Neutral Labs has announced the successor to its ELMYRA platform, the ELMYRA 2. This is a four-voice digital/analog hybrid drone synthesiser and platform for microtonal sonic exploration. It comes as either a Eurorack module or semi-modular desktop synth. It features 31 modulation targets, four polymetric sequencers, delay, additional per-voice effects, […]
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Yamaha has updated its AvantGrand line of hybrid pianos with the launch of the NU1XA, boasting improved touch and new pedals for a more realistic acoustic grand piano feel, new sensors, newly designed sound system, and compact design. Yamaha’s press release doesn’t state as much but the model number suggests […]
Behringer has announced the launch of its JT-4000 MICRO, a portable four-voice hybrid synthesiser with two analog modelling oscillators per voice, analog filter and arpeggiator. The emphasis is on portability and programmability, and claims to be a faithful reproduction of the JP-8k sound engine with a supersaw waveform. In addition […]
British synth company UDO has been showing off its latest binaural synth, the Super Gemini, at this year’s Superbooth exhibition. It features a 61-key semi-weighted keyboard, a unique ribbon controller, 20 nice, dual layer, binaural synth technology and polyphonic aftertouch. This is an analog/digital hybrid instrument, which means that digital […]
Yamaha has updated its groundbreaking AvantGrand N1 hybrid piano with the introduction of the AvantGrand N1X. Yamaha’s latest instrument features two high quality sample sets from premium acoustic pianos: the CFX and the Bösendorfer. The CFX samples have been optimised for listening through headphones, offering an immersive experience for the […]
The gap between acoustic and digital pianos just closed up a little with Yamaha’s latest innovation, the AvantGrand hybrid instrument that combines the best of both worlds. Physically, it replicates a much larger acoustic grand piano in a much smaller (but not insignificant) space. It features highly realistic key and […]
