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Italian keyboard manufacturer Dexibell has two updated stage pianos to show this year, the Vivo S7 Pro and S3 Pro. Vivo S7 Pro As will all stage pianos it’s all about the sound and feel. The S7 Pro has 88 hammer action keys with graded weight, triple contact and an ivory feel. Internally the sound […]
Casio first introduced their Privia range of digital pianos 15 years ago designed to be compact and useful for home or studio use. With the PX-S1000 and PX-S3000 Casio has gone sleeker, shinier and more elegant which is great because the others in the range are a bit chunky. PX-S1000 These look great – even […]
Korg desires balance in the universe. Just when you think they are overdosing on coolness and kudos with the Volca Modular and Minilogue XD they redress the balance with some neon coloured special edition Kross keyboards. Oh, and they’ve tweaked the Kronos and Krome just enough to make it newsworthy at NAMM. Kross Special Edition […]
String Studio VS-3 uses a collection of unique string oscillators in place of the usual VCOs and DCOs found in most synthesizers. These form the basic sounds sources and can be plucked, bowed and hammered before routing through a blend of synthesis components. String Studio VS-3 The new version brings in two voice multitimbrality by […]
Qu-Bit has released their scanned synthesis wavetable animater that we first saw at NAMM earlier in the year. Scanned is an interesting concept using an unexplored technique of synthesis that has never before been implemented in hardware. Scanned Scanned synthesis was conceived by computer music guru Max Matthews. It’s based around the idea of a string […]
Probably the less exciting announcement of the day is that the Komplete Kontrol S88 hammer action controller keyboard is joining its brothers, the S61 and S49, in the second generation. Komplete Kontrol S88 MK2 The S88 gets the twin screen Komplete Kontrol browser, the sleek black buttons and smooth redesign. The hammer action, fully weighted […]
New developers Sampleson has spent more than 1200 hours developing this recreation of a classic and extremely rare Hohner electric piano. Used by Led Zeppelin on tracks such as “Stairway to Heaven”, “Misty Mountain Hop”, “No Quarter” and “Down by the Seaside” Electrix is free to download. Electrix The Hohner Electra Piano T is described as […]
Two years after the Nord Piano 3 (Revenge of the hammer action) Nord ramp it up for a full octane outing to piano central. Witness the seamless transitions, feel the dedicated piano filters and weep over the split point crossfades. The Nord Piano 4 is about to become a legend. Nord Piano 4 Nord do […]