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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: PreSonus announced the AudioBox USB 2×2 USB recording system. The AudioBox USB is a USB bus-powered interface with 2 mic/instrument preamps with 48V phantom power, 2 balanced TRS outputs, MIDI in/out, and a playback mixer knob on the front panel allowing you to adjust the volume level between your recording and… Read More PreSonus AudioBox 2×2 USB Recording System
At the 2008 Winter NAMM Show, PreSonus announced the FireStudio Tube – a 24-bit/96k 16 input, 10 output Firewire recording system for Windows and Macintosh computers that features two tube-based analog “super channels”. The FireStudio Tube has sixteen analog inputs – two tube-based super channels on the front panel, eight XMAX preamps on the rear… Read More PreSonus FireStudio Tube Firewire Recording System
Winter NAMM Show Update: Korg introduced special edition versions of its X50 and microKORG synths. The body of the Limited Edition X50 (X50-CF) is covered in a camouflage finish, and the Limited Edition microKORG (microKORG-BK) features vintage-style, reverse-color keys (the black and white colors are reversed). Both keyboards provide the same functions and features as… Read More Two Bizarro Keyboards From Korg
Winter NAMM Show Update: MOTU debuted Electric Keys, a $295 cross-platform virtual instrument that delivers the sounds of 50 classic keyboard instruments from the last 40 years. The 40GB sound library includes over 20,000 24-bit 96 kHz multi-samples of electric pianos, electric organs, clavinets, Wurlitzers, tape samplers, string machines, keyboard basses and other rare and… Read More MOTU Announces Electric Keys At NAMM 2008
Here’s a sneak preview of MOTU‘s Digital Performer 6, a major upgrade to MOTU’s audio sequencer software. New features include: a complete user interface redesign XML file interchange with Final Cut Pro film scoring enhancements track comping support for interleaved broadcast WAVE audio files enhanced support for operation as a software front end for Pro… Read More MOTU Digital Performer 6 Sneak Preview
At the 2008 Winter NammShow, Korg introduced the Pa2X Pro, a $4600.00 keyboard workstation that uses the same EDS (Enhanced Definition Synthesis) sound engine that powers the Korg M3 workstation, Pa800 and the new Pa500. Also included are a motorized/tilting full-color TouchView display (with contextual Help screens in seven languages) and a set of assignable… Read More Korg Debuts Pa2X Pro Music Workstation
Winter NAMM Update: IK Multimedia announced that a special edition of IK Multimedia’s SampleTank, with sounds from over $3500 worth of IK’s award-winning virtual instrument products, such as Miroslav Philharmonik, SampleMoog, Sonik Synth 2, SampleTron, Studiophonik and SampleTank, will come bundled inside the Yamaha X-Factor DVD, which ships with all Yamaha music production products, including… Read More IK Multimedia Announces SampleTank YE Bundled With All Yamaha MIDI Controllers/Workstations
Winter NAMM Show Update: Garritan’s new Virtual Pipe Organs collection is designed to capture the grandeur of a variety of different historic and contemporary pipe organs: a Small (Early) Baroque Organ (circa 1740); a Late Baroque organ (“Bach”— circa 1748); a Gothic organ; a Renaissance organ (one of Europe’s oldest circa 1587); a Romantic organ… Read More Garritan Introduces Virtual Pipe Organs Collection At Winter 2008 NAMM
Winter NAMM Show: Auralex StudioFoam acoustic treatment products now include soy components, reducing petroleum-based chemical usage by up to 60% and lessening dependence on fossil fuels, including foreign crude oil. This greener formula helps reduce global warming emissions. This is good to see – not only is it great to see them thinking about cutting… Read More Auralex Acoustic Treatment Products Now Eco-Friendly
NAMM Show: EastWest has released the Fab Four Virtual Instrument – and unauthorized collection of virtual instruments based on the same kind of instruments and recording equipment used by the Beatles to create their music. I was able to check Fab Four out on the show floor, and it sounds like they’ve done a great… Read More The Fab Four Get Virtualized
