Pioneer DJ TORAIZ AS-1 is a monophonic analog synthesizer. This product ensued from the fruitful cooperation between Pioneer DJ and Dave Smith Instruments. The new synth is good for both studio and stage and the developers assure us that it will compliment perfectly any project of professional producers (innovators).
The Swedish brand demonstrated its new flagship stage synthesizer – Nord Stage 3 at MusikMesse 2017. The true fans of Nord brand have been dreaming about it. The gap between Stage 2 EX and instruments by Kurzweil and the Japanese brands regarding numbers and parameters was clearly growing but the new synthesizer is going to make the situation change in its favor bringing Clavia closer to the top of the stage synth segment.
A small but definitely a cult German company Waldorf has announced its new flagship instrument at Musikmesse 2017 – Waldorf Quantum. It's an 8-voice hybrid synthesizer which takes after the legendary Wave – Quantum sports its best features: digital oscillators and analog filters thanks to which we get this matchless sound. It’s truly irreplaceable and full of rare features such as granular synthesis and resonators in addition to oscillators.
Roland founder, creator of legendary electronic musical instruments Ikutaro Kakehashi passed away
MatrixBrute Firmware Update 1.1 has been announced by Arturia. The new update for its flagship analog synthesizer adds a matrix-arpeggiator, real-time recording ability, preset knob position indication, features ensuring the compatibility with KORG instruments and some other options.
