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NAMM: Jack Hotop plays the SV-1 at Winter NAMM 2010

YouTube via KorgUSAVideos
"Everyone's been talking about the SV-1's excellent vintage sounds (and rightly so!), but it took Jack Hotop's performance at Winter NAMM 2010 to remind us just how good the Grand Piano sound is!"

Cardboard synth gets a wood face

YouTube via nathanielscott
"This is the second and possibly the only other video I will post of my my cardboard synthesizer. As you can see I have upgraded the cardboard facade to wood and have set in place much more functionality. The video also features a Micro-Lorg and a Yamaha RX15 drum machine,

The reason that there will be no more video with this synth is that it is going to be scraped for parts for anther project."

NAMM: Namm 2010 MOTU DP7.1

YouTube via RockoNCompany

NAMM: Namm2010 Mu Technologies Mu Voice V1.3

YouTube via RockoNCompany

NAMM: The Bridge Demo.mov

YouTube via SeratoHQ

NAMM: Namm 2010 spectrasonics jordan rudess Live Demo by Rock oN Report

YouTube via RockoNCompany

Rick Wakeman Visits It's Full of Stars

on It's Full of Stars

PIF RARE SOVIET USSR VINTAGE TOY SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

"Specifications:
— Number of octaves in a keyboard - 2
— Number of timbres - 3
— Adjustable effects - Vibrato
— Output - built-in speaker / 5DIN Output
— Power sourcse - 9V adapter / 6 Batteries
— Weight, 2.5 kg (approx. 5.5 Pounds)"

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NAMM: Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim

A new batch of NAMM shots via synchro1 are up here.

"Highlights today (some are in the photos):
- Thanking Dave Smith & Tom Oberheim for making new instruments
- The Nord Piano looks to be a nice live instrument. The word "noise" is misspelled on the prototype.
- Seeing Gino Robair & Mike Peake again after several years
- Eigenharp demo - 3 models now coming out - Pico is $500 US, new T'au model will retail around $2800, out in May. Instruments only work with
Mac; PC version scheduled for March.
- meeting Jurgen from Jomox and scheduling my SunSyn upgrade
- Analogue Solutions has a prototype of a new hardware sequencer in the Noisebug booth
- watching Dieter Doepfer patch away like mad and *really* get into, so much so that he kept expanding the patch as security was turning off the lights and chasing us out. Seeing the joy on his face while he worked away at an excellent patch that sounbded a lot like Trans Europe Express. I had a chance for an extended conversation and we shared our love of the modulars that were out of our price range in our younger days.
- bought a pocket sax - which is a tenor reed/mouthpiece attached to a modified recorder body. Sounds a lot like a sax and only cost $70. My original instruments were alto & bass clarinet and since I stopped smoking I might even have my wind back. Embouchure will take a little longer..."