The device has a powerful digital signal processor, MIDI input and output, supports external control of the footswitch or expression pedal, and USB allows you to use the free software RV-500 Editor/Librarian.
Elektron announced that Octatrack MKII, the upgraded version of Octatrack DPS-1, will be available soon. The device is designed to work with music even in stressful conditions and will cost $1,350.
Despite the hopes which analogue synthesis lovers had about Moog, the company said that it is ending the release of the “second wave” of the legendary Moog Minimoog Model D. You still can purchase it for $3,749.
The management of the Japanese company has been sticking to the rule of “leaving analog in the past” for a long time. But it’s the market which rules and that’s why we did get JD-XA and JD-Xi from Roland, and now SE-02 analog monophonic synthesizer module created together with the eminent Studio Electronics company is getting its way through. Roland emphasized that this is only the beginning of a new series called Roland Boutique Designer. Read more about the Roland’s fight back to Mr. Dave Smith&Pioneer DJ Toraiz AS-1 and eventually Behringer D rackmount synth module.
The series of FA workstations, which is a budget alternative to Fantom top stations, produced in 2000-2010, till now had only 2 keyboard versions - 5 and at 7.5 octaves. Now Roland offers a new version - FA-07 - 6 octaves. Except the keyboard, the synthesizer is no different from the other models of the series. However the release of FA-07 by the Japanese company actually nails the right to be called the only 6-octave workstation in its price range replacing the slightly outdated KORG Krome 73.
