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britindus · Junior Member Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 66

http://www.pbase.com/dl4plm/frankfurtmusicmesse2008

I spent today at the Messe in Frankfurt and had a great day!

Highlight of the day was grabbing a front seat in a 1 hr live set from Howard Jones .... I expected a couple of tracks and some talk about the Fantom..... however ... he played almost a whole hour of his earlier works and some latest tracks too!

The Fantom G8 was front stage of course !

Sounds lovely and in a live set was great .... inc some great retro sounds!

Having a play with the G7 out front ..... the screen is lovely and clear .... I mean crystal ..... display is large ...easy to navigate and a joy to see ... even under the show lights which were v strong and hot! hard to take pics too!

The Fantom is a heavy board .... the G6 I am told was 12kg

Keybed has a lovely feel ..... couldnt get near the G8 sorry!

hard to tell quickly how easy it would be in the studio ... menu seemed easy enough to navigate round.

ARX boards sounded good .... editing functions were ... well lets say it will keep you busy for a while!

Build quality seems solid and substantial ... I think the G8 will be a monster if your gigging ... it was huge and a weighty!

So fire away with any questions ..... Ill see if I can answer!

Btw interfacing was well covered ... the back panel is covered in connectors!

OK enjoy the pics!

Other items .......

Virus TI OS 2.7 .... app is just about ready and is due for release inside the next weeks.....

M3 .... will continue development and lots of new things are being planned ! stay tuned!

Radias ...... the lack of VST plugin is on top of the list.. and being pushed for hard!

Kaossoscillator .... an insane fun toy ... really! You have to play with one of these!!!

Korg DS-10 for the Nintendo DS ... also a fun item ... but I am sure will also appear in some genuine tracks!

Arturias Origin was up and running ... Mr KPR demonstrated its hugely fat sound set! This is def one to watch! Lovely interface too ... and the keyboard version is a dream! Looks very unusual too!

Plugiator was on show ... sounds a very interstsing box too .. loads of stuff coming for this one as well! Ohh yes .... Terratec's Area 61 keyboard controller looks interesting too .. has slots for additional sound cards .. .one will be a plugiator clone card ... the other I was informed will be a Waldorf

Rob Papen was showing some interesting softsynths inc a rather fat sounding analog "predator" ... demo sounded v nice!

Solaris had 2 demo versions of their latest ... that seemed to do little!

Same for the Linndrum II .... still minus its software and will be for sometime to come it seems .

The Virus TI Snow was lovely .... will be a nice desktop unit .... Atomiser was nuts but not really my thing ....

hopefully Virus OS 2.7 will be out soon which was nice news!

so my quick days visit was over ... I can see how you can spend alot of time there!!!!

next year!

Smile

Tom_1970 · Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:58 pm Post subject:

A lot of nice pics.
Thanks

Daz · Retired Joined: 01 Jan 2002 Posts: 10829

Thanks B ! Cool

britindus · Junior Member Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 66

sure no probs!

it was great spending some time with Rich Formidoni .... what a nice guy he is!

anyhow ... Korg ... you need keep this man .. hes a great asset ..... made me want to order an M3 there and then!!!

The Korg stand was light, open and encourage you to interact! It was good!

M3 is an amazing box!

that little Korg nintendo ... well I could spend hours playing with that ... but that Kaososcillator is insane!!! v v addictive!!! be warned ... but it is also no toy - you really could hook that into a live or studio set and use it seriously!!!!

one final thing ..... the keyboard guys know we want a VST plug in for radias!!! .... no streaming audio thats fine ... but a VST control panel !

and I was promised you have not seen half of what M3 can do ... yet!

I guess that means more delights!!!!

Smile

Sharp · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:14 pm Post subject:

Fantastic images. Thanks for sharing.

Regards.
Sharp.
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RichF · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the kind words! It was great chatting with you too. I hope you enjoyed the rest of the show... I missed that Nemo! Looks very cool. I must have spent hours at that Synthesizer magazine booth. Definitely drool-worthy.
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britindus · Junior Member Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 66

Rich ,

glad you got home safe .. hope not too jet lagged!

Well.... I say it as it is!

Was really good to meet you and spend some time chatting to you ... and you taking time to do so ....... I enjoyed your demos and talking shop!

The nemo was on the end of the synth museum Wink

But you kind of got stuck for choice on which board to play next in the there!!

Very Happy

Diego · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:10 am Post subject:

Thanks a lot for your report.
I hope sometime I'll have the opportunity to go there by myself and such pictures with my camera Wink

Regards
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OmarNoori · Senior Member Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Posts: 292

nice pics, thanks for sharing Very Happy

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KrzysiekK · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject:

hello, what are the MIDI controllers on this image? I mean, the producer - cannot find anything on "inspire"

http://www.pbase.com/dl4plm/image/94224260

thanks

britindus · Junior Member Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 66

hi ... yes the controllers seem to be a new range .. they will also have (if I remember the stand right) a set of plug in synth modules

details in next message!
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britindus · Junior Member Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 66

here ya go!

http://www.icon-global.com/music/music/product.php?musiccpfb_id=244&cpl2shu1_id=1&cpl3shu1_id=1&cpl3shu2_id=17

Specification:

- 49 Velocity sensitivity semi-weighted action piano style keys with assignable “After touch”
- X/Y touch pad
- Combined pitch/modulation joystick
- 8 fully programmable trigger pads with 3 layers shift ( Total of 24 programmable trigger pads )
- 9 fully programmable faders with 3 layer shift ( Total of 27 programmable faders )
- 16 fully programmable knobs with 3 layer shift ( Total of 48 programmable knobs )
- Multiple velocity curves available for selection
- LCD display with backlit for easy control
- Jog wheel shuttle for fast search and control
- 22 MIDI function buttons including 6 assignable transport buttons
- 20 non-volatile memory locations
- MIDI I/O, Sustain and Expression connectors
- Expansion slot for ICON’s “Synth” series Synthesizer expansion card
- Firmware upgradeable via USB port
- USB2.0 and USB bus-powered

KrzysiekK · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject:

thanks, so that's the "icon". What attracted me is ribbon + joystick combination and an interesting layout. I've always been lookin for touchpads in MIDI controllers (so I bought padKONTROL). And here are integrated other features aswell with keys. I wonder about action & pads quality. Also, I would willingly see 76 C-to-C version (just like M3-76).

Krzysiek

KorgSinceTheM1 · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject:

Cool controller! Looks like their answer to M-Audio's Axiom series.
Thanks for the info.

Tom_1970 · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:04 pm Post subject:

Nice controller.

Nice expansion board also.
I've ordered the Use Audio Plugiator wich has the same plugins.