Electronic instrument news

This latest addition to the JUNO Series is specifically designed for the musician on the go, providing professional sounds in a lightweight, portable design, according to Roland.

Roland announced the JUNO-G Workshop series of PDF booklets, now available for free download at RolandUS.com.

Since the release of the Prophet ’08 in August 2007, Dave Smith says it has received numerous requests for a version with more vintage-style controls.

Roland has announced the availability of the VP-770 Vocal & Ensemble Keyboard featuring vocal designer effects and ensemble sounds powered by Roland's SuperNATURAL™ technology.

Orwell Digital has announced the availability of The Ultimate_Xpansion Sound Collection, a patch library for use with Apple's Logic Pro music production software.

Schlagzwerg is designed to combine "the power of analogue drum and percussion sounds with modular versatility in a convenient and compact desktop unit."

Korg M3 Volume #2 - Soundtrack/Film Mix is the followup to Kid Nepro's "Proto Rock" collection, and it is now available.

B.E.A.S.T. is designed to take sound from classic analog synths and inject it with the energy of Reason and the Combinator.

Waldorf announced that the Blofeld Keyboard is shipping with a price tag of 879 Euro.

Roland has announced the availability of 64-bit drivers for Windows Vista for the Fantom-G Series workstations, V-Synth GT elastic audio synthesizer, and SonicCell synthesizer module.

Todd Bailey has introduced an 8-bit sampler for all the Lo-Fi and DIY lovers out there.

Beilfuss assures their new step synthesizer will bring "new, never before heard, electronic sounds to music."

Kreativ Sounds released SequenceK THOR Sounds, a collection of sounds that explores and combines all the features of this synthesizer, according to the company.

This book is designed as a tool for using the EPS, EPS-16 Plus, and ASR samplers.

SoundsDivine has programmed a preset bank for Image Sawer Line.

The axolotl is an analog synth noisebox made for "demanding sound-designers and noise musicians," according to Stupid Design.

Roland has updated its JUNO-G system to version 2.

Prelude is described as "Roland’s next generation of home-entertainment keyboards".

Karma-Lab has released Catalyst Volume 1 - Creativity Xplosion!, a "KARMA-fied" combi collection for the Korg M3 and Korg M50.

Korg won praises at the 10th annual Musikmesse International Press Award (MIPA) Ceremony, held April 2, 2009, in Frankfurt, Germany.

The device that has all the gear geeks going nuts should see its price go down this year.

Clavia has updated Nord Wave's OS to version 2.02.

Arturia has announced at Musikmesse two major updates to be released this year. Both of these upgrades will be free.

The MBase11 generates analog bass drums, from extremely powerful to soft and covers the whole range from 909-style to 808-fashioned, according to JoMoX.

Manikin Electronics, the manufacturer of the Memotron, has presented a digital remake of one of the highly unusual (b]mellotron instrument[/b].