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#398011 - 01/09/15 02:40 PM
Re: Any of you going to the NAMM Show
[Re: musicforyourday]
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And Baltimore, Harrisburg, PA, Las Vegas, Reno, Miami Dallas and lots of other places throughout the nation that host various shows and expos during the dead of winter. It ain't the weather that stops them from going, it's winter show time. There's a good reason no one holds these shows and expos in the summer months - no one would attend. What else is there to do in the dead of winter other than go to the shows, or maybe go skiing if you're young and agile. Cheers, Gary 
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#398540 - 01/23/15 03:14 AM
Re: Any of you going to the NAMM Show
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#398542 - 01/23/15 07:45 AM
Re: Any of you going to the NAMM Show
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My personal (rather disappointed) notes on NAMM 2015 (copied from my Facebook NAMM summary): Some personal notes on NAMM 2015 releases (updated Jan 23): YAMAHA: again no Motif successor despite all rumours, instead, the white version again and a display of vintage synths... http://usa.yamaha.com/about_yamaha/namm/ROLAND: JD-Xi, JD-Xa (not yet presented on their website!), Aira MX-1 - if that's it, I'll pass on this time.... http://youtu.be/B1Yh1UqMjcEhttp://youtu.be/C7HwMugaJqwhttp://youtu.be/_0KeRAWQZ2M However, the JD-Xa might become a hot seller for Roland, but analogue is not my cup of tea. https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electron...jd-xa-woah.htmlKORG: My dreams of a 'Kronos Light module version' similar to the M3 module hasn't come true (and no upgraded Krome either). No new sample-based synths (and no new arrangers - maybe at Musikmesse) NORD: As already posted, it is a new Nord Electro 5, not a Nord Stage 3 they released - for me personally, the most interesting Nord so far, but still too many limitations in the synth section (e.g. 15-voice polyphony).
Edited by rosetree (01/23/15 07:47 AM)
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#398546 - 01/23/15 08:34 AM
Re: Any of you going to the NAMM Show
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Registered: 09/21/00
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My personal (rather disappointed) notes on NAMM 2015 (copied from my Facebook NAMM summary): Some personal notes on NAMM 2015 releases (updated Jan 23): YAMAHA: again no Motif successor despite all rumours, instead, the white version again and a display of vintage synths... http://usa.yamaha.com/about_yamaha/namm/ROLAND: JD-Xi, JD-Xa (not yet presented on their website!), Aira MX-1 - if that's it, I'll pass on this time.... http://youtu.be/B1Yh1UqMjcEhttp://youtu.be/C7HwMugaJqwhttp://youtu.be/_0KeRAWQZ2M However, the JD-Xa might become a hot seller for Roland, but analogue is not my cup of tea. https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electron...jd-xa-woah.htmlKORG: My dreams of a 'Kronos Light module version' similar to the M3 module hasn't come true (and no upgraded Krome either). No new sample-based synths (and no new arrangers - maybe at Musikmesse) NORD: As already posted, it is a new Nord Electro 5, not a Nord Stage 3 they released - for me personally, the most interesting Nord so far, but still too many limitations in the synth section (e.g. 15-voice polyphony). An ARRANGERLESS NAMM SHOW...HOW SAD...  http://musik.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/besucher/willkommen.htmlOH WELL APRIL 15-18 MUSICMESSE?
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#398550 - 01/23/15 09:44 AM
Re: Any of you going to the NAMM Show
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Registered: 03/02/06
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My personal (rather disappointed) notes on NAMM 2015 (copied from my Facebook NAMM summary): Some personal notes on NAMM 2015 releases (updated Jan 23): YAMAHA: again no Motif successor despite all rumours, instead, the white version again and a display of vintage synths... http://usa.yamaha.com/about_yamaha/namm/ROLAND: JD-Xi, JD-Xa (not yet presented on their website!), Aira MX-1 - if that's it, I'll pass on this time.... http://youtu.be/B1Yh1UqMjcEhttp://youtu.be/C7HwMugaJqwhttp://youtu.be/_0KeRAWQZ2M However, the JD-Xa might become a hot seller for Roland, but analogue is not my cup of tea. https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electron...jd-xa-woah.htmlKORG: My dreams of a 'Kronos Light module version' similar to the M3 module hasn't come true (and no upgraded Krome either). No new sample-based synths (and no new arrangers - maybe at Musikmesse) NORD: As already posted, it is a new Nord Electro 5, not a Nord Stage 3 they released - for me personally, the most interesting Nord so far, but still too many limitations in the synth section (e.g. 15-voice polyphony). The biggest most innovative news comes from Akai.. Their professional range of master keyboards with full VST integration Als the arturia beatstep pro is a very nice improvement They also announced Omnisphere 2, my favourite VST, and lots of upgrades and new VSTs, and almost alll DAW software got an update There is a new analogue Dave Smit synth, prophet 6 Korg did show an ARP 2600 VA synth, and offcourse the new Kronos2, which is nothing but a repackaged version of Kronos X So not much from the hardware side, but the software side is booming with buiseness..
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#398564 - 01/23/15 11:46 AM
Re: Any of you going to the NAMM Show
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Registered: 06/25/99
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Loc: Benton, LA, USA
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I watched Eric Persing's video presentation of Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2. Eric Persing was the magic person behind the great Roland sounds of the 1990s.
Unfortunately, Omnisphere 2 seems to be much too demanding for the use with a medium-performance laptop or Microsoft Surface Pro 3, and I don't see how I could use it conveniently in a live situation. And there seems to be the rub. On one side the sound and tweakgeeks (is that a new word?:)), and, on the other side, the gigging troopers. Shall the twain ever meet? In another thread here this morning: http://www.synthzone.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/398543/Interesting_Keyboard_Add_On#Post398543We have the guy talking throughout the video without once putting his fingers on the keys in front of him - can he actually play, I wonder. Sorry, but I need to see someone with a live video with a floor full of dancers before I can get excited about this whole VST thing. Some of us don't spend our time burrowed away in a back room. So if anyone has a video such as I just described, please do us working guys a favour and put it up please. "And the congregations said, AMEN." 
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... YOU ?!?!? .. the self proclaimed LOVER of the cold ??? ... and besides, it would be INDOORS !!! 
......but, for the general public although great Italian food on the "HILL" RI in winter isn't a prime destination area for a big convention like the NAMM Show.......plus breaking tradition in Anaheim CA after all these years ain't gonna happen... 
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