Keyboardplayer Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 SYNTHFEST is right around the corner and there will be many companies that will be at the big event. Notice if you will there are a few companies that won't be in attendance. Most notably, Roland and Clavia (Nord). OTOH, Korg and Kurzweil will be there. Btw, perhaps one reason Roland and Nord aren't showing up is the possibility that Yamaha will launch the Montage M at Synth Fest. The Montage M will directly compete with the Fantom and the Nord Stage 4 going forward. Maybe they don't want to be upstaged by Yamaha? So they're playing it safe? Korg doesn't have a true Kronos replacement yet. The Nautilus (even with AT) lacks features compared to the Kronos. Kurzweil wants more exposure and publicity, so I can see why they would want to be there. Food for thought. 2023 Exhibitor List at SynthFest held at the Octagon in Sheffield, UK. 1010 Music Ableton ADAM Audio Advanced Music Construction Systems AJH Synth Allen Synthesis AM Synths AMS Stands-Obelisque Design Analogue Solutions UK Arturia ASM Hydrasynth Audio Computer Bjooks Buchla Cong Burn Decksaver DPW Design Electronic Sound Magazine Euterpe Synthesizers Laboratories Eventide Exclusively Analogue (E-mu Modular Clone) Expert Sleepers Expressive E Osmose Focusrite Ferrofish Genelec GS Music Haken Audio Ian Boddy (DiN Records) Icon Pro Audio IK Multimedia James Orvis Training Kenton KMR Audio Retailer Korg Kurzweil Leaf Audio LOCI Stands Mellotron MIDI Association Innovation Awards MIDI Cake Modular Perfection Cases Moog Moon Modular Motas Electronics Movuku FlowFal myVolts Nonlinear Labs Novation Oberheim Officina del Malista Omnibus Press Play All Day PWM Rhodes Riban Modular Rides In The Storm RME Ryk Modular Sequential Solid State Logic SOMA Sonocurrent Sound On Sound Magazine Soundgas Sound Technology Source Distribution Studio Electronics Studiologic Sweet Discrete Synclavier Synth Cables Synth Evolution Teenage Engineering Thonk Tierra Audio Tileyard North Transistor Sounds Labs Udo Audio Waverley Instruments Wonkystuff YAMAHA - Possible Montage M launch. Yorkshire Women Sound Network Zoom PLUS Various enthusiasts showing their synths in the Modular Meet area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 All good. I smiled at Rhodes being an exhibitor - the only way you could get further from a "Synth" manufacturer is if you are Steinway. Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkphingerz88 Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 2 hours ago, stoken6 said: All good. I smiled at Rhodes being an exhibitor - the only way you could get further from a "Synth" manufacturer is if you are Steinway. Cheers, Mike. Actually the MK8 is very much an electromechanical synth at heart, and can go way beyond the classic Rhodes sonics, way into outer space- this time effectively using the tines to drive the audio rate modulation and many other aspects of the analogue circuitry and Fx . Myself and Cyril Lance call it an ‘electromechanical synth’. The MK8 also has CV connectivity too for interfacing with Modular’s and other CV capable gear. 🥳 3 Quote Chief Product Officer at Rhodes®. Project leader and designer of the Rhodes MK8 piano and V8 Plug-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 8 hours ago, funkphingerz88 said: Myself and Cyril Lance call it an ‘electromechanical synth’. The court finds in favo(u)r of the appellant! I hope SynthFest goes well for you. Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHarrell Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 On 10/2/2023 at 1:09 PM, Keyboardplayer said: Most notably, Roland and Clavia (Nord). OTOH, Korg and Kurzweil will be there. Btw, perhaps one reason Roland and Nord aren't showing up is the possibility that Yamaha will launch the Montage M at Synth Fest. The Montage M will directly compete with the Fantom and the Nord Stage 4 going forward. Maybe they don't want to be upstaged by Yamaha? So they're playing it safe? I have a feeling these decisions were made before Yamaha announced Mon2age; most likely, with their big releases already having come out or are right on the precipice (Gaia 2), they probably didn't think it'd be worth the time, effort, and money. But Korg's been pretty quiet over the last few years... 👀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjd Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Yamaha have issued the following statement regarding their participation at Synthfest UK 2023 this weekend: "Yamaha are looking forward to joining SynthFest UK this weekend to display a wide range of hands-on products along with Yamaha specialist staff to support any enquiries. We will be exhibiting our recent releases including the CK Stage Keyboard Series and Finger Drum Pads, in addition to our more established MODX+, CP, YC and Reface ranges. There has been much speculation regarding the launch of our successor to the flagship Montage synth which has been announced as an October release. To manage any expectations ahead of the show, we would like to clarify that unfortunately the timing of this new release means that it will not be featured at the show. We look forward to seeing you all there." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John H Carter Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Rhodes were there last year, I probably enjoyed playing that more than the CS80 Yamaha had 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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