Feb 25 2011

Zoom RhythmTrak RT-223 Electronic Drum

The Zoom RT-223 Rhythm Trak is pretty multitalented, with acoustic drum sounds for standard jazz, rock, funk, and blues applications, together with other nifty sound features. The RT-223 Rhythm Trak is a drum & bass machine for any sort of rhythm play. Light weight and small size, this unit will go with you wherever you like.

Zoom RhythmTrak RT-223

Zoom RhythmTrak RT-223 Review

The Zoom RT223 Rhythm Trak drum machine appears with built-in 70 drum kits, and has adequate space for you to make and store 127 kits. There are also 12 life-like bass sounds available, as well. Some of these contain pick, slap, fretless, acoustic, and synth. It has four different kinds of reverb – Hall, Room, Spring, Plate and Chorus, Flanger, and Delay. The effect send level can be put for each sound source separately.

The RT-223 is available with 440 playing patterns that can be employed directly from Jazz, Rock, and Funk to Club and House. A large quantity of phrase variations including intro, fill-in, and ending patterns are also supplied with RT-223.

A full of 70 drum kits are incorporated, with acoustic drum sounds for rock, R&B, funk, and jazz. There are five Human Voice “Beat Box” Percussion kits that are at present all the rage in Hip Hop. Make advanced rhythm tracks where kick, scratch, snare and other instrument sounds are articulated as human voices. Read more »

Feb 15 2011

Yamaha MM8 Synthesizer

Yamaha MM8 88-Key Synthesizer Overview

The MM8 music Synthesizers carries all the musical power and resourceful control you require and a huge selection of dynamic, authentic Voices to help you create and perform in almost any style of music.

Yamaha MM8 Synthesizer

Yamaha MM8 Synthesizer

This powerful instrument also gives you total control over your sound, letting you dynamically modify sonic textures as you play with real-time tweakable knobs. It has integrated special Patterns that give full instrumental backing – drums, bass and chords to accompany your live performance and song making. The full length 88-key keyboard of the MM8 brings natural touch and expressive control over the complete piano range.

Graded Hammer Keyboard

With Yamahas long experience in crafting fine acoustic pianos, MM8 is outfitted with a remarkably expressive Graded Hammer Standard keyboard. If you’re a pianist, you’ll become aware of and be grateful for the difference as soon as you touch the keys of MM8 which feels and responds like a grand piano. The GHS keys are weighted heavier on the lower notes and bit by bit become lighter as you play up the keyboard, giving you detailed significant control over the sound.

Arpeggiator

The Arpeggio feature of MM8 lets you automatically trigger repeating rhythmic phrases, broken chords, riffs and melodic patterns and even transform them harmonically by the notes or chords you play with your left hand. Read more »

Jun 04 2010

Kurzweil SP2 Stage Piano

The Kurzweil SP2 Stage Piano offers the renowned Kurzweil sound, with all of its feature and improvement, in a digital piano which is both for professional and beginners. The SP2 provides some of our best sounds using the next generation of Kurzweil technology: pianos, strings, EPs, pads, mallets and voices, all available at the press of a button.

Kurzweil SP2 Piano

Kurzweil SP2 Piano

This digital piano offers “64 note” polyphony which guarantees that notes will continue sounding even under high require performance situations. The Kurzweil SP2 features Kurzweil’s legendary effects processing technology, the same leading-edge technology found in all of Kurzweil’s professional products. The SP2 is equipped with 64 pre-recorded drum grooves, rhythms and adjustable metronome. This digital piano is perfect for both practice and songwriting. Read more »