EMUSIC-L Digest Volume 50, Issue 10 This issue's topics: Frankfurt Musik Messe 1993 Posting, Part One (4 messages) Frankfurt Musik Messe 1993 Posting, Part Two Your EMUSIC-L Digest moderator is Joe McMahon . You may subscribe to EMUSIC-L by sending mail to listserv@american.edu with the line "SUB EMUSIC-L your name" as the text. The EMUSIC-L archive is a service of SunSite (sunsite.unc.edu) at the University of North Carolina. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 17:49:06 +0100 From: Georg Mueller Subject: Frankfurt Musik Messe 1993 Posting, Part One That's part one of my 1993 Frankfurt Musik Messe posting. Prices are in Deutsche Mark (1.00$ is 1,67 DM). Part two features Midivox, Doepfer/Ocean, Wersi, Emu, Waldorf, GEM, Peavey, Cliff E.C.L. and more. Have fun, Georg. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cheetah ------- This year they didn't show up in Frankfurt. Oberheim -------- I searched for the OB-Mx, but nothing at Zeta. 3 meters apart, they had one lonely Matrix 1000 and a big Oberheim banner. All together at the huge Gibson multi booth. Yamaha ------ CBX-D5 Harddisck Recording Processor 4 Tracks, incl. Interfacing, Converters, EQ, FX, built in Copro can be used with ST, Mac, PC SPX-990 Professional Multi-Effect Processor, successor of SPX-900 20 Bit AD/DA, RAM Card, XLR In/Out, better Reverb, Pitch Change, Data Entry Dial FX-550 Guitar Effect Processor Ampsimulation, new Pitchshifter What else? New soundcards for SY35/85, active Monitors for home use, mixers and the TMX E-Drum System (sounds and converter) 12 trigger inputs, 240 AWM-2 voices. Ensoniq ------- TS-10 Performance/Composition Synthesizer. 4.590,- Looks like a mix between VFX (display/buttons) and ASR10 (anything else), no chance to touch one, they one for demos, and one for private testing, burried under tons of people. I think, an ASR 10 with megs of ROM plus some bells and whistles. - Optional RAM (max 8M) for user loadable samples. - Transwave(TM) Spectrtal Interpolation Waves - Hyper-Wave(TM) a la WaveStation Wave Sequences ASR 10, KS-32, SQ 32 Series (SQ 1/SQ 2plus/SQ R) Casio ----- Sorry no pro gear this year too, only toys a la RAPMAN. Korg ---- They showed the 05R/W, a General Midi module with the heart of the 01/W in one half rack space featuring a serial interface to your computer a la TG 100. 1.290,- There was a Wavestation Graffiti, but they are only sold in Germany as a collectors item. G3 Guitar Signal Processor. 525,- A4 Performance Signal Processor Guitar/Bass. 990,- Roland ------ The Roland Midi Guide. Midi Book. Ask your distributor. 25,- JV-1000 Music Production System. 4.950,- Hey, 2 display in one synth. They had a working model. Lots of buttons, dials and sliders. Something like a JV-80 plus Sequencer plus Masterkeyboard. JD-990 Super JD Synthesizer Module. 3.700,- a JD-800 for the rack, no sliders. Its possible to combine two tones, giving you a ringmodulator and double TVF. FXM and oscillator sync. Nice graphical editing, as I can see from screenshots. Pre(hear)view function: press volume knob, hear sound. 3 band parametrical EQ for each patch. Realtime Parameter Control. 4 Stereo Out. SD-35 Midi-Player plus GS-Soundmodule. 1.635,- D70 Super LA still in race. Price on request. Same for MV-30 (Studio M). SP-700 16 Bit Sample Player. 2 SCSI Ports, 8 MB (max 32 MB). 5.330,- TD-7 Percussion Sound Module. 1.250,- GR-1 Guitar Synthesizer, 200 PCM Sounds (optional 400), 7 Knobs for realtime editing of sounds, FX, Sequencer. 2.320,- GK-2 Pickup-System for GR-1. 395,- Boss SE-70 Super Effects Processor, nice Ring Modulator in it :-) 1.420,- Kawai ----- GMega General Midi Module in half a rack space, plus Mac Serial Interface Port. K 11 GMega with keyboard. The Spec Sheet shows some decent free programmable parameters, so perhaps a bit more than just GM. RV-4 4 Stereo Effect Processors. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1993 13:19:03 -0500 From: SPENGLER Subject: Re: Frankfurt Musik Messe 1993 Posting, Part One Hey Guys, I bought a Korg A4 guitar signal processor this winter, the problem is that it keeps locking up on me. First, programs i only just edited would mysteriously be erased. I would turn it off, then on, and find that there were programs missing, replaced by a blank spot. iis it possible that this had something to do with the fact that i was using it with a power strip? After i stopped using it on a strip, it worked fine? Do these processors opeartye on such strict power restrictions that using them on a strip would screw them up? another symptom i ought to add...i would turn it on, and the a4 logo would come up in the display. normally, this would be replaced by a numerical value showing which program the system was at. The processor stayed locked at the a4 symbol, however, and the only way to get it out was to re boot the system. any help yoou guys could lend would be great...i'd really rather not have it crap out in the middle of a show. thanx... Phil Skiba S79946@SIENA ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 12:08:00 GMT From: Stefan Baumann Subject: Re: Frankfurt Musik Messe 1993 Posting, Part One Organization: DFKI Kaiserslautern Can you give some detailed informations about the EMU Vintage Keys ? Give some hints about the different sounds ? Many thanks Stephan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 19:15:16 +0000 From: Nick Rothwell Subject: Re: Frankfurt Musik Messe 1993 Posting, Part One > - Optional RAM (max 8M) for user loadable samples. > - Transwave(TM) Spectrtal Interpolation Waves > - Hyper-Wave(TM) a la WaveStation Wave Sequences Hmm. I would take a lot of convincing that Ensoniq could come up with anything as remotely complex as Wave Sequencing and also get it to work at all reliably. Maybe the TS-10 will push SD-1 prices down... >Sorry no pro gear this year too, only toys a la RAPMAN. I thought CASIO were totally out of the pro music business these days. I'm surprised they were at Frankfurt at all. Maybe pushing DAT decks or something. >There was a Wavestation Graffiti, but they are only sold in Germany as >a collectors item. AIII! WHAT? WHERE? HOW MUCH? What *IS* a Wavestation Graffiti? >D70 Super LA still in race. Price on request. Same for MV-30 (Studio M). I wonder if the firmware is any better than on mine? I wonder if the LFO's still slow down when you play too many notes? A decent firmware upgrade would be nice... Nick Rothwell | cassiel@cassiel.demon.co.uk CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance | cassiel@cix.compulink.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 16:22:54 GMT From: Georg Mueller Subject: Frankfurt Musik Messe 1993 Posting, Part Two Organization: Institut fuer Angewandte Physik, TH Darmstadt That's part two of my 1993 Frankfurt Musik Messe posting. Prices are in Deutsche Mark (1.00$ is 1,67 DM). Have fun, Georg. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Waldorf Electronics ------------------- They showed the WAVE. The thin knobs from last year were replaced by thicker ones. They had two shows: Wave Music Demo and Inside The Wave. I'll write a seperate article on that next time, have fun with the color GIF in my next posting, scaned from their nice high quality flyer. Will translate text of flyer to ASCII, stay tuned. Other News: MINIWORKS 4-pole The MicroWave filter/paner (actually the CEM 3379) for everyone plus ADSR envelope and many MIDI capabilities MINIWORKS EQ-27 Stereo 7-Band Equalizer, cotrollable via MIDI EMES RED 2 way near-field monitor 120/200 W EMES BLUE 2 way near-field monitor 200/300 W The WAVE - Advanced Modular Wavetable Synthesizer with the most intuitive user-interface avaiable today One step beyond the MicroWave. A MicroWave with keyboard (61 keys) and full front panel, multimode-filter, more LFO waveforms, 2 AUX-Sends, one more "free" envelope, control-mixer, -shaper, -delay, -sample&hold and -comparator, three wheels, two play-buttons, 480*64 display, 27 sound-edit buttons, 53 sound-edit knobs, 9 sound-edit increment-dials, 16, 32 or 48 up to 8-part permanent multitimbral mode 3 stereo-outs. WaveTable editing on board, PC-compatible disk drive, sound data base, expandable hardware design. Doepfer ------- They sell kits for Master Keyboards, MIDI-to-CV-Interfaces (1 voice, 8 voice, 32 voice), MIDI-to-Gate/Switch/Power-Interfaces (MIDIfy your old analog gear) and the MIDI-Analog-Sequencer. New this year: MOGLI (Midi Output GLove Interface) Kit 398,- Assembled 498,- Using the Power Glove by Mattel MOGLI translates the movement of your hand into more or less musical output. Scan rate is 10/s The distributor for USA: CEDOS Corp. 426 E. North St. #209 Waukesha, WI 53188 Tel. 608-277-8305 Fax. 608-277-8307 Kurzweil -------- K2000 S/K2000R S Sampling Versions of the K2000/K2000R SMP-K/SMP-R Sampling Options for the K2000/K2000R Version 2.0 Software Sampling Software Engine They didn't show any Design Studies of future products as they did at NAMM. Synchro Voice ------------- Great show. One Kojak type guy sitting at a KN100 or something similar gave the accompaniment to the second guy wearing a domina style dog collar. This one once did the typical guitar player movement, then he imitated an organ player without organ, and so on. His neckband was connected to an 1HE rack module and an U-220 for sound generation. O.K., now listen to the flyer: MidiVox(TM) voice controller precisely translates vocal nuance into MIDI instructions. MidiVox locks your synthesizer to your voice. Your synthesizer "sings", with the programm sound you select, a precise and instantaneous replica of your micropitch, loudness, stress, and timing. Your hands are free and you get the ultimate in voice control ... precision, immediacy, and complete sensitivity to the nuances of your art. If your voice sound is not the greatest, let the synthi sound be your sound, with you in tight control. MidiVox -- a unique link between vocal virtuosity and electronic sound How MidiVox works: The unique SynchroVoice bio-sensor is non-acousic. It is not a mic. There is no acoustic feedback an no mistracking. What happens is this: your vocal folds movements are monitored electronically by the small gold foils which line the soft neck band. Your voice pitch and loudness are then encoded. And all your most subtle pitch inflections, all your expressive energetic emphasis, are precisely translated into MIDI instructions. MidiVox retracts your song into the synthi sound, while your voice carries the words as freely as ever. Some important MidiVox features. * Voice free, hands free * No fuss -- it just works * No problems with ambient sound * Microinflectional - continous pitch and loudness * Selectable chromatic mode for keyboard like effects * Synthesized analog "vocal source" to excite guitar effects boxes, vocoders, etc. * MIDI check mode for fast, sure system setup * Voice gate, loudness gate and voice sync outputs * Safe -- biomedical pickups * Comfortable, scarf like neckband MidiVox Professional voice controller for MIDI compatibles. Synchro Voice Inc. 400 Harrison Avenue, Harrison, NJ 07029 (201)483-7416 tel; (201)485-0266 fax Cliff E.C.L. ------------ If you like the Instrument Control Knobs used on every EMS synthies, especially those with the colored alu film in the middle, than contact Cliff Electronic Components Limited 76, Holmethorpe Avenue, Holmethorpe Industrial Estate Redhill, Surrey RH1 2PF, United Kingdom Tel: Redhill (0737) 771375; Fax (0737) 766012 E-mu Systems ------------ Pretty lame booth in Frankfurt compared to that at NAMM. No old analog monster decoration. Only dozens of proteus like modules, as found in every above average music shop allready. Well, they showed the Vintage Keys, so what? Wersi ----- In former times they sold kits for electronic home organs. Now they only sell ready made electronic instruments. No kits anymore. They developed their Digital Piano based on transputer technology, called D-ART. CE2 Digital Piano Expander. 1.990,- The Piano in one rack space. 8 basic sounds, 5 variations per sound, chorus, live-sequencer, 64 voices DX1000 Sound-Expander for Wersi Organs DX5/10, DX350 & DX4/500 I think, it can be used with any MIDI keyboard. 2.490,- PEGASUS Touch Control Music System. 4.990,- Home Keyboard style with Touch Screen, 11 Mega Byte D-ART Samples. 54 voices, 24 Bit FX, Drums, Styles, 16 track sequencer, Disk drive GM compatible PEGASUS EXPANDER 4.490,- Generalmusic ------------ A company formed out of Schulze Pollmann, Ahlborn, GEM, LEM and Elka. S2/S3 Music Processor I think the specs are wellknown. They had some S2s to play with. The sounds are within the range of those sample players. I tried to cut the FX, searched for a simple SAWTOOTH wave and twiddled the filter with resonance. That's O.K., but it's easy to get lost in the Operating System. I couldn't bring those 7 nice faders into action. I think, buy a K2000 or nothing. S4 Music Processor with 88 Piano style keys S2/R 3 Unit Rack Module of S2 toolkit allready included I think Turbokit for S2/S3 Boost the polyphony, expand the sound library, improve your capabilities 500 ROM sounds, 32 voices (single mode), sound edit modes (single, dual osc, dual crossfade), new sequencer functions, enhancement of user interface, system exclusive, optional static memory expansion 9 Disk with songs, 3 Disk with sounds, 2 Disk with Drums, 1 Disk with User Program (Sample translator) Peavey ------ DPM C8 MIDI System Performance Controller DPM 2si \ DPM 3SE Plus } Digital Phase Modulation Synthesizers DPM 2 / DPM V3 Voice Generatin Module DPM V2 Rack Mount Synthesizer DPM SP Sample Playback Module DPM SX Sampling Xpander Module DPM Spectrum Bass Rack Mount Voice Module DPM Midi Streamer Mass Storage Device PC 1600 MIDI Controller And Universal Editor The Messe News: DPM 4 Performance Keyboard enhanced DPM 3, 32 Voices, 10 Mega Byte ROM Samples, 0,5 (1) Mega Byte Sample-RAM DPM 488 luxus version of DPM 4 with 88 weighted key plus wooden case PCX 6 Stereo Sampling Workstation PCX 688 same game as 4/488 Peavey Midibase Bass to MIDI Controller Denny Jaeger Master Violin Library for the Peavey DPM Sampler Goldstar -------- Known for TV sets, refrigerators, micro wave ovens, washing machines they now go into electronic music instrument, mainly personal keyboards in the low price region, GM compatible. Galitzendoerfer --------------- He cut his monstreous keyboard to minimum size, only few inches more than only the keys. He put his hardware into a Laptop with touchscreen (couldn't verify that). I urged him to play some notes, and voila, his instrument was able to produce audible output. Lets wait for 1994. Alesis ------ They had a dummy of the Quadra Synth. Looked ugly, in no way sexy. Pale blue dial. But that's no replacement for the RED KNOB. ------------------------------ End of the EMUSIC-L Digest ******************************