Summer NAMM 2007 Remix Report Part 1: Open Labs Timbaland Special Edition Miko LX
Austin in the summer time, where the NAMM Summer Session has been held the last two years, is always hot. That’s no surprise. But one hot surprise at the show was Open Labs’ instroduction of the new Timbaland Special Edition MiKo LX keyboard workstation. Superproducer and hip-hop icon Timbaland has been traditionally tight lipped about the gear he frequently used in his productions, but for the release of his MiKo edition, he spills the beans and coughs up the sounds.
Anyone can see that on the outside, this MiKo rocks a new arctic white chassis and chromey silver end caps, but the real treasure is on the inside. The Timbaland Special Edition MiKo comes pre-loaded with E-MU’s new Proteus X2 Streaming Sound Module 2.5 with more than 7,000 instruments, including the new Ensoniq Urban Legends Sound Library that contains the sounds from Ensoniq‘s
ASR/EPS/MR/ASR-X/ZR instruments. These sounds were specifically requested by Timbaland, and are only available in the Timbaland MiKo, an Open Labs exclusive. Check out this list of Tim-endorsed goodies:
- E-MU Proteus 2000
- E-MU Mo‘Phatt
- E-MU Modular System
- Ensoniq EPS /EPS 16+
- Ensoniq ASR 10
- Ensoniq ASR-X
- Ensoniq ZR76
- Ensoniq MR61
- ARP 2600
- ARP Axxe
- Roland JD800
- Roland Jupiter 8
- Roland JX-8P
- Roland TB-303 Bass Lin™
- Roland Juno 60
- Moog Memorymoog
- Mini Moog
- Moog Taurus Pedals
- Sequential Circuits Prophet 10
- Sequential Circuits Prophet 600
- Elka Rhapsody
- Mellotron Mark II
- Korg MS20
- Solina
- Oberheim OB & X
- Hammond B3
- Rhodes Electric Piano
- Hohner Clavinet
- Yamaha CP-70
- Wurlitzer Electric Piano
The Timbaland Special Edition MiKo is scheduled to ship on August 15 at an estimated street price $3,899. Check out Open Labs sick new Web sit loaded with new videos and music from Timbaland and other artists: www.openlabs.com
