They also have a new and very forgettable gadget the Stylosette Keys.
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ADDED : What’s next in the CPM ( Compact Portable Modular ) series ? This could get to be a Volca sized series.
ADDED AFTER NEXT POST : So forgettable i shrunk the image … and it will shrink to nothing !
I’ve already forgotten it!
Back in the day I used to do house parties. For those all nighters, I had to take 2 Technics 1200s, a DJ mixer and two crates of 12" records.
I guess people are spoiled (or lucky) to be able to just turn up and DJ at a house party with just an iPad and an internet connection.
This one looks nice !
Two models. The Legend ONE 61 has the waterfall keyboard and weighs 10kg (22 lbs). The Legend ONE 73 has a “semiweighted” waterfall keyboard and weighs 11,5 kg (25 lbs).
The sound engine has three independent parts (upper, lower, and pedals), and four independent sound layers (organ, sound 1, sound 2, and pedals).
Each of these four has many many choices of multi-sampled sounds. I won’t go through the organ options, which is of course extensive, but the two sound selections, include things like pianos, e-pianos, synths, pads, strings, choirs, brass, guitars, chromatic percussion, bells, keyboards, and more.
There are 22 tweakable bass models, including T.Wheel Bass, Baroque Bass, Romantic Bass, Symph Bass, Farf Bass, Vx Bass, DX bass, Acoustic Bass, and more.
The engines allow for essential sound design tasks. You can change the octave shift, apply a filter, tweak the cutoff and resonance, and change the ADSR envelope, and more.
The engine offers two insert FX slots and a master effect with 14 effect types, including 13 reverb types, ring mod, delay, flanger, phaser, chorus, and more.
And it’s not a trip to menu-ville.
For connectivity it has a rotary speaker input, an analog in, five audio outputs (2x AUX, pedals, and main out), various pedal inputs (rotary switch, foot switch…), a 5-pin MIDI interface, USB port and USB host, and an AC in port for the built-in power supply.
Viscount has a lot of other demo videos already.
And the prices looks pretty good : Viscount Legend One is ready for pre-order for $1790 USD for the 61 keys version and $1990 USD for the 73 keys version.
Compare this then to the Nord Organ 3. ( post )
It can be ordered in several stores already. They say immediate delivery. Has anyone ordered it? I’m tempted but hesitant due to the lack of reviews yet. Time to create a dedicated topic?
I found this :
But when i clicked this link Thomann puts their hands in their pockets and says :
Wonder what that means ?
Did NAMM always start on a Tuesday? I could have sworn it started on Thursdays. Not that I’m complaining!
There are two starts. The exhibition part, what they call the “Show Floor Exhibit” begins Thursday. The whole event though starts on Tuesday. They added two days at the front compared to last year.
We’ll see how this all plays out.
Akai is really good at keeping secrets. Seems like new hardware is the big expectation from the MPC community, but so far not even a trace of leaks with just a few days left.
same with elektron. heck they’re so good at keeping secrets they didn’t even get a stand at namm 
Elektron can hardly be releasing new hardware though. They released two devices last year.
Could this finally be the launch of an MPC Mini to go head to head with the Ableton Move?
People get hired at shows all the time. Signals get sent both ways, it’s part of the scene. The word gets out.
It’s just a little unusual to slap a “Help Wanted” or a “We’re Hiring” up. Nothing wrong with this really, it’s just not the ordinary thing.
If we’re going by the nauts mpc thread, I think it’s pure speculation and copium. Happy to be proven wrong but I’m extremely skeptical that Akai ever releases a mini version of the mpc
New hardware probably won’t be announced until MPC3 is released. This year’s NAMM is more likely to bring news about NI’s sound libraries being ported to the MPC.
Looks like Kronos 2 was 3-4 pounds heavier than Kronos 1. Interesting, it couldn’t be due to the bigger size SSD though …
Heavier Linux kernel? 
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My theory was that an MPC Live 3 might be around the corner, not a Mini. I’m basing that entirely on the fact that MPC Live 1 was released in 2017 and MPC Live 2 in 2020, so it seems like an update to what is presumably their most popular “mid-tier” (with the MPC One+ being the obvious entry-level) model should be imminent. But it’s still all speculation and I guess the fact that we’ve seen zero leaks so far (MPC Keys 37 leaked quite a bit in comparison) suggests that it’ll not be any new hardware this week.
I think it comes with the internet installed, so that could explain the extra weight.
