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Mr_-G- wrote:In the video is mentioned (I think) that the grand upright is a sampled "U3"? Did I hear right? Those are Yamaha, no?
http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical- ... mode=model

Was about to post it, but you beat me to it!! I am looking forward to see Clavia release a new synth. Hopefully a G3!!

Mr_-G- wrote:I never expected to see this presented at a NAMM.
http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/nam ... hed-568378
and at a utterly ridiculous price £299/$479.
What next, 24 bit digital maracas?

I think the concept is not so ludicrous, but the price is!! It is about 20 times more than the original Stylophone, that is quite a step up. Also I believe most people would rather buy something like a kaossilator 2 or even a Microkorg XL+ if they look for something small portable and fun.

Well, I do not see them selling many of those...
Not long ago I sampled a Stylophone for a bit of fun (after reading a couple of people mentioning them [you Gustavo being one of them]). Something I noted is that it does not track the pitch well across the "board".

Mr_-G- wrote:Well, I do not see them selling many of those...
Not long ago I sampled a Stylophone for a bit of fun (after reading a couple of people mentioning them [you Gustavo being one of them]). Something I noted is that it does not track the pitch well across the "board".

Yeah it doesn't. I personally find it somewhat hard to tune it correctly since you have a pitch knob on the back that is continuous. I find it is more of a fun toy to play simple melodies than a true instrument. There are mobile apps that are more fun and easier to use professionally (my favorite is morphwiz) and if you already have a smartphone that is way cheaper. The stylophone I have I got it as some kind of promotion over at NovaMusik when I bought my Kaossilator Pro (which got fried recently) it was something like for $10 extra you get a t-shirt, some cables and a Stylophone.

Now back on the NAMM topic, I found that the only interesting things were from KORG and possibly the Casio Privia PX-5S (due to the cost mainly). As I already stated, I am a very big fan of the MS-20, I even got the Monotron and the Monotribe because they are based on parts of it. So when I saw the MS-20 Mini being released I was like "omg, they will possibly over price it like Moog", then I saw the $600 USD price and I immediatly grabbed my credit card, went to sweetwater.com and pre-ordered it. Also, the King Korg looks rather interesting, looking forward to trying one out since I dig the sound of my Microkorg XL+.

Saludos,
Gustavo

Well, the Prophet 12 from DSI was also very interesting -definitely worth considering, depending on what Clavia has up its sleeve for the Messe....

sakari wrote:Well, the Prophet 12 from DSI was also very interesting -definitely worth considering, depending on what Clavia has up its sleeve for the Messe....

Definitely! missed to list that one. Although pretty cool the price is somwhat restrictive to me, so because of that I am not very interested in it in the near future. Most likely I'll see myself buying and selling some synths (buying stuff under $1500) for the next 5 years using the NS2 SW as my main rig.

Saludos,
Gustavo

It's me or the next clavia synth will be black?
Ifyes, don't forget the wood ends to go with the bender stick


Edit: black is surely only the part under the wheel and the stick

I could only dream it is a new C2s all the bells and whistles of the C2 piano and a synth section that would blow everyone out of the water! Yea I know but that sure would be killer!

Rcmusic wrote:black is surely only the part under the wheel and the stick

Isn't the Wave like that?

Thank you for posting that very interesting picture Rcmusic !!

On Nord's website, the last news says about NAMM : " an exclusive sneak preview of a new upright for the Nord Piano Library..."
Has someone heard it ?

I think Nord has accomplished a great work on the piano side.
The synth side will come at the MESSE

It is played briefly in one of the videos.