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The NAMM Show is the largest music products trade show in the world. It is held every January in Anaheim, California, USA at the Anaheim Convention Center.
The January 2008 show had 1,560 exhibitors and a record-breaking 88,100 attendees. The NAMM Show is not open to the general public, only to members of the music trade.
Winter NAMM Show Update: Roland intro’d the ARX-01 and ARX-02 expansion boards for the new Fantom-G series. Each ARX board is a synth in itself. The ARX-01 Drums Expansion Board offers complete control of the elements of each drum, such as shell depth and muffling. Once each drum is crafted, you can further refine it… Read More Roland ARX Expansion Boards For Fantom-G
2008 Winter NAMM Show Update: EastWest introduced Chris Hein Bass – 12.7 GB of bass sounds, some of which feature the powerful tones of a Music Man StingRay electric-bass-both picked and slapped; a LeFay fretless bass as well as the sounds of a unique upright bass. For variety, the upright bass is played with three… Read More EASTWEST Debuts Best Service’s Chris Hein Bass
NAMM Show Update: Korg’s new Pa500 uses the same EDS (Enhanced Definition Synthesis) sound engine that powers the Korg M3 workstation, Pa800 and the new Pa2XPro. For the songwriter, the Pa500 features both traditional “workstation” sequencing, as well as Korg’s time-saving Backing Sequencer that can record each Style part to its own track in a… Read More Korg Pa500 Songwriting Station
At the Winter NAMM Show, Line 6 introduced the ToneCore DSP Developer Kit, a programmable stomp box effects development platform that lets anyone with a PC and an interest in Digital Signal Processing become a hardware effects developer and distributor. For the first time, anyone with an interest in DSP software development can write, develop,… Read More Line 6 ToneCore Developer Kit Lets You Create Effect Pedals
2008 Winter NAMM Show Update: BOSS announced the GT-10 Guitar Effects Processor. According to Boss, the GT-10’s DSP engine provides a more natural and musical response. It also offers Phrase Loop,and Parallel Effects Chain, while new USB audio/MIDI capabilities add flexibility. The GT-10 also offers the COSM technology found in many BOSS and Roland products,… Read More BOSS GT-10 Guitar Effects Processor
At the 2008 Winter NAMM Show, BOSS announced the BR-900CD Version 2. With Version 2., BOSS has added the GT-Pro quality COSM guitar amp model, a new drum-editing software application (downloadable from the web), and 500 minutes of recording time via 1GB Compact Flash. The BR-900CD features an 8-track recorder with phantom-powered mic inputs and… Read More BOSS Intros BR-900CD Version 2 Multitrack Recorder
At the 2008 Winter NAMM Show, M-Audio announced Torq 1.5 DJ software. New features in Torq 1.5 software include: Tempo Anchors Tempo Master zplane élastique time stretching send/receive MIDI clock a new toolbar and a variety of workflow enhancements The software’s new Tempo Anchors allow users to set the phase grid exactly on the beats… Read More M-Audio Announces Torq 1.5 DJ Software for Mac OS X and Windows
At the Winter NAMM Show, DigiTech introduced the Vocalist Live Pro vocal harmony and effects rack processor. The Vocalist Live Pro can create multi-part harmony by analyzing a musical accompaniment signal. The Vocalist Live Pro accepts MIDI, so you can get musically intelligent harmonies just by playing in a natural accompaniment style. You can choose… Read More DigiTech Vocalist Creates Vocal Harmonies Based Keyboard Playing
Winter NAMM Show Update: MOTU introduced the 828mk3 ($795), a cross-platform FireWire audio interface with on-board effects and mixing. New features include a 32-bit floating point DSP for digital mixing and effects processing, more I/O, 192 kHz operation, true hi-Z guitar inputs, signal overload protection, digitally controlled analog input trims on all inputs, two banks… Read More MOTU Announces 828MK3 Firewire Audio Interface
NuSofting has introduced Broken Drum Machine, a VST inspired by a combination of several old school beat boxes and the circuit-bending culture around the “toy” Casio and Yamaha keyboards of the 80s. BDM is a plugin instrument designed for the musicians who love chaos and usually find the unpredictable behaviour of an uncontrollable sound machine stimulating… Read More NUSofting BDM Drum Synthesizer Released
