NAMM Update: The MPD32 is Akai Professional’s latest pad controller for musicians and DJs. Using a USB cable to connect to a PC or Mac, the MPD32 is designed for hardware control of programs like Reason, Ableton Live and GarageBand. The MPD32 is the only pad controller on the market to feature the MPC Note… Read More I Want An Akai MPD32 Software Pad Controller
At the 2008 Winter NAMM Show, Akai Professional announced the MPC5000, the first MPC to include eight-track streaming hard disk recording, a 20-voice, three-oscillator analog synthesizer with arpeggiator, a new sequencing engine with 960 PPQ resolution, pad and track muting and mixing, 64 continuous sample tracks and 12 Q-Link controllers. There is even a new… Read More Akai MPC5000 Music Production Center
Remember the steampunk music sequencer? Here’s something even more lo-fi. The Bubblegum Sequencer is a physical step sequencer that lets you create drumloops by arranging colored balls on a tangible surface. It generates MIDI events and can be used as an input device to control audio hardware and software. The Bubblegum Sequencer senses the position… Read More The Bubblegum Sequencer
Open Labs decided to make their Winter Product Release virtually this year, instead of at the 2008 Winter NAMM Show. “We have had great success using the world-wide web and wanted to give back to the virtual community by allowing them unprecedented access to our products, staff and artists,” said Victor Wong, Founder and Chairman… Read More OpenLabs Blows Off The NAMM Show
IK Multimedia has announced that StompIO, an advanced USB floor controller + audio interface + modeling software bundle, is shipping. StompIO comes fully stocked with 5 full software packages: AmpliTube 2 Ampeg SVX AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix AmpliTube Metal (only for previously registered AmpliTube 2 users) and AmpliTube X-GEAR That’s over $1,200/€990 worth of software, totaling… Read More IK Multimedia Announces StompIO Guitar/Bass Amp and FX System Now Shipping
Clavia has released the Nord Wave Manager, an application that allows Nord Wave users to create Sample Instruments from any standard audio file and download these to the Nord Wave synthesizer through its USB interface. Highlights: Creates mono or stereo samples from an audio file (.wav format) Easy to map samples across a keyboard range… Read More Clavia Releases Nord Wave Manager
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NAMM Winter Show: Akai Professional introduced a new tool for creating beats on-the-go – the XR20 Beat Production Station. The XR20 is a portable beat production station loaded with a sound set that is geared towards making Hip-Hop and R&B beats wherever and whenever inspiration strikes. More than 700 pre-loaded sounds cover a range of… Read More Akai Intros XR20 Beat Production Station
At the 2008 Winter NAMM Show, Eric Barbour of Metasonix introduced the G-1000 Fucking Fucker (not the sucking fucker), a high-end tube amp that brings Barbour’s interest in using using vacuum tubes in original ways to amps. We caught up with Eric at the show and this was what he had to say about the… Read More Eric Barbour Intros The Fucking Fucker Amplifier
At the 2008 Winter NAMM Show, Eric Barbour of Metasonix introduced the G-1000 Fucking Fucker (not the sucking fucker), a high-end tube amp that brings Barbour’s interest in using using vacuum tubes in original ways to amps. Here’s what Barbour has to say about the Fucking Fucker: There is nothing like the G-1000. Not even… Read More The Fucking Fucker
