NAMM 2012: Casio Booth Pics with the New XW-P1 & XW-GW1 Synthesizers

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They had a Casio CZ-5000 in the booth as well, but it wasn't plugged in.

NAMM 2012: Access Music Booth Pics

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NAMM 2012: Cynthia & Dr. Herbert Kuhnert of Cyndustries

Cynthia & Dr. Herbert Kuhnert of Cyndustries by the Buchla booth.  MOTU booth in the background.

NAMM 2012: Buchla Booth Pics

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Morton Subotnick at the Buchla booth.

NAMM 2012: Schmidt Analog Synthesizer Booth Pics

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Stevie Wonder's Lamar Mitchell checks out the Schmidt. I should have some video of Lamar playing the Schmidt coming up as soon as I have some time to upload it. It sounded amazing. Specwise the Schmidt appears to be the most full featured true analog poly synth with four oscillators, two filters and eight voice polyphony. The estimated price is 25,000 Euro which currently translates to $32,765 USD.

See the Schmidt label below for more including video.

NAMM 2012: Radikal Technologies Booth Pics

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Joerg Schaaf of Radikal Technologies showing off his Spectralis 2 & Accelerator. Don't miss his custom iPad Lemur editor for the Accelerator.

NAMM 2012: Teenage Engineering Booth Pics

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Moog MiniTaur in there. Note the green stand for holding three OP-1s and the cool black Converse.

Update via Steve NorgateJan 26, 2012 05:00 AM in the comments:

"Anyone else notice the similarity between the OP-1 and this Kenneth Grange designed Reuters trading terminal?

http://www.fastcodesign.com/multisite_files/codesign/imagecache/1280/slides/1985_reuters_monitor.jpg"

NAMM 2012: M-Audio Venom Booth Pics

A couple of pics of the Venom at the M-Audio booth at NAMM. Below is Venom Project Manager Taiho Yamada. It was great to finally meet Taiho in person. Be sure to see my M-Audio Venom review and interview with Taiho. You'll find a tip and tricks section. Also see: New M-Audio Venom Blog & Alternate Designs of the Venom.

NAMM 2012: Waldorf Music Booth Pics

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Waldorf were primarily showing their Zarenbourg electric piano which was working this time. A Blofeld and the new Pulse 2 were present. The Pulse 2 wasn't plugged in but it felt like a real unit in weight and metal enclosure. Note the number of knobs in the main programming matrix section of the Pulse 2 is six while the Blofeld is four. You can see Stefan Stenzel showing the Zarenbourg to a gentleman who apparently was well known in the industry. If anyone can ID him let me know.

NAMM 2012: Big City Music Booth Pics

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Featured: Dewanatron, Mellotron, Cwejman, Eowave, Metasonix, JoMoX, OTO, Oberheim, Analogue Systems, Schippmann, Ekdahl, KNAS, Malekko, Wiard, 4ms, Jomox, Skychord Critter & Guitari, WMD Synthwerks, KOMA Elektronik, Killpatrick, Mode Machines, Dirty Boy, Sherman, Signal Arts, Flight of Harmony, Gorillabox, Monorocket, Pittsburgh Modular, Bubblesound, Effectrode & more.

Note the new Eowave Domino & Koma, Jomox Moonwind & Schippmann CS-8 Series programmable Voltage Controlled Multimode Filter VCF-02 in euro. The set begins with the Dewanatron Hymnatron.