MOOG Minimoog Voyager OS Stolen from the Musikmesse?

Word from Amos of MOOG Music on the Analog Heaven list is that this Voyager OS listed on Ebay.de was stolen from the Frankfurt Musikmesse.

"So some clever fellow stole one of the world's only Voyager Old School prototypes from the Frankfurt Musikmesse... and lo and behold, it is on German eBay! My good friend Jens Steinmeyer called me from Germany to alert me to this one. It's .de item number 180224511106, see for yourself. Jens has alerted the local constabulary, but if there is anything else the global analog community can do to make sure that the thief is caught, by all means lend a hand... thanks!"

Update: BTW, Amos has requested that Ebay not be notified so the local authorities can follow through.

Update via actuel in the comments: "Elektron the same night had a Monomachine MKII & Machinedrum/UW MKII also stolen. I will definitely point them to this Ebay seller."

Update: The thief has been caught!!! via Amos of MOOG Music:
"UPDATE: The thief has been caught, and Moog and Elektron were not the only victims! Here's the news via Stefan Hund of EMC (Moog distributor in Germany):

"YES, we were sucessful. Because this guy was so stupid to offer the prototype at Ebay, the police did get his address very quickly from Ebay monday morning and arrested him monday aftersoon with house search!! The police found a lot of stolen stuff including the Voyager OS. This guy was "singing like a bird" and told did steal stuff from 7!! more other companies.

In present the OS is safe at the police station at Frankfurt, will pickup the unit next week."

Cheers,

Amos"

genoQs Officially Announces the Nemo

I just received the following email:

"Dear all,
we are excited to just having announced NEMO - our new MIDI sequencer!

Based on the technology already proven with Octopus, NEMO is a high-end machine, continuing our tradition of 'realtime everything' MIDI instruments.

With the interaction and function model of Octopus being adapted to a new interface, NEMO's particular strength lies in its compact, portable format. Its design is high-end, and the build level of our machines is already proverbial - Nemo makes no exception. Further details will be available on our site in the coming days. [NOTE: there is some preliminary info up now, so do check it out.]

Nemo will be available starting July 1st, 2008 for a price of 1399.- EUR.

Proudly, NEMO was first shown to the public at the Musikmesse 2008 and the feedback received by far exceeded our already high expectations.

We are accepting pre-orders for Nemo now, and pre-orders placed before April 1st, 2008 will be granted a 10% discount.

Furthermore, we are shifting the Octopus production from the Legacy model to "New Classic" Machines. These will feature the same black wood as the already legendary "Black Sea" with a white panel and red/green/yellow LEDs.

New Classic Octopus is available now and priced at 2599.- EUR. Also, Legacy Octopus machines are still available in limited quantities at the unchanged price of 2399.- EUR.

Once again - we are very delighted to break these news to you, and thank you, valued customers, users and interested parties alike, for your ever growing support, continuous dedication and trust!
--

Marcel Achim and Gabriel Seher
_____________________________
www.genoqs.net"

Musikmesse 2008 via Jörg

click here for the full set.

Pictured here: the genoQs nemo

via sequencer.de

fine tune

flickr by bacity

full size

MOOG Voyager OS

This shot is labeled with Musikmesse 2008.

Musik Messe 2008 Report via Synth.nl

click here for the report including more images. Be sure to check out the rest of the blog while there.

Pictured here is the Arturia Origin and Analog Factory

aqualung

YouTube via robotpickle
"looks like the aquarium needs cleaning. music by me. using the Novation Remote SL zero control surface to summon demons."

Synthesizer Club

YouTube via radialpukesplat
"Synthesizer expert Rory Daniels introduces some classic waveforms."

sequencing a modular synth

YouTube via SynthFreq
"having fun noodling on a dotcom modular synth."

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flickr by johanna wallin


KORG MicroKontrol

"Party with music and magz"

Frostwave SpaceBEAM w/ Resonator and Moog Analog Delay

YouTube via bigcitymusic

"Here are just a few examples from this incredibly versatile controller, the Frostwave SpaceBEAM. The SpaceBEAM has superior control to other infrared controllers because of it's extensive range. There is an onboard oscillator for great dub sirens and theremin-like sounds. The waveform is variable with optional glide and the range is variable too. The SpaceBEAM works great as a controller for anything with control voltage inputs. In these examples we're controlling the Moog MF-104z feedback amount and the Resonator's low pass cutoff. bigcitymusic.com"