New shit announced today:

Korg Kronos:



Nord Stage 2:

http://keyboardmag.com/article/clav...ary-2011/126295

Akai Sythstation 49, a midi controller w/ ipad dock

http://www.akaipro.com/synthstation49

Arturia 'Spark' Drum Machine:

http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech...-machine-358470

New Analog Drum Machine form Dave Smith and Roger Linn!

LINNDRUM II aka 'Tempest'




Dave Smith Instruments Tempest

6 Voice Analog Drum Machine

Quick specs:

Voice structure:
2 Analog oscillators and 2 Digital oscillators
Digital sources have samples and waveforms (Prophet VS waves and others)
Digital oscillator pre/post filter control
Samples donated by FXPansion and Goldbaby
Each voice has a Curtis lowpass filter and a discrete 2 pole highpass filter
8 Modulation paths
2 LFOs per voice
5 Envelopes per voice, dedicated filter and VCA envelopes, pitch and 2 aux envelopes. Pitch and Aux envelopes have assignable destinations

Hardware:
Analog Disortion and Analog Stereo Compression on the master bus
6 individual stereo outputs
Light blue 256x64 pixel high contrast OLED screen
16 Pressure sensitive drum pads
2 Position and Pressure sensitive touch faders

$1999, summer 2011

Teenage Engineering OP-1, 799, ships in a few weeks