Category: Electronic Music & Recording Gear

2006 NAMM Update: Akai Debuts New MPC 2500 Music Production Center

NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Akai Professional introduced the MPC2500 Music Production Center. The MPC2500 is the successor to the company’s highly acclaimed MPC2000XL. Featuring an inviting user interface, great-feeling velocity and pressure sensitive pads, twin onboard effects processors with a send for outboard effects, Q-Link controllers, plus 10 outputs and an S/PDIF digital output, the… Read More 2006 NAMM Update: Akai Debuts New MPC 2500 Music Production Center

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Akai Intros EWI 4000S MIDI Wind Instrument/Controller

NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Akai Professional introduced the EWI4000S Wind Controller. The newest addition to the EWI family incorporates numerous enhancements to its overall design as a wind controller, and adds an integrated analog modeling synthesizer optimized for wind control, dedicated MIDI In and Out ports, an audio output, new performance functions, internal effects processing,… Read More Akai Intros EWI 4000S MIDI Wind Instrument/Controller

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NAMM: SAC Audio Debuts Mixers and Monitors

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… Read More NAMM: SAC Audio Debuts Mixers and Monitors

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MOTM at NAMM

At the 2006 Winter NAMM Show, Paul Schreiber, right, of Synthesis Technologies was on-hand at the Analog Haven booth, showing off the latest members of the SynthTech MOTM modular synthesizer line. The Analog Haven space was a complete synth orgy, with gear from Doepfer, MOTM, Modcan, Future Retro, Cwejman, Macbeth, Memotron and much more. MOTM… Read More MOTM at NAMM

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Roland Intros MC-808 Groovebox with Motorized Faders

NAMM Update: Roland introduced a new member of the Roland MC family, the MC-808. The powerstation features eight motorized faders on its surface, a first for a groovebox. With Roland’s most sophisticated processor at its core, the MC-808 shares the same top-of-the-line sampling and sequencing features as its elder sibling, the MC-909. The MC-808 shares… Read More Roland Intros MC-808 Groovebox with Motorized Faders

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