29.Oct.09 Get ready for the coming rehaul of how we use computers
While a little long-winded, this video hints at huge changes coming in the ways in which we interact with computers. Anyone who uses Ableton (for example) in a live setting should be drooling by the time this video is over.
17.Oct.09 Akai LPK 25 may rip Korg’s NanoKey a new midi socket
This was apparently unveiled at the same time as the Akai LPD 8 but somehow we managed to miss that. Anyway, Akai has announced this new ultra-portable midi keyboard for release on the 29th of this month. From the looks of it we can clearly see that the build quality and likely, the playability should exceed that of it’s closest competetion – the Korg NanoKey – which is quite fragile and unimpressive to play.
Features include 25 velocity sensitive keys, octave up and down buttons, sustain, 4 programmable banks and a f#@king arpeggiator! The unit measures approx 13 inches wide and weighs in at about 1 lb.
The MSRP is listed at $129.99 but all online retailers we checked have the listed retail price at $69.99, making this an affordable solution for the on-the-go music producer. More information can be found on Akai’s website.
UPDATE: Multiple reports are filtering in from people who got an early buy on the LPK 25 keyboard confirming our suspicion that it in fact does destroy the Korg NanoKey in every way. Good job Akai!
18.Sep.09 Casio SK-1 commercial from 1985. Awesome!
So I was hunting around the net for some tasty vintage 8 bit sounding synth VSTi’s and found one that models a set of patches from the classic Casio SK-1 keyboard. Pretty tight/cheesy but in doing so I stumbled on this hella dope YouTube vid of the original 1985 commercial for this shitty/awesome keyboard. Definitely a good laugh!
I love the little disclaimer at the end: “soundtrack created with multitrack recording”.
