Hot
on the heels of NAMM 2012 earlier in the year, the Frankfurt
Musikmesse has now opened and will be running until the end of the
week on 24th March. After taking a look at
some of the press, there’s lots of decent coverage at the event at
all the usual places. In particular, there are a few really
interesting developments and announcements going on and I wanted to
write about them so here we go.
More
analogue goodness
First up is another
analogue synth called Magma from boutique manufacturer Eowave. It’s
a nice additive synth with four waveforms, mixer and LFO and a built
in 16-step sequencer and is designed to deliver excellent bass
sounds. The sequencer will help for making loops that you can tweak
on the fly (think TB-303)
My
main concern is that for the features and price (599 € excl.
VAT) they are competing in the same market as the Moog Minitaur and
Arturia Minibrute, so the Magma is going to have to weather some
direct comparisons as a result. My personal favourite so far in this
class is the Minibrute but I will have to listen to some more demos
before I make up my mind.
More coverage and video
at Sonic State:
Propellerhead
I’ve been a big fan
of Propellerhead’s Rebirth, which was granted a new lease of life
on iOS, and their latest announcement is a new jamming app called
Figure, which is based on their Reason clone. Like Korg’s
Kaossilator and similar other apps, this should be perfect for
playing with on the bus / tube to work.
If that weren’t
enough, the cheap $1 price for the app will surely tempt potential
users into buying it. I suspect that the low barrier to entry will
create a halo effect for users to go on and buy Reason or Reason
Essentials as well. Good on Propellerhead for trying this out and I
cannot wait until it hits Apple’s stores to have a play.
A few more details are
over at Sonic State:
New Nord Electro
keyboard
Any new offering from
Clavia is a good thing and this one certainly looks amazing.
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