Mellotron M4000D Hands-On
We go hands-on with the digital Mellotron re-creation that the keyboard world is abuzz about. Boutique one-trick pony? Maybe, but it does that one trick so exceptionally well that it’s getting attention from the likes of Rami Jaffee (Wallflowers, Foo Fighters).
Some specifications:
It is a 24 bit digital uncompressed audio playback unit with ca 100 Mellotron and Chamberlin sounds built in. Extra cartridges will be available with 100 sounds each. It has a custom built full Mellotron style wood keyboard with depth sensitivity and polyphonic aftertouch out via MIDI. The front panel user inteface has 2 TFT-displays of high quality and are capable of showing pictures of the actual instruments. The dimensions of the cabinet are 34″x19.5″5.25″ (86x50x13.5cm) (WxDxH).
Here is some more info about the M4000D:
- Mellotron style wooden keyboard with depth sensitivity and polyphonic aftertouch via MIDI out.
- 100 original Mellotron and Chamberlin lead sounds included, with IMMEDIATE access.
- The sounds are taken from the original first-generation tape library giving the same sound quality as the original Mellotrons made in the 60s and 70s.
- It has our very advanced and in-house developed streaming technology for uncompressed 24 bit audio reproduction.
- The software and audio engine has taken 3 years to develop, but our concept of the digital Mellotron has been in development since the mid 90s. We bought parts of the original inventory from a company called ‘Mellotron Digital’.
- Furniture quality cabinet with hinged lid.
- Expansion slot gives you 100 extra sounds on special compact flash cards, all from the original archives. There will be ca 8 expansion cards released with a large variety of sounds.
- Two high-quality TFT displays and a backlit laser cut front panel.
- Our very advanced and in-house developed streaming technology for uncompressed 24 bit audio reproduction.
- Three gold plated balanced XLR outputs, all other connectors are gold plated for maximum reliablilty.
- Dimensions: 859x501x135 mm, weight 17.5 kg.
Placebo Battle for the Sun – Remix with 9 Apps
BitWiz Audio Synth / Gestrument / Audiobus / Anytune Pro+ – Music Practice Perfected. / Genome MIDI Sequencer / DrumsLive — touch and MIDI multisample drums / DrumJam / ThumbJam / LiveFX • DJ Effects Kit / Brian Molko – Placebo – Battle for the Sun
Touchscreen Sequencer Test
This is a quick demo of Yet Another Touchscreen Music App.
“I’m trying to come up with a global live performance / songwriting app for the touch interface, and this is my seventh attempt. Definitely getting closer. Still have to add the sound-sculpting interface; this is just a quick demo of the step sequencer scene switching.”
iPad Mini Oscilloscope Test
Just a test! For more info see:
http://www.apple.com/ipad/
http://www.faberacoustical.com/ios_ap…
http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/…
http://cs80-com.myshopify.com/product…
http://www.synthtech.com/motm.html
And ALL your questions can be answered on the best forum on Earth (especially for modular synthesizers and cats . . . . but mostly cats . . . ):
http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/inde…
Polymoog Synthesizer Vox Humana Demo
Background video description:
We recently restored a Polymoog Synthesizer for a client. He wanted the Vox Humana patch, so we transplanted the Vox Humana filter in to his Polymoog Synth. This is a demo of us playing with the new filter in the Polymoog Synthesizer, If you would like this modification, or would like a Vox Humana filter circuit board, contact us at www.NewEnglandAnalog.com.
Moog Sub Phatty | MULTIDRIVE
In this video Moog demonstrates the power and versatility of one knob per function synthesis. Watch and listen as the track evolves and changes in response to every touch.
The Sub Phatty is the first analog synth to feature Moog’s transformative new Multidrive section; at low settings Multidrive adds warmth and girth, but when pushed, it delivers a screaming snarl that is highly reactive to resonance, waveshape, and oscillator level. Experiment with this new circuit and unlock an undiscovered world of vivid analog tonalities.
Learn more about the Sub Phatty at:
http://moogmusic.com/products/phattys…
Time machine: SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS DRUMTRAKS Vintage Drum Machine 1984
Demo of the drum machine Sequential Circuits Drumtraks from 1984.
It is a great American drum machine. It is very flexible – for every beat and every sound in a pattern you can set volume and pitch to your needs, similar to the E-mu SP-12. It has a groovy sequencer! One of my favourite drum machines.
It is a studio machine with single outputs for drumsounds, MIDI, Clock IN/OUT and more…
The DrumTraks is a very programmable classic drum machine from the eighties. While its electronic drum kit sounds may not be as popular today as the TR-909 or TR-808, the DrumTraks exceeds them with superior editing capabilities. Thirteen drum sounds all with programmable tuning and level control. Extensive editing with copy and paste ability. There’s even a mixer section for individual sounds, six individual outputs, one mono mix output, and cassette in/out for offline memory storage.
Pretty basic and easy programming, record a couple patterns and link them into a song. The DrumTraks can output a 24PPQN clock signal and is also fully MIDI capable. This makes it very easy to use with old analogs and new MIDI synths and sequencers. If your looking for classic eighties electro beats and the vintage instrument that generates them then look no further than the DrumTraks.
Casio Privia Pro PX-5S Stage Piano Demo with Mike Martin
Mike Martin from Casio demonstrates the Privia Pro PX-5S stage piano at Kraft Music.
Specification:
| Keyboard | 88-key, Tri-sensor Scaled Hammer Action II |
| Maximum Polyphony | 256 Notes |
| Number of Tones | 370 Preset / 350 User Keyboard Instrument (including Electric Piano) – 60 Preset, 50 User Hex Layer – 50 Preset, 150 User |
| Stage Settings | 100 User Stage Settings / 4 zone configurations |
| Controllers | 4 knobs, 6 sliders, Pitch & Modwheel, 2 Pedal Inputs |
| Arpeggiator | 4 simultaneous programmable 16 step Arpeggiators |
| Phrase Sequencer | 8 Tracks, up to 1,000 phrases |
| Storage | USB / File & Audio Recording |
| System Effects | Reverb, Chorus, Delay, String & Damper Resonance |
| Insert Effects | 4 simultaneous / Equalizer, Compressor, Limiter, Enhancer, Early Reflection, Phaser, Chorus, Flanger, Tremolo, Auto Pan, Rotary, Drive Rotary, LFO Wah, Auto Wah, Distortion (w/ Amp Simulator), Pitch Shifter, Multi Chorus, Ring Mod, Delay, Piano effect |
| Master Effects | 4 Band EQ & Compressor |
| MIDI | Independent USB & MIDI I/O |
| Audio Terminals | 1/4″ L&R Input & Output, 1/8″ Audio Input |
| Dimension | 52.05 x 11.26 x 5.31 (inch) |
| Weight | 24.47 lbs (W/O Battery) |
Doepfer A124 Wasp Filter LP/BP/HP/Notch Demonstration
A continuation of the exploration of the Doepfer A124 Wasp Filter. The Notch, Lowpass, and Highpass portions of the Doepfer A124 Wasp Filter are explored. In the next segment this filter is compared to the Doepfer A121 Multimode Filter. Sound and Video by Raul Pena.
The Roland Juno-6: VCF
Here is a demonstration of the sound and functionality of the Roland Juno-6 voltage-controlled filter.
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