Electronic instrument news

Novation and electronic music pioneer Giorgio Moroder collaborated on a limited version of the MiniNova synth called MoroderNova.

Here’s a nice demo we shot today at the Arturia booth at Musikmesse 2015 with the BeatStep Pro pad controller, Minibrute and Microbrute synths.

We got a special presentation of the new Aira semi-modular system and the upcoming System-500 at the Roland booth at Musikmesse.

Sit comfortably with a cup of coffee, and watch this 18-minute presentation of the new Roland JD-XA hybrid synthesizer shot today at Musikmesse.

The Modal 002 hybrid synth now has a little brother, the 001 duophonic and bitimbral model that is introduced at Musikmesse today.

As expected, the Roland Aira series takes a semi-modular turn with a new System-1m core and four effect modules.

Here’s a presentation of the Modal Electronics 008 analog polyphonic hardware synthesizer, probably one of the highlights of this Musikmesse 2015.

We went to see and listen the new Nord Stage 2 EX 76 HP at the Clavia/Nord booth at Musikmesse 2015.

We saw it at NAMM, but we had to wait until Musikmesse for Roland to finally unveil its JD-XA hardware synthesizer.

Modal Electronics introduces three new hardware synths at Musikmesse today, including the 008 polyphonic analog model.

Each trade show has its new Nord keyboard, and after updating the Electro range at NAMM, the Nord Stage 2 go EX in Frankfurt.

Roland posted a mysterious picture announcing new products for the Aira series, that we’ll discover next week at Musikmesse in Frankfurt.

That’s what the Finnish manufacturer is wishing and they are asking what you think about it.

New synth manufacturer Artisan Electronic Instruments posted the first demos of its Baroque digitally-controlled analog monosynth.

Cameron Jones and Mitch Marcoulier decided to modernize in 2015 both the software and hardware parts of the iconic Synclavier workstation.