NAMM 2018 is near. What do you wish for? Your predictions?

[xp50player]

Roland workstation, with all integra-7 sounds
Yamaha FM-only synth engine from Montage $1500

[GregC]

Roland workstation, with all integra-7 sounds
Yamaha FM-only synth engine from Montage $1500

A Roland employee on utube said the FA can read all the integra sounds

[Gargamel314]

An announcement from Korg that they are buying Cakewalk Music Software

[Timo]

A new Access Virus is long overdue. To be honest, though, I think it's that long overdue I think they've completely missed the bus now, unfortunately. They'd have to come up with something pret-ty damn special.

[D575]

Roland's successor to the "JUPITER 80" with a decent keybed this time.

[wma]

I wish for an 88 key controller that will switch from hammer , simi weighted to synth action.
and have all the after touch features as well!
and while I am at it... a full length ribbon.

i belive it's possible with electro-magnatic mechanism to adjust and variate the action and attach/deattach parts such as weights and hammers

if you are interested and wnat to die a keybed at home get a look of a dawing i've made - when i was thinking of it i virually trying to make each section of the keybed has it's own electronics to ease apply asome methode for polyphonic aftertouch and the upper surface of each key is changabe/deattachable so can be used touch/pressure sensors instead of solid plastic - somehow like the roli blocks if i can say or some metal that detects the finger positiong for sliding/vibrating fingers on the key but i was thinking of such thing for more than five years but couldn't apply the normal keybed at first as a try .. it's not that easy for me .. it's a dream to make my own midi keyboard that can have modules integrated in it and then comes as a workstation
i've meant to make it modular some how each octave is modular and mainly the keybed is divided into four parts
the head (A-E) the tail (F-C) and the body-left consists of two octaves inverted (F-E) and the same for the body-right which all makes a 64-keybed if 76 wanted attach an octave to a body if 88 wnted attach aoother octave to the other body

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[wma]

https://imgur.com/63veV0I


this is a 88 with wider & taller keys - the white key is 15/16 wide intead of 7/8"

[megamarkd]

Just ... elec. And I suppose clans and hordes are a different scale from tribes? Elecnation? Sounds like a world full of electrohouse fans.

But I am being serious. Imagine an electribe, scaled up in terms of polyphony, synthesis model, and sequencing. The synthesis answer to the MPC world's sampling approach. It would sell in truckloads as howling masses demand to give KORG their money.

How didn't I see that? I must have been still waking up.

I've always thought the Electribe was a silly name but they are fun and easy to use for electro type music. A new model with turbo-charge or even a whole new range is due considering the last update was "it now comes in a range of colours"

[Koekepan]

I've always thought the Electribe was a silly name but they are fun and easy to use for electro type music. A new model with turbo-charge or even a whole new range is due considering the last update was "it now comes in a range of colours"

The new KORG EleCathedral!

* Internal 24 bit/96KHz audio quality.
* Portable, runs off AA batteries or rechargeables, or USB bus power.
* 64 voice polyphony guaranteed (more with simpler DSP synthesis models).
* 130 effects including stereo phasing, grain delay, bitcrushing and convolutions.
* Synthesis models include 3 Oscillator (plus sub and noise) VA, 8 operator FM with multiple waveforms, FFT additive, PCM and Karplus-Strong.
* Complex internal sound routing. Want 6 insert effects on one channel and nothing on another? Want to sidechain a chorus effect? No problem.
* 4 stereo or 8 mono audio outputs. 2 stereo or 4 mono audio inputs.
* MIDI In, and two MIDI outs that can be software reconfigured to be MIDI thru.
* Full MIDI and audio over class-compliant USB.
* Can render tracks or whole compositions to WAV internally.
* Mount as USB storage for file transfer, including loading samples.
* Simple front panel with touchscreen for sample editing and parameter display, but USB host for MIDI controllers.
* Arranger view that lets you align clips to a grid - or to your taste.

You know you want it.

[megamarkd]

You know you want it.

Yeah, I'd buy that.
I'd add a 16 track step-based pattern sequencer; 16 track patterns with upto 64 steps and a song mode upto 256 patterns in any order. Mute/solo on each track and parameter lock. And an assignable multi-mode stereo analogue filter that can be used on one synth engine. That way the user can create more rounded tracks with the analogue element by using the filter one element of their kit (or two using it as two mono filters).

[KorgKhet]

Sincerly hope the Kross 2 editor will be released before NAMM.....
And, since I'm an Android user, Android software would be welcome,...

[ExaJeff]

In a completely different mind set :

I would love to see a Korg MicroSampler follow-up :

a Korg MacroSampler with :
- a 4 octave keyboard (preferably full size keys)
- pitch bend and vibrato/filter wheels
- at least 26 banks (A to Z) of 49 samples (49 keys)
- at least 99 minutes total stereo sampling time (like all Roland sampling pedals)
- able to do multiple loops on the fly without stopping
- able to do overdubbing with undo of the last level
- able to merge tracks
- with A LOT OF GOOD QUALITY EFFECTS including vocoder and autotune
- with one or two Kaoss pads for the effects (2 simultaneous at least)
- with a few basic controls : cutoff, attack, release, start-end points, etc.
- it can save/load loops and samples on SD cards
- it can run on batteries and USB power
- other things I can't even think off now
- an AFFORDABLE price tag !!!

The Microsampler was a great starting point but with a lot of flaws.
I had months of fun playing with one.

There are not enough samplers right now.

Come on Korg, you can do it !!!

[megamarkd]

There are not enough samplers right now.

Come on Korg, you can do it !!!

Come on anyone! A proper sampler. One that doesn't need a computer of a mobile device or anything but sounds to feed it.

[Sharp]

There are not enough samplers right now.

Come on Korg, you can do it !!!

Come on anyone! A proper sampler. One that doesn't need a computer of a mobile device or anything but sounds to feed it.

We should pull together as a community and make our own home build Dev Kit regardless of what other manufactures release.

Sharp.

[megamarkd]

There are not enough samplers right now.

Come on Korg, you can do it !!!

Come on anyone! A proper sampler. One that doesn't need a computer of a mobile device or anything but sounds to feed it.

We should pull together as a community and make our own home build Dev Kit regardless of what other manufactures release.

Sharp.

That's a good idea, only I don't know how to code.....