Blue Announces Woodpecker Active Ribbon Microphone

2007 Winter NAMM Show: Blue Microphones announced its newest addition to the Blue family of award winning microphones, the Woodpecker. With the Woodpecker, Blue continues its style of introducing attractive vintage-styled microphones that look as good as they sound. The Woodpecker was designed to provide the smooth, intimate sound associated with the most sought-after (and… Read More Blue Announces Woodpecker Active Ribbon Microphone

Chile Peppers Guitarist Using Modular Synthesizer, Moog Gear To Get New Sounds

The Red Hot Chile Peppers’ latest CD, Stadium Arcadium, features interesting use of modular synthesizer by John Frusciante, who relied heavily on his 40-year-old modular synthesizer to tweak his guitar parts. “When you listen to Dani California, the guitars are always changing, and there’s all these effects going on, created with the modular synthesizer after… Read More Chile Peppers Guitarist Using Modular Synthesizer, Moog Gear To Get New Sounds

Yamaha Motif Keyboard Gets Steinberg Cubase AI4

2007 Winter NAMM Show: Steinberg and Yamaha announced a new version of Cubase that will included in Yamaha’s digital music production hardware. Cubase AI4 is based on the latest generation of Cubase and provides extraordinarily close integration between Yamaha hardware and Steinberg software. Cubase AI4 is a music production workstation that offers audio recording and… Read More Yamaha Motif Keyboard Gets Steinberg Cubase AI4

NAMM Update: Yamaha XS Takes the Motif to the Next Level

2007 Winter NAMM Show: Yamaha expanded their top line of synthesizer workstation line with the new Motif XS, featuring new sounds and new creative tools in a redesigned, intuitive user interface. The Motif XS includes new Xpanded Articulation sounds featuring 355 MB of wave ROM to inspire creativity, while Performance Recording with four intelligent arpeggiators… Read More NAMM Update: Yamaha XS Takes the Motif to the Next Level