At the 2009 NAMM Show, CME launched a special edition of their 49 note M-Key and U-Key controller keyboards in a vibrant pink finish. It looks like CME is joining other companies trying to reproduce the hit Daisy Rock has had with its line of girly guitars. CME’s M-Key, which is already available in hushed… Read More CME Intros Extra-Girly Pink MKey/UKey Controllers
2009 NAMM Show update: CME released firmware version 2.0 for their VX and UF line of MIDI controllers. Version 2.0 firmware adds a Pro Tools mode to the U-CTRL function, improved MIDI routing and optimized keyboard sensitivity. Users can download V2.0 firmware from CME website free of charge.
At the 2009 Winter NAMM Show, Alesis introduced the M1Active 520 USB – a set of studio monitors with USB audio connectivity. M1Active 520 USB is a pair of active, bi-amplified, two-way reference monitors that are designed to reproduce frequencies from 20,000 Hz all the way down to 56 Hz, covering nearly all frequencies audible… Read More Alesis Intros M1Active USB Studio Monitors
2009 Winter NAMM Show: Moog Music introduced the Etherwave Plus – an instrument that lets you control synthesizers and effects while playing the Theremin. It’s also a stand-alone CV (Control Voltage) controller. The Etherwave Plus’ CV control signals are proportional to the pitch and volume of the Theremin’s audio signal and can be connected to… Read More The Moog Music Etherwave Plus Theremin
2009 Winter NAMM Show: Korg made it NAMM debut of the microKORG XL – an analog-modeling mini-synth with a vocoder (MKXL). The microKORG XL offers eight-voice polyphony, a 16-band vocoder, on-the-fly parameter editing and USB MIDI connectivity. The Korg microKorg is tough to get excited about. It’s got a U.S. MSRP of $750.00, which is pretty steep for a mini… Read More NAMM Update: The Korg microKorg XL
2009 Winter NAMM Show update: Korg announced a new black color option for their nanoSeries products. The nanoKey, nanoPad and nanoKontrol are still a bit on the cheesy side, but at least they look a bit cooler.
At the 2009 Winter NAMM Show, Cakewalk announced that SONAR V-Studio 700, Cakewalk’s “ultimate solution for music production”, is now shipping worldwide. Here are the details: SONAR V-Studio 700 matches SONAR 8 Producer with the VS-700C V-Studio Console multifunction control surface and the VS-700R V-Studio I/O, which includes an onboard Roland Fantom VS Hardware synthesizer.… Read More Cakewalk SONAR V-Studio 700
At the 2009 Winter NAMM Show, Numark announced Stealth Control, a new professional DJ controller that comes with Native Instruments Traktor LE and MixMeister Fusion Live software. Stealth Control is based on Numark’s other popular control surfaces, such as Total Control and OMNI CONTROL. Its layout mirrors traditional “two decks and a mixer” setups, and it’s housed… Read More Numark Stealth Control DJ Software Controller
2009 Winter NAMM Show: Cycling ’74 and Ableton have announced Max for Live – an alt/electronica synthgasm. Max for Live permits users to create devices that extend and customize Live by creating instruments, controllers, audio effects, and MIDI processors. In other words – it lets you make up bizarro electronic music stuff and put it… Read More Max For Live
2009 NAMM Show: Celemony Software introduced Melodyne Editor, the first product with Direct Note Access (DNA). DNA technology allows, for the first time, the editing of individual chord tones in audio recordings. Melodyne editor provides all the editing functions of the existing editions of Melodyne. With the integration of DNA, though, the harmonies in an… Read More 2009 Winter NAMM Show: Melodyne DNA
