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Line 6 announced at Winter NAMM the Floor POD Plus, the latest addition to their POD line. Floor POD Plus offers all the features of the studio-standard POD 2.0, along with additional premium effects in a road-ready floor pedal with real time foot controls.

Floor POD Plus can be used as a multi-effect unit in front of any guitar amp or PA, a complete direct to the board recording tone solution, or the ultimate headphone practice partner.

“Since 1998, POD has appeared on countless platinum-selling records,” explained Mike Murphy, Associate Product Manager, Line 6. “With Floor POD Plus, the guitarist can have all of those proven tones right at their feet in a package that’s ideal for the stage.” Floor POD Plus comes loaded with 32 amp models and 16 cab models that can be mixed and matched for ultimate tonal versatility. Read more…

At the Winter NAMM show, Radial Engineering introduced the Tonebone PZ-Pre, a compact full-function acoustic instrument preamplifier designed for studio and live performance.

The PZ-Pre is a unique two channel pedal that is equipped with piezo acoustic input signal boosters to allow both ‘add-on’ instrument pickups and built-in, integral active preamps to be combined for a more natural rendering.

“Before we set out to build the PZ-Pre we invested a year discussing options with all types of musicians including Nashville acoustic slingers, Tennessee blue grass pickers, violinists, contra-bass players and then the many guitar technicians and sound engineers that have to deal with problems such as feedback on stage,” said Radial president Peter Janis. “Critical issues that came up time and time again were sound quality, ability to use more than one instrument at a time, quiet tuning on stage, the problems with piezo pickups, noise, feedback and robust signal distribution to the various audio points. Finally, the end product had to be small enough to fit in a gig bag so that the musician could take it on an airplane.” Read more…

Winter NAMM Show: The Radial JDX is a direct box designed specifically for guitar amplifiers to let you capture the sound of the guitar amp and cabinet combination via a reactive load and advanced cabinet emulation.

According to Radial President, Peter Janis: “It is common practice for guitarists to place a microphone right in front of their guitar amp to capture the guitar sound and send it to the PA or recording system. The problem is that when the mic is so close to the speaker cone, a slight change in mic position will significantly alter the sound. This is further exacerbated by the room acoustics which will vary considerably from stage to stage. By providing a second, more dependable signal source, the sound engineer is better equipped to get up and running quickly. This reduces the variables and results in a better, more consistent tone for the audience.” Read more…

NAMM Show: Line 6 announced the Bass Floor POD, the latest addition to their POD line of products. A complete all-in-one solution, Bass Floor POD provides the bass player with premium tone and effects in a portable, easy-to-use package.

Bass Floor POD can be used as a front-end multi-effects/tone pedal for any bass amp, a complete direct to PA and recording tone solution, or simply to create the ultimate headphone practice experience.

“For the bass player, having professional bass tone usually requires a lot of extremely heavy, and often very expensive gear,” explained Rich Renken, Product Manager, Line 6. “With Bass Floor POD, a legacy of pro sounds are built into an extremely portable pedalboard that can be taken anywhere.” Read more…

NAMM Show: IK Multimedia announced the AmpliTube 2 StompIO, a new USB floor controller and audio interface for AmpliTube 2, guitar and FX modeling software, is expected to ship during the second quarter of 2007.

Combined with a Mac or PC, StompIO revolutionizes the modeling processor market with some of the best sounds available from a guitar effect unit, the staggering power of PC-based DSP modeling, 20,000 amp combinations, 32 effects on 2 rigs and all of these parameters controlled with exactly the same feeling as a traditional guitar floor processor. Read more…