One of the more interesting new technologies shown at NAMM this year was the Hot Hand Motion-Controlled effects system. Hot Hand lets you use hand gestures to control key functions such as Speed and Depth in tandem with the company’s proprietary motion-controlled Hot Hand Wah Filters and Phaser/Flanger effects consoles. While targeted towards guitarists, the… Read More Source Audio Debuts Hot Hand Wireless Adapter
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… Read More Line 6 Announces Floor POD Plus; Now Guitarist Can Geek Out Like Keyboardists
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… Read More Radial Intros Tonebone PZ-Pre Acoustic Instrument Preamplifier
Roth Audio has introduced what gets our vote for the coolest-looking iPod dock in the world. The Music Cocoon is a tube-amp iPod dock that also works with a CD player or any mini-jack audio device. “We can guarantee that the amplifier will add a real warmth and dimension to the music which other amplifiers… Read More The World’s Coolest iPod Dock
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… Read More Radial Intros JDX Direct Box For Guitar Amplifiers
NAMM Update: Primacoustic announced two new bass traps to augment its line of acoustical solutions, the Fulltrap and Halftrap. Both units ship flat for easy handling plus cost effective freight and then can be easily assembled and mounted in corners or on walls in minutes. They feature an attractive black wood-composite outer shell, fiberglass absorptive… Read More New Bass Traps Inspired By Ikea
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… Read More Line 6 Intros Bass Floor POD
NAMM Update: Designed by the same team that produced Mackie’s best-selling compact active loudspeakers, TAPCO‘s THUMP TH-15A Active Loudspeaker’s two-way bass reflex (ported) design provides accurate response from 20kHz all the way down to 40Hz. If these are anything like Mackie’s SRM 450’s, they’re going to sound very good. Class D circuitry drives a custom,… Read More TAPCO Introduces The THUMP TH-15A Active Loudspeaker
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… Read More IK Multimedia Intros Awesome AmpliTube Stomp I/O
At the 2007 Winter NAMM show, TASCAM introduced the 2488mkII, a follow-up to its best-selling 24-track recording and mixing workstation for home studios. Like its predecessor, eight inputs can be simultaneously recorded into the XLR and 1/4″ inputs. 19 physical faders control the mixdown channels, and each channel has 3-band EQ and access to three… Read More TASCAM Takes Portable Studio Concept To New Level
