Namm 2008

Looks like novamusik has the Virus Snow at 1250 + shipping.

Link to all the new Namm gear @ Novamusik:

http://www.novamusik.com/search.aspx?type=...267&mid=267

And again, no new electribe :cries: . I need usb plz. Or at least compact flash.

Here's some of my favs from this years NAMM

Access TI Snow - TI in a small box

Akai MPC 5000 - Has a synth built in

Akai MPD 32 - Usb trigger pad, pretty cool

Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 08 Rack Module - I'd only buy one if I were rich, still cool though. Modern version of Prophet 5 w/ 8 voices

Dave Smith LinnDrum II Analog+ Digital - Drum machine+ Analog synth on steroids. Want one so bad. Has x0x style and mpc style programming.

Korg Kaossilator - Koaspad but an osc/synth instead of just sample mangling

Novation Nocturn - Software control box, w/ automapping. Pretty Cool details below.

Radikal Technologies Hybrid Elements - The synth section from the Spektralis (from the guy that did quasimidi stuff) groovebox. With expandable modules. I think the basic version goes for a lil more than 1000 with additional modules going for 500. Very cool.

Spectrasonics Omnisphere softsynth - Will be very cool. Big fan of spectrasonics stuff. More Here

lol how long can Akai remake the MPC for? 1000 years?

MPC 50,000,000 - now with 780 touch pads and a 78 quintillion note sequencer!

Lol yeah. Eventually (i'm guessing) they will only be a trigger box + software and build their own hardware computer racks for em or something. Ala pro tools. Akai is a great company, the s2000 sampler used to be my best friend, but the mpc has never caught on with me. I'm glad that the Linn Drum II has the mpc pad style b/c that's really the only thing I've ever liked about the mpc

Im not a big fan on drum machines, the pads are neat but I'd rather use my Nord Modular/Reaktor for drums or just use samples if I want classic drum machine sounds. This NAMM is really disappointing to me actually, since there's nothing cool modular going around and after careful thought about it, I can't imagine wanting to buy a prepatched synthesizer ever again.

HI Res

This thing is going to be awesome, and they're guessing around 1500. That thing and a g2 would be the business.

http://www.davesmithinstruments.com/produc...drum2/index.php

Yeah I must say I'm pretty disappointed too. I mean these are some of my favs but the only thing I will buy is the Linn Drum, unless Korg comes out with a new electribe soon, which I'm guessing they aren't. I don't really like drum machines either, but the ESX electribe is awesome cuz it's a sampler you can use as a drum machine, therefore no limitations as far as sound sources.

This is why clavia should have a sampling option in the g2. Then it would be complete and unbeatable.

Yah Korg seems to be cleaning up with thier MicroKorg, little white R3 thing or whatever. I think thats taking off for them way better than the Electribes did.

Yah, people have been screaming for a sampler in the G2. You can kind of do it in a really weird way by using a program that takes a wave file and then spits out a ton of envelope modules with values that correspond to the waveform, but it's pretty rough sounding and you're very limited in terms of length of the wave. It can be interesting to play with though.

The novation thing is cool though. Something I've been waiting about 10 years for.

Following the success of Novation’s Automap Universal, (a protocol exclusive to Novation controllers, providing automatic and intelligent control of your music software), NAMM 2008 has seen the arrival of the eagerly awaited Automap Universal 2.0. Novation tell us that RTAS and TDM plug-in support is now included, making Novation controllers the best solution for controlling multiple instruments and effects within Pro Tools LE and HD. They say that the mapping options available go way beyond those offered by existing HUI-based controllers. This latest release ships with Novation’s new Nocturn controller, and will also be compatible with Novation’s ReMOTE SL and ReMOTE SL COMPACT ranges.

More...

Yeah Korg didn't do much this NAMM.

I love the radias, but I already have so many soft synths, plus my uWave xt I can't justify that much money for another synth. I'll may buy one in a few years maybe when the used price comes down. But by then I'll have a g2 and not care.

Oh I guess there's arturia's origin too

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=5895

Not a fan of Artuia's emulations. And paying $2000 for a hardware box of them is jsut crazy. There's a lot of fans out there tho. The Arp 2600 done by them was a big let down for me and the interface virtual cables were too clumsy to use. I much prefer the sound of the timewarp 2600 and interface.

The Arturia CS-80 sounds like shit, that's about all I know about them.

Brandi: just a heads up... Clavia has decided not to make the G2 editor for Vista, or for universal binary. some intel mac users say it works fine, but others say it is unusable.

Anyways, just keep that in mind!

Thats the novation control thing. I may actually buy one. I'm a fan of crossfaders to control software. Sure its not as good as a rane or whatever expensive dj crossfader, but i'm sure it gets the job done.

Oh there's a stripped down minimoog voyager too if anyone cares. No xy pad, no patch storage, no midi. whatev.

No MIDI? WTF lol does it have CV in??

Thats fucking lame about the G2 editor, sounds like they just aren't going to do any more updates at all.

  Kcinsu said:

Brandi: just a heads up... Clavia has decided not to make the G2 editor for Vista, or for universal binary. some intel mac users say it works fine, but others say it is unusable.

 

Anyways, just keep that in mind!

Yeah I know. I read the electro nord modular forums. Doesn't matter to me. I'm not upgrading to vista for another year or so anyway. And when I do hopefully there will be some kind of work around. They need to release the damn source code! At least for the G1. Well what they really need to do is make a vst version imo. BUt that will never happen as they aren't a software company. I use the g2 software demo all the time tho, just record it live :)

yeah, but the demo sounds so crap compared to the hardware (not to mention this extremely high pitched tone that starts as soon as you add a module)

I highly recommend getting the keyboard... best. interface. ever.

cv all the way lol....I guess its for the purists that dont want the risk of having to fix and calibrate a model d all the time.

  Kcinsu said:

yeah, but the demo sounds so crap compared to the hardware (not to mention this extremely high pitched tone that starts as soon as you add a module)

 

I highly recommend getting the keyboard... best. interface. ever.

Yeah I've been told that by many users, and I can tell just from the sound of it compared to my friends g1 even.

I've been obsessed with the g2 since it was first announced, and finally got to play with one in atl year before last. It was butter. I called my friend and was like "I'm touching a g2". BUt it was in a loud guitar center, which sucked.

I've heard demos of the g2 reverb and also that it sucks. Any opinion on that. not that it really matters with the midi modules you can control any reverb unit.

edit: i wish they hadn't wasted their time on the nord wave and put together a new g3. BUt their market is in electros nowadays.

yeah. i had wanted a modular since the G1. Its what I learned synthesis on, at school... but never had the money. then the G2 came out, and i preordered one, but the release date kept being pushed back, and then I realized I needed money for living expenses, so I had to drop that.... I finally had the money back in april, and I got the keyboard. then a few months later, I found a good deal on ebay, and got the engine.

its fine for what it is... id personally only use it if I was doing a live show with no external reverb to send to. I think thats what its intended for... just a stock reverb for live use.

the modular is such a niche product. awesome for serious synthesists, but for the average person who wants a cool keyboard, its way over their head

u go to berklee? Thats the only place I know of that has nord modulars in a classroom. I got accepted to there but didnt go cuz I didn't want to move. NOt sure if I regret it or not. I didnt like the though of being surrounded by musicians all day in a school environment. Too much pressure and competition. I'm probably wrong about that though.

ie, they need other things to make money

  Brandi_B said:

u go to berklee? Thats the only place I know of that has nord modulars in a classroom. I got accepted to there but didnt go cuz I didn't want to move. NOt sure if I regret it or not. I didnt like the though of being surrounded by musicians all day in a school environment. Too much pressure and competition. I'm probably wrong about that though.

I went.... graduated in 06.

being surrounded by musicians is a double edge sword. i can give you a million reasons why it was awesome, and a million why it sucked. I think it was worth it though. I learned a lot... and its only a few years... then youre free again. I am glad to be away from musicians now... I can retreat back into my own little world again (how I started out, with music... not knowing anyone into electronic stuff... it was my own private thing... I enjoy being on my own again, only thinking about music when I want to...)

it was extremely competitive though, youre right. and a lot of pressure, but probably mostly from my own desire to improve.

I heard the electronic teacher there (jan something maybe?) was pretty cool. That's what I was looking into. BUt I didn't really want a degree in that. Or anything music related actually. Now I'm kicking myself for not having a degree in at least frisbee. I'll go back to school one day though. Got too much other stuff going on atm.

It's about bar time. I've been engulfed in all this gear for the past few hours and am pratically broke anyway. Sony needs to send me some money. If any of you ever do work for sony, don't expect your money in a timely fashion. Or to keep the rights to your music. I knew that beforehand though :)

just kidding i love you sony.

ooo...theres one more thing i gotta add to this list....

there is a great line up of professors in the synth department... just totally amazing... and there are a few duds, but no place is perfect.

Warning, very NSFW

Metasonix tube guitar amp. From the people that brought you all that tube mangling stuff. Also the stuff that trent reznor overused on his last album.

How much you say? $5000

I don't know who is going to buy this. But the guy that makes this stuff doesn't seem to care, and I admire him for that, his products are interesting.

http://www.metasonix.com/index.php?option=...6&Itemid=67