At the 2005 Winter NAMM Show, Hartke introduced the Hartke AGX Acoustic Attack Pedal. It gives the acoustic guitar player the ability to dial in an acoustic tone while playing through an amplifier or PA system. The AGX emulates a tube/microphone preamp with a 3-band bass, treble and sweepable parametric mid EQ section, making it… Read More Hartke Shows New Acoustic Guitar Preamp Pedal
NAMM Update: Groove Tubes has announced that the Glory Comp All Tube Variable Transconductance Compressor will soon begin to ship to the company’s dealers and international distributors. “Engineers who liked our ViPRE will love the Glory because it’s just what they have been asking for: a no compromise, transparent, rich all tube compressor with virtually… Read More Winter NAMM Expo: Groove Tubes Intros Glory Comp
Namm 2005: DigiTech announced the introduction of the Jimi Hendrix Experience Artist Series Pedal. Working closely in conjunction with Eddie Kramer, the legendary recording engineer and producer who captured Hendrix’s amazing talent on the albums that redefined the role of the electric guitar forever, DigiTech was chosen by the Hendrix family to model Jimi’s incredible… Read More Digitech Jimi Hendrix Pedal
2005 NAMM Show: With a dual COSM effects engine and an expansive I/O section that includes XLR outputs, three sets of send/returns, and a USB port for data exchange and audio flow, the GT-Pro is an ideal front-end for driving a wall of powered cabinets or for direct recording applications. Powered by dual COSM amp-modeling… Read More NAMM 2005: Boss Offers Rackmount GT-PRO Processor
2005 NAMM Show: Boss has released the GT-8 floor-based processor, which features twin COSM modeling, allowing players to layer and manipulate two amp models simultaneously during performance. The Dynamic mode enables two channels to be controlled based on picking strength — transition smoothly from clean to mean by simply picking harder or softer. Step into… Read More Boss GT8 Floor Effects Pedal
2005 NAMM Show: BBE has introduced a foot pedal version of its rack-mounting BBE Sonic Maximizer. Offering the same sonic specifications as the BBE 482i, the new BBE Sonic Stomp also features hard wire bypass, non slip rubber base and an easy to access 9v battery compartment, while an external power supply is included in… Read More NAMM: BBE Debuts Sonic Maximizer Pedal
NAMM Update: BBE has announced the Opto Stomp, the optical compressor found in its B-Max bass preamp in a foot pedal format. The pedal offers a ‘soft knee’ design along with control of dynamics and a very musical compression reminiscent of the classic designs of the best vintage optical-element compressors of the 50’s and 60’s,… Read More NAMM: BBE Intros Opto-Stomp
2005 NAMM Show: BBE has introduced the new Acoustimax, a foot pedal style acoustic preamp building on the design of their 386 acoustic preamp. Aimed at serious acoustic players and those would like to be, the Acoustimax benefits from a 3-band, EQ incorporating a sweepable mid range band; low frequency notch filter, phase reversal, ground… Read More NAMM: BBE Intros Acoustimax Pedal
NAMM 2005: Apogee Electronics Corporation announced a firmware update that features Advanced Option Routing for the AD-16X and the DA-16X with X-HD or X-FireWire option cards installed. With AD-16X in version 2 mode, the 16 analog inputs (up to 192K) go directly to the option card (and out to a computer via X-HD and X-FireWire… Read More Apogee announces Firmware Update at 2005 NAMM Show
2005 NAMM Show: Aphex Systems showed their new Model 230 Master Voice Channel at the Winter NAMM show. Combining several of the company’s proprietary technologies in preamplification, dynamics processing, psychoacoustics and more, the Model 230 Master Voice Channel is now shipping to Aphex dealers with a suggested retail price of $799. “The Model 230 provides… Read More NAMM Show: Aphex Model 230 Master Voice Channel
