2009 NAMM Show
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 had 88,100 attendees.
The 2009 NAMM Show is being held in Anaheim, California, January 15-18, 2009.
Highlights:
Articles about 2009 NAMM Show:
This is the official Korg intro video for the Korg microKorg XL.
via KorgUSAVideos:
Korg presents the microKORG XL Synthesizer/Vocoder! Features include Korg’s powerful MMT synthesis, 37 velocity-sensitive mini keys, 16-band vocoder with included metal gooseneck mic, and HUGE sound.
From the tail end of Gearwire’s 2009 NAMM coverage comes this show video of Eric Barbour’s new Metasonix KV100 Assblaster.
Regular Synthtopia visitors know that we like to protect our readers’ sensibilities, so we’ll put this as delicately as possible: the Assblaster puts the anal in analog.
The KV-100 contains the basic preamp stage of the discontinued Metasonix TM-7 Scrotum Smasher, driving the waveshaping (pulser) and ring modulation functions of the discontinued TM-1 (minus the ring-modulator carrier oscillator). These two sections drive a VCO which was derived from the discontinued Metasonix TM-3.
As you can see from the video, the Assblaster features graphics that complement its name.
If you’ve had a chance to try out the Assblaster, leave a comment with your thoughts!
via gearwire
At 2009 Winter NAMM, keyboardist Jordan Rudess demonstrates how he uses Spectrasonics’ Omnisphere.
via MarkMosher, jamesolszewski
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Filed under: Drum Machines & Groove Boxes, Electronic InstrumentsRemember Beat Kangz and their new beat box/workstation, The Beat Thang, introduced at the 2009 NAMM Show?
Their site appears to be dead:
Here’s the text that used to be on the home page:
THE BEAT THANG is a powerful, portable music production station. Loaded with functionality, flexibility and futuristic funkiness, THE BEAT THANG boasts a unique combination of features, quality and style that are unsurpassed by any product in the music technology universe. Its simple, user-friendly interface and extensive features bring the fun back to beat making. For more info please visit our Products page.
Beat Kangz Electronics (BKE) is a Nashville-based musical electronics company managed and operated by a diverse group of innovative, talented and passionate professionals.
BKE was founded by The Beat Kangz, a collective of award-winning artists, producers, promoters and DJs, who understand both the technology and the needs of the urban and dance music community.
Anyone know the fate of The Beat Kangz and The Beat Thang?
Ableton Live 8’s New Effects
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Filed under: Software Effects & Audio Processors, Software Sequencers, Software Synthesizers & Samplers
Huston Singletary talks about the new effects in Ableton Live 8 at Winter NAMM 2009.
