MATRIXSYNTH

Andromeda A6 Minimoog Comparison on AMAZONA.de

Javier who brought us the Andromeda A6 vs. Roland System 100 sound test, wrote in to let me know he wrote a comparison of the Andromeda A6 and Minimoog for AMAZONA.de. You can find the review in German here, and Googlish here.

You can find extensive samples here.

Spectralis, Korg Electribe, Roland SP-404

YouTube via artneffa
"Spectralis, Roland SP-404, Korg Electribe MX & KaossPad"

New Product from Highly Liquid Coming Soon

Highly Liquid

via http://twitter.com/highly_liquid

CS01-MIDI Retrofits Now Available via Highly Liquid

CS01-MIDI

"Features
* Adds a standard MIDI IN port to your Yamaha CS01 (MKI or MKII)
* Triggers entire 68-note range without user adjustment of octave switch
* Responds to MIDI notes number 41 thru 108
* Does not interfere with "stock" functionality of keyboard
* Power and activity LEDs
* User-selected MIDI channel

Kit Contents
* Printed circuit board
* All required components
* Standard MIDI jack
* LED panel bezels"

See Highly Liquid for more kits and accessories.

Atari 2600 through SSM 2044 VCFs

Atari 2600 through SSM 2044 VCFs from Stikka on Vimeo.
"Atari 2600 with SynthCart and Highly Liquid MIDI interface triggered from Ableton Live, playing SynthCart's preset beat loops, modular synth is gating the rhythm. Signal is split in two, one path is ringmodulated, both filters are also seperately modulated with Midi controllers and a Doepfer MCV4.

What you hear is the first stage in my sound design process: To record audio into Ableton Live, after that everything gets sliced, chopped, warped, mangled and whatnot."
via http://twitter.com/highly_liquid

MIDI2600 from Stikka on Vimeo.
"First clip of my Highly Liquid MIDI2600 interface."

Waldorf Largo Pricing

See the update in this post.

Musikmesse: MESSE09: Sherman Restyler

via Sonic State. Be sure to see Sonic State's Musikmesse coverage for more.

Musikmesse: MESSE09: New OS For Nord Wave

via Sonic State

SYNTHI CONTROL CONSOLE

More info via http://www.synthi.co.uk/:
"SYNTHI CONTROL CONSOLE

A new prototype of a console to control 2 EMS Synthi’s (either 2 Synthi AKS, 2 VCS3 mk2 or a mixture)

Features:-
· 36x48 Matrix patching capability using standard EMS patch pins.

· Connects to Synthi prestosockets via special umbilical cables.

· External CV and Gate inputs to Synthi 1 and 2 via 6.35mm Jack sockets.

· Connects to Synthi Jones sockets on Synthi 1 and 2 for switching control between either external CV/Gat or DK1/DK2/KS control via toggle switches. Connection via custom cables.

· 4 Inverter Input/Output channels on Matrix

· Synthi 1+2 Envelope Shapers triggered by +ve/-ve signals from Matrix.

· 8 Output channels (6.35mm Jack sockets) via the Matrix.

I have enough original 1970’s Sealectro Matrix panels to make at most 7 units. They may be offered for sale on a build to order basis.

Approximate cost around £1500 + shipping (user supplied pins)."

via the EMS SYNTHI blog