MOTM

Now I wait patiently for the dual space JLH-823 for a 4 VCO polyphonic synth 
that uses only the octave switches OR with 3 Octave switches only for a true 
3 OSC feel and "On the Fly" flexibility. I guess with two VCO's per voice I 
will need 4 JLH-822's eventually. This will someday solve all my octave 
issues with polyphony. Soon when we have the joystick interface, we can 
combine it with the pedal interface and have a 3 axis type controller to 
control our MOTM's without the tactex pad of other guys. Foot on the gas 
pedal and a joystick stick in each hand with a bite-sensitive CV controller 
in my mouth and rotation-sensitive CV controllers focused on my eyes that 
fire triggers and gates when I blink. Boy has NAMM ever got me in a twist!

Bonus NAMM tidbits:

Roland has a new SH synth finally coming out! Its the SH-32 or something. 
Looks just like all the other crap they've put out since 2000 and sooner. 
Shame for the big guys. ;)

Boss has a new dual pedal chorus that "Supposedly" simulates the older 
Roland CE-1 Chorus and the classic dimension D too. Strange though because 
no matter how I set it, there was never a comparison to the original. The 
knobs even seemed no-responsive which was not what I would assume they were 
there for looking at the pedal.

Final Scratch: OK I read my description of this I sent out earlier and it 
needs a laymans description:

The final scratch system allows you to play with any digital audio just like 
it was a real life vinyl record on a turntable with a felt slipmat, in 
real-time, with no glitches or CD like stuttering what so ever. Digital 
Butter if you will. You can access any loops in your computer and play them 
as well so integrating your own music will be easier than ever. No acetate 
test pressings or promo vinyls. Anything you can find on the internet or 
wherever digitally is at your fingertips. Its a really cool concept and djs 
now only take with them the final scratch box and a laptop to DJ gigs around 
the world. The main advantage? No heavy ass boxes of 100 vinyl record to 
carry through airports and you'd be just about the collest DJ in town to get 
this going for yourself first. It is amazing and I lok forward to getting it 
rolling for myself as soon as it becomes commercially available. Sorry to 
bog down the MOTM'ers with this DJ nonsense ;)

Midiman Surface One looks real cool from the demo I saw of a guy using it 
with Reason by propellerheads. $799 msrp is kind of steep at first, but this 
thing looks real flexible and would be the next logical controller step up 
from an Encore Knobby or Slidermate.

Neuron: This is a crazy modelling synth that claims to have developed a new 
form of synthesis. In other words, go fire up cubase or logic and use some 
virtual instruments. Its the same digital granular synthesis and throws in 
the addition of some cool morphing joysticks on the face of the keyboard for 
control. Kind of steep at over $5000 each Yikes!


As far as new software stuff, you can email me privately for more 
information you would like to find out since I am going back to NAMM over 
the weekend. Anybody want to know anything in particular, I can make a trip 
to the booth for you.

Just a few more thoughts to throw in, hope you mid-west/east-coast guys 
enjoy the news.

Thomas White

No Doepfer, Technosuarus, Drum Machine Museum, Analog Solutions, Analog 
Systems, Frostwave, etc. Paul is the warmest guy in town at NAMM, well as 
far as MOTM goes anyhow HA!

PS. One of the collest things about this whole NAMM show for a normal guy 
like myself is to go home with a 20 pound bag of brochures and free 
magazines like Keyboard, EM and Sound on Sound. Its tough, but I'll deal 
somehow :)

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