"Found this going through some various facebook pages. It was publicly posted. I'm pretty sure Nitti still uses a mpc-60 and thats what this is supposed to be. If your'e not familiar with Nitti he's an Atlanta based HipHop/Pop producer known for his work with Gucci Mane, TI, Young Jeezy, Yung Joc, Young Capone, Gangsta Boo and Dem Franchize Boyz."
Note the above video does not feature any synths. It is a concept video for a tablet UI. The hardware looks like the majority of artist renders for the upcoming Apple iPad/iSlate. If you haven't heard, tomorrow, Apple will announce their new tablet device. Rumor is it will essentially be an iTouch with a 10" screen, more power, memory and may have the ability to run multiple apps at the same time. [Update: it most likely will]
Why is this a new world in synthesis? In short this is a new hardware platform for synthesis. Yes it is an extension of the iTouch platform, but the obvious key difference and game changer in my opinion will be the size of the screen. For example, imagine controlling all of your synths running Numerology on the device in that video. Imagine interfacing with your modular with a UI optimized version of VOLTA or Expert Sleepers. Imagine running Way Out Ware's iSample, or how about an ARP2600 emulation with sliders. Imagine running Audio Damage's tattoo on one, etc. And don't forget the accelorometer. Processing power, additional memory, and potentially running multiple apps at once will only add to the advantage the slate will have over the iTouch.
via this auction "Here we have my Emulator II Samper/Analog Synth from circa 1984. I purchased this rig from Dave Gilmours roadie who got it from David (there is no documentary evidence of this but he had no reason to lie to me and I dont doubt it!!).
The serial number is fifteen, yes 15, so this must be one of the earliest EII's that has survived - bearing in mind the new price was around £8000 it stands to reason that only very wealthy musicians could afford one!
Also included is an EMU Drumulator drum machine that has gone faulty and only hums...no output and seems otherwise dead.
The synth comes with three boxes of 5 1/4 floppy discs (must be 150-200) many of which contain all sorts of weird and wonderful sounds including effects, piano, strings and my favourite 'orchestra hits' used by many 80's groups including the Pet Shop Boys who used an EII for many years. I have not been through all the discs but there may be some of Mr Gilmours samples in there...."
YouTube via Thalassa77 "The Korg MiniPops are a group of drum machines released by Korg ( under Univox brand on USA ) on the 70's . They are full analog and are preset based but you can combine diffrent presets to get new rhythms . This just a demo of the presets include on this drum machine and a few combinations :)"
YouTube via Mahto "Here's a project that I've had kicking around the lab for a while. It's a MIDI conversion for an old organ synth. I set up the circuit last April, then converted the two organ flights into a single keyboard this summer."
YouTube via BeatKangz. Note the pitch bender on the left at 2:05. "I'm Alive......Yes I am a Beat Thang...... I'm not like any other Thang.......I dont Care about your Rules or your Stat Quo....... I'm very hungry!!!! I feed off positive and negative energy! I have come to Earth for one reason........To Vaporize anything that gets in my way!!"
YouTube via IRvax77 http://www.infiniteresponse.com/ via David Rogoff "Eddie Jobson demos his dual VAX77 keyboard rig with Apple MainStage 2" Update: Think CS80 and polyphonic aftertouch when you listen to this one.
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