And the big Yamaha reveals are — new Transacoustic™ pianos and the Clavinova™ CVP 900 series digital pianos. Thank you for playing.
Given the long run-up to NAMM 2023 (April 13-15), I expected manufacturers to trickle out new product announcements. [Not the usual supernova explosion nebula.] Thus, I’ve collected a round-up of pre-NAMM announcements:
- Yamaha CK61™ and CK88™ stage keyboards
- Yamaha STAGEPAS 200 portable PA system
- Roland FP-E50 piano (and synth)
- Yamaha AG08 Live Streaming Mixer
- Korg HD-S and TR-S Nu:tekt distortion pedal kits
- Korg EK-50U and EK-50CSA Entertainer keyboards
- Buchla LEM218v3 Lunar Excursion Module
- Kiviak WoFi sampling keyboard
- Nord Stage 4 performance keyboard
- CAD Audio Astatic M2 mixer
- Roland SH-4D Desktop Synthesizer
- Korg ARP ODDYSSEY FS kit
- Roland GP series Grand Inspiration digital pianos
- Micro MIDI controllers
- Hammond XK-4 organ
I will continue to monitor the Inter-webs for interesting product announcements.
Keyboard-wise, that’s not a bad bunch of new issues in a global economy which is still recovering from supply chain problems, factory fires and that damned, bloody virus.
CK61 and CK88 keyboards are shipping and first impressions are reported on various forums. It’s good to have product ready when everyone’s passion is high. No point in raising the (marketing) heat when units won’t ship for months and months. Initial impressions are good, but keep an eye out for open box CKs from order-try-return customers.
A Korg NTS-2 oscilloscope kit arrived on my doorstep yesterday, so I will be busy. 🙂
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