MATRIXSYNTH

NAMM 2020 MIDI 2.0 Is Almost Here....

Published on Jan 18, 2020 sonicstate

"Tomorrow is big day in the life of the MIDI 2.0 specification - the MMA (Midi Manufacturers Association) vote on the final specification which once passed will mean it can be published and begin to be adopted by manufacturers.

This is going to be a big shift in the way many many aspects of our music gear operates. We spoke to Florian from Bomes MIDI Translator and the Bome box about this.

Interesting chat."

NAMM 2020 Nektar Aura Beats Controller

Published on Jan 18, 2020 sonicstate

"A new pad based controller from Nektar TECH which features 16 velocity and pressure sensitive pads, plus an integrated pattern based sequencer which works in standalone mode via the MIDI out port.
All hooks up to Nectarine, the plug-in hosts up to 16 plug-ins (one per pad) plus up to four inserts per pad and four FX sends - all with accessible parameters via the 8 knobs.
Available early March 2020 priced at $349.99"

Nektar Aura posts

John Bowen Desktop Solaris Spotted at NAMM

This one was spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child, via sonicstate's Instagram

You can find one more pic (non-NAMM shot) here.

Update: note the 1U Solaris voice expander above the racks. I totally missed it in the rush of posting. Thanks goes to Z for catching it!

Cropped pic below.

http://www.johnbowen.com

Buchla Music Easel - -BERATION

Published on Jan 18, 2020 Jae Ryan

"I recently traded my Shared System for a BUSA Music Easel. So far, no regrets. I always seem to go through really strong phases of missing the Easel whenever I part with it and hopefully this one means it doesn't have to happen again. I never thought I would part with my Shared System but it's been nice having my studio fully convert to bananas :P

This isn't a fully structured piece or anything but I had some ideas of where I wanted the patch to go before I tear it down. I just wanted to record a little snippet for Instagram but since my camera was near by and charged, I decided to set it up and share here :)

The drone in the beginning is a little loop I recorded previously into the Chase Bliss Blooper and the Chase Bliss MOOD is doing a little granular shimmer thing and a bit of delay. This all gets drowned out though once I start dialling back the Easel's spring."

Schneider Disses Behringer?

Thought this was interesting.

via @SchneidersBuero

"Cheap clones of yesterdays heroes do not make the world better, but there is much more to be seen
@NAMMShow right now. Some more words on http://schneidersbuero.de and the whole truth very soon
@Superbooth_Bln, so .. RELAX!"

Andreas Schneider is the man behind SUPERBOOTH and SchneidersBeuro in Germany.

NAMM 2020: Akai MPC One Sounds

Published on Jan 18, 2020 Perfect Circuit

"The new Akai MPC One borrows features from the previous MPC Live and MPC X, boiling them into a refined and more affordable package.

The MPC One is a playable, full production environment that can easily take you all the way from basic ideas to a finished track. In this video, we explore some of the ways it can be used as a live performance instrument with its super-responsive pads and built-in kits and samples.

Akai products available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/akai?u..."