NAMM 2020 Keith McMillen Instruments K-Board Pro with Deckard's Dream

Published on Jan 17, 2020 sonicstate

"Keith McMillen were at the NAMM show this year to show off their K-Board Pro 4 using MPE to control the Deckards Dream synthesizer. We got a quick demo, and then we spoke about the configuration options of the K-Board to tailor it to your playing needs."

NAMM 2020: 2HP Lunchbox - Small Cheap Solution for Modular Synths

Published on Jan 17, 2020 sonicstate

"2hp were on the booth this year to show off their new Lunchbox system, this is a small portable modular synth case. It will be available in various different system configurations.

Stephen also showed off a couple of their other modules that have been added to their ever expanding range of modules."

2HP Lunchbox posts

NAMM 2020: Noise Engineering New Modules for 2020

Published on Jan 17, 2020 sonicstate

"Noise engineering always seem to have lots to show off at the NAMM show and this year was no exception. You can almost always guarantee that they will have a oscillator too.

First of all we had a look at their USB Midi interface, which is completely programmable. We then looked at their Stereo oscillator platform, and finally their new reverb."

A Roland SH-101 synth plugin?

Published on Jan 17, 2020 once upon a synth

"This is a tutorial and demo of the TAL Bassline 101 VST synth plugin. This is based on the classic Roland SH-101 analog synthesizer from the 80s."

Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers NAMM Day 2 Live!

Published on Jan 17, 2020 Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

Don't miss 9:18. The gentleman you see there, named Don, presented the ARP 2600 back in 1972 as well. So cool.

https://alanrpearlmanfoundation.org

Dj Cyberium Presents My Synthesizer Music Experience

Published on Jan 17, 2020 Dj Cyberium

"Dj Cyberium Presents My Synthesizer Music Experience
Welcome To My Cyberdark World From Darkness To Light"

Some great synth spotting in this one. Filed under studio tours.

Dj Cyberium Presents My Recording Music Experience

Published on Jan 17, 2020

"Dj Cyberium Presents My Recording Music Experience
This Is The Best Studio Sound In The World In My Life"

Patch Base Adds Roland Alpha Juno-1, Alpha Juno-2, and MKS-50 Editors

via Coffeeshopped

"Simple and classic" is how I would describe the Roland Alpha Junos. Like the Korg DW-8000, they don't have too many moving parts: your standard subtractive synth setup, and with only a single envelope and a single LFO. Not a lot of modulation capabilities. But the sound of the oscillators and the resonant low-pass filter give you a classic Roland sound, and the minimal parameters let you quickly explore a lot of different sonic spaces. You can get round and punchy basses, hollow leads, and soft pads all with ease. And everything sounds sweeter with the Chorus turned on; it's a Juno.

The MKS-50 (photographed above by Lauren Slusher) is the same inside as the Alpha Junos, but with a little more in terms of performance setups, utilizing the weird "Patch" structure that Roland also used in the D-110, which is like a precursor to the idea of "Performances". But that aside, you've got the same sound capabilities as the Alpha Juno keyboards.

Patch Base gives you quick and easy control over all of the sound parameters inside these synths; no menu-diving or wheel-jogging required.

Thanks again to Stefan George for lending me his Roland MKS-50 for development work, and Cody Johnson for his Roland HS-10 (an Alpha Juno-1 in different clothing)."

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NAMM 2020 Spitfire ALBION Neo Orchestral Library

Published on Jan 17, 2020 sonicstate

"A new extension to the Albion collection from Spitfire audio, with more muted and flautando voicings as well as additional synthesized sections.
Available for preorder now, 59GB download, uses Kontakt player."

See this post for additional details on Spitfire's ALBION Neo.

NAMM 2020: Yamaha

Published on Jan 17, 2020 sonicstate

"We get a look at the new Yamaha YC61 Stage Organ - a 61 key VCM modelled organ but with pianos and other sounds as well.
Organ emulation uses some advanced VCM modelling techniques to create realistic tone, transistor and FM organs, as well as Leslie and additional effects."

Blackbox Sampler 1.4 Update - 1010 Music | NAMM 2020

Published on Jan 17, 2020 Under the Big Tree

"Aaron Higgins of 1010 Music demos the exciting new enhancements to Blackbox at NAMM 2020. If you have a Blackbox, you are going to want to download the free firmware upgrade to get enhanced keyboard and scale modes, as well as many other improvements."