At the 2010 NAMM Show, director Dianna Dilworth presented her documentary Mellodrama, which explores the history of the Mellotron. Featured in the documentary is the extremely rare Birotron, which was a variation on the tape sample idea, but using 8-track tape loops.
Noteput is an interactive music table with tangible notes, that combines the three senses of hearing, sight and touch to make learning the classical notation of music more easy and interesting. It’s also demonstrates a basic tangible music interface. via Jonas Heuer, psfk
Moldover works his Mojo at a NAMM afterparty. The Mojo is a MIDI controller that combines ideas from traditional instruments, DJ hardware, and game controllers. More info at Livid Instruments and Moldover. via Livid Instruments
The Clavilux 2000 is an interactive instrument for generative music visualization, which is able to generate a live visualization of any music played on a digital piano.
The Guardian published a great interview with Brian Eno yesterday, in which he makes some interesting comments about synthesizers & ABBA: On the synthesiser: 1 “One of the important things about the synthesiser was that it came without any baggage. A piano comes with a whole history of music. There are all sorts of cultural… Read More Brian Eno On The Synthesizer
On Day 2 of the NAMM Show, we had a chance to check out the new gear at the Moog booth. They were showing the new Moog Taurus 3 bass synthesizer, which sounds massive and is built like a tank. The Noisebug booth packed was densely packed with synth power, ranging from multiple Buchla 200e‘s… Read More NAMM Show Day 2 Highlights
Electronic music pioneer Don Buchla made NAMM’s most wanted list. At each show, the NAMM organization tries to record and preserve the stories of industry veterans like Buchla to help capture the history of the music industry.
This year’s NAMM Show was smaller than recent NAMM Shows – with few companies showing up, fewer attendees and fewer gear announcements. Nevertheless, there were still quite a few interesting music instruments and applications being introduced. Here are some of the more interesting items that we saw on the first day of NAMM. Eigenlabs introduced… Read More 2010 NAMM Show Day 1
At the 2010 NAMM Show, Behringer introduced an updated line of Xenyx Mixers that feature internal USB audio interfaces and 24-bit multi-FX processors. Description: Sporting a wide range of options, the next-generation XENYX live/studio mixers from Behringer merge built-in USB interface, “one-knob” compressors and XENYX mic preamps and “British-style” channel EQ. The mixers feature a… Read More Behringer Intros XENYX Mixers With Internal USB/Audio Interface
Behringer introduced the Truth B1031A Reference Monitors, an updated version of their popular studio monitors, at NAMM. Features: Studio monitor with true active design Precision Class A/B amplifiers with active protection circuits: 100 W for LF / 50 W for HF High resolution, ferrofluid-cooled 1″ dome tweeter for ultimate sound reproduction Long-throw 8″ woofer with… Read More NAMM – Behringer Truth B1031A Reference Monitors
