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Okay, let's see what cool stuff has been shown since I last posted....

•  Dave Smith Instruments unveiled the Mopho Keyboard.  It's pretty much what it sounds like, a Mopho monosynth with a dedicated, weighted, velocity-sensitive keyboard and dedicated knobs for the various parameters.  Apparently it'll retail for around $800 or so.  I might have to get one of these, as the only thing that kept me from getting the original Mopho was that it looked like it would be a pain to program.

•  Serato has teamed up with Ableton for a product called The Bridge.  Basically, it blurs the line between DJing and live music performance, allowing you to use turntables to control all manner of parameters, manipulate multitrack audio, and more within Live via your decks and the Bridge software itself.  Seems like this could open up a lot of possibilities for DJs and performers who make use of turntablism in their live sets...

• Eigenlabs has introduced Pico and Alpha versions of their Eigenharp controller that made such a splash awhile back.  These are lower cost versions aimed at making the unusual controller available to those on more of a budget.

•  The Teenage Engineering OP1 is still fairly far from completion, but looks to be a great live performance tool, synth, sampler, and sequencer in a tiny package.  The vector art-esque display is particularly impressive.  Prices I am hearing for this seem a bit high, but since all the features aren't known yet, it may well be worth the ducats.

•  The Mungo Enterprises State Zero modular synth is a pretty impressive-looking modular synth in a case that reminds me of an Oberheim Xpander.  It apparently allows any parameter to be patched to any other parameter and has an internal memory to store connections.  4 oscillators, 4 filters, and 8 notes of polyphony.