MPC 500 Review on SIGHUP

"Akai seems to have ignored the synth side of samplers with the MPC500 (and possibly this extends across the MPC line), which is a little unfortunate. At the very least for OS updates, I hope they enhance the filter with highpass and bandpass modes, and possibly some modulators (for which there are at least some alternatives with the Q-Link slider). On the Q-link slider, it seems a shame that it can only be mapped to pitch, filter cutoff and volume. Be nice to at least be able to map to start/end points of a sample, to do some glitch cut-up stuff. Which is a concern that crops up all over this thing -- the designers have trimmed out anything that might lend itself to making music differently, i.e. not in the hip hop/dance loop/phrase kind of way."

Title link takes you to the full review.

A MIDIbox SID is born!

YouTube via d0pefish. Title link takes you to more info on C64Music!

"The MIDIbox SID has been designed to get sounds out of the SID which cannot be achieved with other solutions. In difference to programs that are running on the C64 like the Triad MIDIslave, AnyWare M64 or the Prophet64, MIDIbox SID features more software implemented high-resolution modulation sources (LFOs, EGs), independent sound engines for all 3 voices and a low-latency MIDI interface (no note drops...)"

Previous MIDIbox posts

Oberheim Two Voice

flickr by Heath Finnie.

Title link takes you to more.

It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore

flickr by mellotrongirl.

Korg Kaoss Pad KP3

Yamaha TX81Z

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction. I thought this was a good shot of the pull out built into the rack.

Another sent my way via Loscha.

Yamaha PTX8

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via this auction

Details:

"This is the awesome Yamaha PTX8
It is basically a FM tone generator [Update via Loscha: "The sound engine isn't FM, it's 12 bit pcm samples, with envelopes and pitch and such, no filters."] that is completely editable and changeable. It has many kits and hundreds of sounds included from the totaly 80's drums sounds to sweet analog sounds. All sounds are completely customisable
The great this about this unit though is the fact that you can use it as a Trigger to MIDI converter. Using triger pads or mic signals you can actually convert live playing on the drums into MIDI information for sequencing or triggering events in Abelton Live etc
It has 8 trigger inputs and 8 audio outputs.
If you are looking for a flexible drum trigger brain that has a hure load of sounds included with it this is for you

It comes included with 2 cartrages. One with extra wave forms and another with extra storage for sounds and banks."

This one sent my way via Loscha.

Update: more info including samples on Sealed's Synth Site.

via twitter.com/Chris_Randall

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Yamaha CS15

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

This one sent my way via Loscha.

Synth Literature

No title link. Just an image of synth literature via Stephen Parsick.

Rhodes Mark VII

The Rhodes Mark 7 is coming. Title link takes you to the teaser on the Rhodes Piano site. There's some discussion on VSE.

via HarriL.

Fair Dinkum

Another great shot of Tangerine Dream. Title link takes you to the post with more details on The Archive Plus