations as software synths on your PC. There are Red, Blue and the classic Gray versions of the SH-101. The download is free to System-1 owners. Only 1 note poly like the originals though. I wish they had an option for polyphony. It is software after all.

Roland Aira's on eBay

"The SH-101 PLUG-OUT Software Synthesizer is a complete reproduction of the iconic SH-101 – right down to the fine details and odd quirks that make it one of the most popular classic synthesizers of all time. Based on Analog Circuit Behavior (ACB) technology, it not only reproduces the SH-101’s legendary sounds, but faithfully recreates the very behavior of its analog circuitry – all with a level of authenticity that could only come from the company that created the original.

Capturing the Original
The now legendary SH-101 was a monophonic synthesizer launched by Roland in 1982. In contrast to the many complex synthesizers available at the time, the SH-101 quickly became popular for its characteristic tone and simple one-VCO > one-VCF > one-VCA > one-LFO structure. A legion of artists found it quick to program and adept at bright edgy tones and exciting sound effects. Thirty years later, the SH-101’s hallmark sounds continue to be sought after by electronic artists the world over.

- Total authenticity through face-to-face consultation with the original designers and relentless research beyond the original schematics
- Meticulously recreated oscillator and filter behavior - hallmarks of the SH-101 sound
- Authentic behaviors including the unique interaction between low pass filter and envelope controls
- Faithfully reproduces the unstable fluctuations that resulted from quirks in the SH-101’s circuitry
- Classic SH-101 synth sounds - bass, lead, noise, and sound effects.
- Software layout features standard gray model, as well as red and blue models originally sold as limited editions.

SH Evolved
Go beyond the original hardware with enhanced tone shaping options and seamless DAW integration via AU and VSTi plugin interfaces. Full PLUG-OUT support means you can use SYSTEM-1 as a dedicated controller and even use the SH-101 without a computer. The freedom of hardware. The flexibility of software. The sound of a legend.

- Two envelope sections allow different settings for VCF and VCA while maintaining the option of classic SH-101 envelope behavior.
- Reverb, chorus, delay and crusher effects that were not included in the original.
- Run as many instances as your computer can handle.
- Use SYSTEM-1 as a dedicated USB keyboard controller with lighted knobs and sliders that show only available parameters.
- PLUG-OUT with SYSTEM-1 lets you take an authentic SH-101 wherever you go, from mobile production to live performance.
- Transfer sounds between SYSTEM-1 and SH-101 with PLUG-OUT
- Supports Macintosh and Windows, and AU and VSTi formats.

* SH-101 PLUG-OUT Software Synthesizer (not available for sale) is available free of charge to SYSTEM-1 owners. Please use the coupon included in your product package to download free of charge."

Additional specs here.

Iceland Art

Published on Dec 19, 2012 by achepf

"Iceland Art
[Googlish translation below]
ACHIM KÖPF (Fotos) und DANIEL RUDOLF (Musik)
Schwäbisch Hall

Temperatur, Licht, Wind, Regen Eis und Schnee und nicht zu vergessen die Geothermik der Insel lassen hoch interessante Motive entstehen. Vier Mal besuchte ich bereits die faszinierende Insel im Nord-Atlantik. Hier vereint sich für mich die Liebe zum Reiseland und zur Fotografie. Viele der Bilder aus der Serie Iceland-Art sind bei regnerischem und grauen Wetter entstanden. Typisches Island-Wetter eben. Für die Landschaftsfotografie leider eher unbrauchbar und unspektakulär. Warum, so fragte ich mich, sollen die vermeintlich schlechten Bilder, die normaler Weise nicht optimal für die Reproduktion taugen aber jedem Fotografen nun mal anfallen, warum sollen gerade diese Bilder nutzlos im Papierkorb verschwinden? Gerade bei dieser Überlegung setzte ich mit einiger Experimentierfreude meinen künstlerische Schaffensprozess an. Unschärfen,
Farbverschiebungen, Kontrastfehler und auch Lichtfehler überprüfte ich am Apple Macintosh auf Variationen, entwickelte neue Ebenen, Freistellungen, Masken verschob die Gradationskurven arbeitete Unschärfen ein und so weiter.

Daniel Rudolf gab dem Projekt mit seinem fantastischen Synthesizer-Spiel den passenden musikalischen Rahmen, vielen Dank dafür!"

Googlish:
"Iceland Art

ACHIM KÖPF (photos) and DANIEL RUDOLF (Music)
Schwäbisch Hall

Temperature, light, wind, rain, ice and snow, not to mention make the geothermal the island which is highly interesting subjects. I visited four times already this fascinating island in the North Atlantic. This combines for me the love for the country and for travel photography. Many of the images from the series Iceland-type arising in rainy and gray weather. Typical Iceland-weather flat. For landscape photography unfortunately rather useless and unspectacular. Why, I wondered, to the supposedly bad pictures that normally are useless optimal for reproduction but every photographer incurred times now, why should these useless images disappear in the trash? Especially with this thought, I sat with some experimentation with my artistic creative process. blur
Color shift, contrast and light error error I checked the Apple Macintosh to variations developed new levels, exemptions, masks the curves shifted worked blurring, and so on.

Daniel Rudolf gave the project with its fantastic synth play the appropriate musical accompaniment, many thanks!"

max4live.info Review: Grayscale Monome64 Review

max4live.info Review: Grayscale Monome64 Review from Michael Chenetz on Vimeo.

" Here is a review of the latest Monome to hit the streets. It's the first Monome to use Gray, High Contrast LEDs."

Akai MPC 2500 Special Edition SE

akai-pro.jp (Googlish here)
When you get there you will see three boxes with Japanese text right under the image to the left. Click on the gray ones for more info.

"Finished being missed MPC2500, the new outfit "Special Edition" re-emerge as!

Reference instruments exhibited at the Fair 2009!

riginal MPC2500 features in addition to performance,

* Original and contrasting white color of the underlying
* Side panel, front panel pattern of carbon
* High contrast blue LCD panel for easy viewing
* Loopmasters Sample CD-ROM included with instrument
* 128MB RAM is already extended
* Already equipped with the optional CD-R drive

As is appropriate to name a special specification."

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