All you need to know about the unveiled Yamaha MOX 6/8 synths
Heavyweight professional performance with lightweight price tag, the new generation feature packed Yamaha MOX 6 and MOX 8 music production synthesizers exude classic Motif heritage for musicians on a budget.
Yamaha proudly unveil the next chapter in the Motif story with the phenomenal MOX 6 and MOX 8 Music Production Synthesizers – feature packed professional instruments that bring Yamaha acclaimed Motif XS Sound Engine capability to music makers on a budget.
Both models offer over 1200 superb voices and over 350 MB of waveforms from the Motif XS, these sounds can be further enhanced and edited with Yamaha’s exclusive XA (Expanded Articulation) technology and the Virtual Circuitry Modeling capability which are perfect for recreating entirely new or classic vintage synth sounds.
Both models are ‘complete’ music making instruments, easy to use, they offer everything you need to create complete soundtracks, with an onboard comprehensive and powerful real or step time multi track sequencer combined with 6720 arpeggiator patterns creative flexibility is almost unrivalled.
Recording and audio power is further enhanced via the bundled YC-3B Organ Emulator soft synth, Steinberg Prologue analog synth and Cubase AI. Both models are highly portable thanks to the lightweight construction (the MOX 6 weighs in at a remarkable 7 kilos!) whilst a 4-In 2-Out USB Audio / MIDI interface guarantees complete integration.
The MOX 8 features a fully-weighted Graded hammer 88-note keyboard whist the MOX 6 features a brand new 61-note semi-weighted keyboard.
Prices are as follows : MOX 6 £1051, MOX 8 £1576.
The MOX launch offer is supported by a heavyweight marketing and PR programme including exclusive Artist Movies that are sure to inspire new customers in-store and provide distinctive informative, entertaining content for dealers and end users alike.
In addition to this high impact content Yamaha will be running on-line and in-print advertising campaigns, a dedicated 0% financial package for the MOX 8 and in-depth dealer and end user training programmes.
Reading through the specifications one really has to wonder what more anyone would need to create great music on stage or in the studio. ‘To celebrate the MOX launch Yamaha have also created a series of not to be missed exclusive interviews with an expert team comprising the cream of the UK’s top Synth exponents and professional practitioners.
They include Take That’s acclaimed Musical Director Mike Stevens, Marcus Byrne ( Annie Lennox), Luke Smith (George Michael), Alan Dunn (Bob Geldof) Luke Juby (Mike and the Mechanics) and Sean Barry from Girls Aloud, Pixie Lott & Olly Murs.
Yamaha revealed the MOX instruments to this elite group for the very first time only last week and they are shown finding their way around MOX 6 & 8 for the very first time and providing highly insightful first impressions – this material will also provide superb content for future customers, dealers and the media alike.
Both models offer over 1200 superb voices and over 350 MB of waveforms from the MOTIF XS, these sounds can be further enhanced and edited with Yamaha’s exclusive XA (Expanded Articulation) technology and the Virtual Circuitry Modeling capability which are perfect for recreating entirely new or classic vintage synth sounds.
Both models are ‘complete’ music making instruments , easy to use, they offer everything you need to create complete soundtracks, with an onboard comprehensive and powerful real or step time multi track sequencer combined with 6720 arpeggiator patterns creative flexibility is almost unrivalled.
Recording and audio power is further enhanced via the bundled YC-3B Organ Emulator soft synth, Steinberg Prologue analog synth and Cubase AI. Both models are highly portable thanks to the lightweight construction (the MOX 6 weighs in at a remarkable 7 kilos!) whilst a 4-In 2-Out USB Audio / MIDI interface guarantees complete integration.
The MOX 8 features a fully-weighted Graded hammer 88-note keyboard whist the MOX 6 features a brand new 61-note semi-weighted keyboard. The MOX launch offer is supported by a heavyweight marketing and PR programme including exclusive Artist Movies that are sure to inspire new customers in-store and provide distinctive informative, entertaining content for dealers and end users alike.
In addition to this high impact content Yamaha will be running on-line and in-print advertising campaigns, a dedicated 0% financial package for the MOX 8 and in-depth dealer and end user training programmes.
Duel: The Bomb vs. The Bomb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn2rTMV7AOo
Swedish synthpop treat with Mr. Jones Machine
Mr Jones Machine feat. Susie: De månbleka tingen
Live @Fabriken i Stockholm 2011-04-02
Yamaha Tyros4
Yamaha Tyros4 Digital Keyboard presented by Joachim Wolf
Background info from Yamaha:
Powered by the latest sound technologies, including Super Articulation, the Tyros4 has a wealth of amazingly authentic and naturally expressive Voices. The sound is so real—right down to the performance techniques—it truly makes your playing come alive!
Extraordinarily expressive, realistic sound
Pich-Bend Image Super Articulation Voices give you a level of expressive realism you’ve never experienced before in a keyboard. The Choir Voices sound remarkably human and respond expressively to your control, while wind and brass instruments feature natural legato and staccato expression and let you easily use performance effects such as vibrato, pitch bend and glissando.
Wealth of Voices and effects
The Tyros4 provides 993 dynamic, realistic Voices, giving you instant access to virtually every instrument in the real world. In addition to the Super Articulation Voices, Live!, Cool! and Sweet! Voice categories feature exceptionally realistic acoustic and electronic instrument sounds. Special Mega Voices deliver enhanced realism and expression in Song data and MIDI recording applications. Moreover, there’s an Organ Flutes section that lets you use the nine panel sliders to instantly adjust the individual flute footages. And for the final touch, a comprehensive set of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) effects let you enhance the sound in a variety of ways (with reverb, chorus or EQ).
Powerful, pro-quality accompaniment
With the huge set of 500 built-in dynamic Styles, the Tyros4 puts a full professional-sounding backing band at your disposal. The Styles of the Tyros4 have been vastly enhanced with new Super Articulation Voices, and made even more powerful with DSP effect processing. Guitar parts respond accurately to your chord changes with remarkable realism, and human voice sounds can also be played with unprecedented expressiveness.
There are many other performance tools and features to inspire your creativity as well. Multi Pads let you play in real time a wide selection one-shot phrases and special loops—which can automatically sync to the Styles. The convenient Music Finder feature lets you call up ideal Style and Voice setups for the particular type of music you want to play. Moreover, One Touch Setting presets with four specially programmed settings for each Style let you reconfigure the Tyros4 with the proper Voices and effects, for playing in that style of music, while the Registration Memory feature gives you eight pads for instant, total recall of your favorite panel settings.
Message from AtomoSynth
“Hello World…
From April 6th to 9th 2011 Our Krakken keyboard will be shown in Musikmesse at the Schneidersladen Superbooth!!
Musikmesse, Frankfurt/M. Hall 5.1 Stand C70”
Cool looking – EasyQ and EngineersFilter – free effect plug-ins for Windows
rs-met has released updated versions of EasyQ and EngineersFilter, two free effect plug-ins for Windows.
after some beta testing and bugfixing (thx to all who participated), it’s now done. updated versions for EasyQ and EngineersFilter have been released. for EasyQ, it’s only a maintenence update with a little bugfix related to colorscheme handling.
EngineersFilter now includes two new approximation methods: Bessel and Papoulis. The Bessel design approximates a linear phase response in its passband and the Papoulis design achieves the maximum negative slope at the cutoff frequency when a monotonically decreasing magnitude response is assumed.
EasyQ and EngineersFilter are available as freeware VST plugins for Windows.
More information: rs-met
New video from cyber electro guys – V2A
V2A Immortal – (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) – (2011)
British-German V2A, consisting of Kevin Steward and Ines Lehmann, has on their two previous albums delivered a dancefloor friendly mix of cyber-influenced electro, EBM and more industrial noises.
The project was born as a trio (along with Matthew Hawkes) at the beginning of the millennium, and made his debut through Trisol Music Group in 2002 with the album “EBM”.
Now the duo returns with new album ‘Machine Corps, which under the record label’s press release presents a more mature, darker and more elaborate sound than before.
V2A – MACHINE CORPS – SONG IMMORTAL
OUT on 29th April 2011 NOITEKK / BLACKRAIN
Pre-Order @ www.emmo.biz
www.v2a.co.uk
Reissues for the A Flock Of Seagulls albums ‘Dream Come True’ and ‘Same’
Out now via the Cherry Pop label are two reissues from A Flock Of Seagulls. 1986′ “Dream Come True” was A Flock of Seagulls’ 4th album. This 14 track reissue CD features the 9 original tracks plus five bonus tracks, incl. the 7″ and 12″ single versions of “Who’s that Girl (She’s got it)” and “Heartbeat like a Drum”. The other bonus track on the CD is the 13 minute “(Cosmos) Effect of the Sun”, on CD for the first time. The booklet features sleeve notes and a full UK discography featuring many of their sleeves.
The reissue of “Same” comes with the 11 original tracks plus 4 bonus tracks. Originally released in 1982, it contains 4 timeless singles: “Telecommunication”, “Modern Love is Automatic”, “I ran” and “Space Age Love Song”. The bonus-tracks included on this CD are the b-side tracks of the 4 singles – for the first time available on CD.
You can get the reissues at Amazon UK and Amazon DE (direct links).
New Apoptygma Berzerk video for ‘Asleep Or Awake’
Posted now on the Apoptygma Berzerk YouTube channel is a brand new video for the track “Asleep Or Awake” taken from the band’s “Rocket Science” album.
Song taken from the album :
ROCKET SCIENCE
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rocket-science/id301333950
Live Korg KRONOS performances
To celebrate the launch of the amazing new KORG KRONOS Music Workstation in Europe at this year’s Musik Messe in Frankfurt Germany (April 6 to April 9), is very proud to announce a series of limited performances by the world-famous keyboard player, Tom Coster (Santana, Billy Cobham, Vital Information, etc.). Tom, along with sensational German musicians Stefan Rademacher (bass – George Duke, Billy Cobham, Chaka Khan, etc.) and Daniel Schild (drums – Afshin, etc.) will be performing on the stand A71 in Hall 3, three times each day of the show. Each half-hour performance will have limited seating. So be there in time.
DATAMASKIN
