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John Price, Director of UK music specialists Kenton Electronics, has announced the launch of the Killamix Mini, their latest compact USB Controller that offers, effectively, 81 endless controllers, 81 buttons and a joystick.
Kenton was formed 20 years ago and it has built up an impressive range of products and a customer list that includes Aphex [...]

 

Behringer has announced Podcastudio FireWire, described as a complete podcast studio with FireWire interface.
The podcasting kit comes with a studio-grade FireWire audio interface which includes the Behringer Edition of Ableton Live Lite 4 music production software for PC and Mac computers. The package also includes an 8-input mixer, high-quality headphones and a studio microphone plus [...]

 

NAMM Update: Livid Instruments, a video performance software and hardware company, introduced Octav-4, software that lets you control up to eight of the popular Edirol v-4 video mixers for synchronized and centralized control. Octav-4 opens the door for multi-screen control by linking multiple v-4 video mixers, with up to thirty-two video inputs and eight unique [...]

 

NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Yamaha announced the release of the MW10 and MW12 USB Mixing Studios.
Targeted to the musician, AV and home studio hobbyist, as well as educational and worship markets, these music production systems are portable solutions for recording on a computer with the convenience of USB audio and the familiar interface of an [...]

 

2006 NAMM Winter Show: SAC Pro Audio made its NAMM debut with two new product introductions; the DiGi808/DiGi818 Digital Audio Mixers and the PUMP 6A/8A Direct Field Monitor Speakers.
The DiGi808/DiGi818 Professional Digital Audio Console is versatile digital mixer at a what SAC calls a “break-through price.” Its high-quality analog preamp section feeds a warm signal [...]

 

NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Numark introduced the AVM02 Audio/Video Mixer. Designed for mobile DJs and clubs, the AVM02 offers a range of features for live audio/visual performances, including separate replaceable DJ crossfaders, a variety of video mixing options, two video effects sections, joystick control, multiple color background options, plus PAL and NTSC compatibility.
The AVM02’s inclusion [...]

 

Behringer, a manufacturer of professional audio and musical instrument products, introduced at The NAMM Show 2006 a new line of mixing consoles, the XENYX series, that offers British-style analog sound combined with a digital audio interface.
The XENYX line comes with up to 24-input, 4/2-bus mixer with XENYX mic preamps and neo-classic “British” two- or three-band [...]

 

2006 NAMM Update: SM Pro Audio has introduced the PM8 Passive Mixer, designed for use with software multi-tracking and hardware synth users.
The PM8 is an 8 x 4 passive mixer/summing unit designed to help users of digital audio workstations achieve higher quality audio mixdown results. The summing and mixing features built into the PM8 allow [...]

 

Alesis’ new line of MultiMix FireWire Mixers is now shipping. The MultiMix FireWire Mixers are available in 8-, 12-, and 16-channel configurations, and feature FireWire connectivity, low noise analog electronics, and one hundred 28-bit digital effects.
The DICE II FireWire technology incorporated into the MultiMix FireWire Series provides for the transfer of multiple audio data streams [...]

 

Digidesign has announced that the new Surround Panner option for the ICON D-Control worksurface is now available. The Surround Panner brings powerful and convenient panning functionality to the center section of the D-Control console.
Features:

Integrated 640×480 high-resolution color LCD touchscreen
Two touch-sensitive joysticks with associated Punch buttons
Two touch-sensitive rotary encoders with 15-segment LED rings
Six Mode buttons for [...]

 

Digidesign has announced that it is shipping the Digidesign D-Command tactile worksurface, the newest member of the ICON integrated console family. Incorporating much of the same functionality, industrial design, and custom workflow capabilities as the flagship ICON D-Control tactile worksurface, D-Command packs amazing control and ICON-exclusive Pro Tools functionality into a medium-format console at a [...]

 

SpinAudio has released an updated version of Virtual Mixing Console. The new version features improved plug-in synchronization, Waves VST plug-ins support and improved compatibility with Native Instruments Intakt/Kontakt/Kompakt, Steinberg Halion, G-Media ImpOSCar, Korg Legacy Collection, SpeedSoft VSampler and Arturia Moog Modular.
Virtual Mixing Console is the application that you can turn your computer into powerful automatable [...]

 

Namm 2005: Peavey proudly introduces the new FX Series mixing consoles, available in 16-, 24- and 32-channel versions with exclusive Silencer mic preamps, dual DSP engines, dual USB ports and built-in MP3 compression for exporting audio directly to a computer.
FX Series mixers feature new, Peavey-exclusive technology to enhance live sound reproduction and project studio recording, [...]

 

2005 NAMM Show: Numark has introduced the 5000FX DJ mixer, featuring an on-board sampler, pitch adjustment, seamless looping, custom mixing effects, an interactive scratch/effect/pitch wheel, dual BPM meters, fader start, and a replaceable crossfader.
The flexible configuration of the 5000FX includes 5 channels with 3 phono, 9 line (3 switchable to phono), and 2 mic inputs–including [...]

 

NAMM 2005: Audio Exchange International has introduced the Audient Sumo High Resolution Balanced Summing Amplifier. Designed as an external analog summing mixer aimed at the audio workstation engineer, Sumo delivers the sound of an Audient large frame console in a single rack space.
Each Sumo High Resolution Balanced Summing Amplifier offers 16 paired input channels through [...]