Electronic instrument news

Metasonix describes the D-1000 as "the first drum machine made with vacuum tubes since the Wurlitzer Sideman of 1959."

Kurzweil Music Systems announced the PC3LE6, PC3LE7, and PC3LE8 Performance Controller Keyboards are now shipping.

Kurzweil Music Systems announced the release of the PC3K keyboard, expanding the PC3 line to include new features along with backwards compatibility with the K Series product line.

The latest addition to Roland's KC-Series keyboard amplifier lineup is the KC-110 Stereo Keyboard Amplifier.

Korg adds a third model to the microSERIES family: the microSAMPLER Compact Sampling Keyboard.

The new Pa50SD is designed to improve Korg's Professional Arranger keyboard by introducing SD card data storage in place of the older floppy disk drive on the original Pa50.

Arturia has announced a new series of three hybrid synthesizers: Analog Experience The Player, Analog Experience The Factory and Analog Experience The Laboratory.

Arturia has announced that the keyboard version of Origin, aptly named Origin Keyboard, will be shipping in March 2010.

Access Music presents OS4 for the entire Virus TI series on the NAMM Show 2010 in Anaheim, California.

The new Tenori-on Orange is on display at the 2010 NAMM show in Anaheim, CA. at Yamaha's main booth.

E-MU® Systems has announced that its new E-MU LONGboard 61 and SHORTboard 49 keyboards are now shipping.

This is still not completely official, but this rendering of a hardware sequencer by Doepfer, called "Dark Time."

Soundprovocation is offering discounts up to 50 % plus free extras for its customers until January 15.

Roland Corporation is pleased to announce general availability of the SP-404SX Portable Sampler.

Access Music has released a Limited Edition of their Virus TI desktop synthesizer, a Virus TI2 White (limited edition).

The new version has 60 potentiometers among its complement of 78 rotary controls.

The VST Little Phatty Editor is available in Windows and Mac (Intel and non-Intel) versions and supports a wide variety of VST hosts, Moog says.

Moog's Little Phatty synthesizer now features the new Control Voltage Output Modification.

Novation announced the launch of theirnew controller keyboard, based on the control surface of the Nocturn.

Here are some new details on the Korg microSAMPLERX, to be presented in Europe on September, 14.

The Miniak is a new synthesizer from Akai Professional, developed in partnership with the Alesis synthesis team.

The russian Elektronika EM-5 comes green and heavy like a battle tank, but when taking a look closer it is more like a cancer, Detunized says.

Yamaha introduced two new weighted action music synthesizers, the 88-key S90XS and the 76-key S70XS.

Yamaha announced two new Arranger Workstation keyboards at Summer NAMM 2009, the PSR-S910 and the PSR-S710.