"Spotted at the General Music booth in the ominously quiet hall 11.1, was a virtual Organ instrument based on the little known Italian Elka Panther - an organ made in the 1960s to sound like the classic Vox Continental and Farfisas of the time.
The Panther was modeled after they found a pristine Panther original in the estate of an ex Elka employee. Together with all the schematics and manuals.
The new Panther virtual will be available soon priced at around 99 Euros from General Music.
Frozen Reverbs Racks for Live: http://bit.ly/freezemachines"
"CHRT Synthesizer is a true analog monophonic valve sythesizer, designed mainly as a sound module for MIDI wind controllers, such as Yamaha WX5 or Akai EWI. A slight variation of firmware can turn it into a greatly responsive sound module for a keyboard player.
The main features of CHRT Synthesizer are:
natural electric, real synth sound - no attempts to "sound-like-some-acoustic-instrument"
different approach to sound synthesis compared to mainstream subtractive analogs - something I would like to call Natural Synthesis
the whole tone signal path is a pure thermionic valve circuit, digital circuits are used only for what they are good at - MIDI to CV, tuning, etc.
it is designed by a saxophonist, therefore with great demands on dynamics, phrasing, articulation, accents - simply a real musical instrument you have to learn a bit how to play
which means it fully utilizes all MIDI data coming from the wind controller
proper design in terms of earthing, ground circuit and shielding ensures that the instrument has no hum or noise issues
The basic CHRT Synthesizer design is a 2U 19" rack
shipped as a DIY kit, while you can decide on the level of help and assistance with assembly, boards soldering, activation and debugging.
However, the structure is quite flexible and can fit, for example, into some vintage cases. Please do not hesitate to discuss the possibilities.
Here is the CHRT Synthesizer built into a case rescued from a wreck of a 50s tape recorder:
The software part - firmware can be adopted to your needs, e.g. a custom MIDI implementation. Please do not hesitate to discuss the possibilities."
MESSE 2018: Exodus Digital Valkyrie Synthesizer First Look | SYNTH ANATOMY
Published on Apr 11, 2018 SYNTH ANATOMY
"At this year's Musikmesse 2018, Exodus Digital surprised the synth community with the Valkyrie, a new digital Synthesizer. As promised, here is a first look at the instrument including some of the questions from the community. Sound Demo:" posted here.
MESSE 2018: 128 voice VA - Exodus Digital Valkyrie - First Look!
Published on Apr 11, 2018 sonicstate
"The Valkyrie has caused quite a storm over the last few days and certainly for us here at Sonic we were very interested in getting some more information on this new synthesizer."
