January, 2005 archive

2005 Winter NAMM: Mackie showed their two recently-announced headphone monitoring products for home and professional studio use; the HM54 Four-Channel Headphone Amplifier and the HMX56 Tabletop Matrix Mixer/Amplifier. Available at authorized Mackie dealers in early Q2, 2005, both models offer Mackie’s trademark robust steel construction and exceptional sonic quality.

NAMM 2005: Mackie announced new S200 Series and C Series Precision Passive loudspeakers which bring Mackie’s speaker design expertise to those looking to improve the sound of their outboard sound reinforcement gear.
Mackie S200 Series
The perfect complement for any powered mixer or amplifier, the Mackie S200 Series loudspeakers, featuring the S215 (right) and S225, are available [...]

At the recent 2005 NAMM show, Mackie announced a redesigned SR Series monitor range. The new SR Series, two- and three-way loudspeakers, offer large-format sound, robust Baltic birch cabinets, and integrated no-hassle active electronics, while retaining all the simplicity of the popular SRM 450.
Like the high-output, high-definition Mackie SA Series loudspeakers also introduced at NAMM, [...]

At the recent 2005 Winter NAMM show, Lexicon Pro introduced the MX200 Dual Reverb/Effects Processor. This new single rack-space, two-channel unit combines an intuitive front-panel design with a unique USB connection and VST interface for use with software recording platforms. Featuring a wide array of the reverb algorithms Lexicon is noted for, with delays, effects [...]

Lectrosonics introduced the IS400 Digital Hybrid Wireless Instrument System at the 2005 Winter NAMM Show.
The Lectrosonics IS400, designed for use with both electric and acoustic instruments in demanding live performance environments, uses a proprietary digital algorithm to encode the audio signal into an analog format for transmission along an FM wireless carrier. The IS400’s receiver [...]

Sonic Network Inc., creators of Sonic Implants sound libraries, previewed its complete Symphonic Collection at this year’s Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, CA, marking this as the first time that the company will be displaying the culmination of its nearly three years of sampling labor.
Joining the previously released Sonic Implants Symphonic String and Symphonic Brass [...]

2005 NAMM Show: E-MU Systems announced its new Xboard 25 and Xboard 49 Professional USB/MIDI Controllers for PC and Mac operating systems, featuring full-size velocity sensitive keyboards with aftertouch, 16 programmable real-time controllers, Xboard Control editing software, and E-MU’s new Proteus X LE Desktop Sound Module with over 1000 sounds.
The Xboard Control software provides a [...]

NAMM Update: E-MU Systems has announced its new Production Tools software bundle that will ship with all of its Cardbus and PCI Digital Audio Systems, offering musicians all of the software they need to create, record, edit, master and burn their music.
E-MU’s Production Tools bundle includes:

E-MU’s new Proteus X LE with over 1000 sounds
Steinberg’s Cubase [...]

NAMM 2005: E-MU Systems has announced Mo’Phatt X, Planet Earth X and Virtuoso X – the first three legacy sound module libraries for its Proteus X and Emulator X desktop instruments that offer every last sample of E-MU’s popular Mo’Phatt, Planet Earth and Virtuoso 2000 hardware sound modules.
These sound libraries have been programmed to the [...]

E-MU Systems introduced the 1616M and 1616 CardBus Digital Audio Systems for laptop audio systems at the 2005 NAMM show.
The E-MU 1616M and 1616 include a PCMCIA card and compact MicroDock audio/MIDI interface that deliver the same DSP effects, zero-latency monitoring and pristine 24-bit/192kHz A/D and D/A converters of E-MU’s PCI Digital Audio Systems.
The E-MU [...]