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The NAMM Show is the largest music products trade show in the world. It is held every January in Anaheim, California, USA at the Anaheim Convention Center.
The January 2008 show had 1,560 exhibitors and a record-breaking 88,100 attendees. The NAMM Show is not open to the general public, only to members of the music trade.
2008 NAMM Show: Numark announced immediate shipment of Fit For Sound, the first rack-mountable iPod music player to include pro-grade sound delivery, a Universal Dock for iPod, large, easy-to-read buttons, and a remote control with lanyard. Fit For Sound was designed to meet the needs of both small and large professional venues. Large, easy-to-read controls,… Read More Numark Pro iPod Music Player
At the NAMM 2008 Winter Show, Novation launched Nocturn, their most affordable hardware controller to date,. Featuring the latest Automap Universal 2.0 software, exclusive to Novation controllers, Nocturn provides automatic, instant and intelligent control of all automatable plug-ins within every major sequencer, including Pro Tools. Nocturn features eight touch-sensitive rotary encoders, each equipped with a… Read More NAMM: Novation Nocturn Controller
At the NAMM 2008 show, Novation introduced Automap Universal 2.0. In 2.0, RTAS and TDM plug-in support is now included. This latest release ships with Novation’s new Nocturn controller, and will also be compatible with Novation’s ReMOTE SL and ReMOTE SL COMPACT ranges. Featuring a ‘heads-up transparent control GUI’, Automap Universal 2.0 allows you to… Read More Novation Automap Universal 2.0
MixMeister Fusion and MixMeister Studio 7.2 have been updated. This release marks the first Mac versions of MixMeister. Version 7.2 of both packages includes the following: Native Mac OSX version is universal binary for PowerPC or Intel processors Improved time stretching accurately matches beats with fast or slow tempos Enhanced timeline display provides clear division… Read More MixMeister Fusion and Studio 7.2 Released For Mac OS X
MixMeister has announced EZ Vinyl Converter 2, a new app being bundled with turntables from Numark and ION Audio which reads incoming audio from a turntable and uses Gracenote’s MusicID technology to automatically fill in the artist, album, and song information. Users need only to click the “New Track” button at the end of each… Read More New App Rips From Vinyl And Automatically Identifies The Artist And Track
.flickr-photo { } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Image: Synthesizers This may look like an innocent rubber ducky, but it’s actually a bizarre MIDI drum trigger that we saw at NAMM.
NAMM Update: The MPD32 is Akai Professional’s latest pad controller for musicians and DJs. Using a USB cable to connect to a PC or Mac, the MPD32 is designed for hardware control of programs like Reason, Ableton Live and GarageBand. The MPD32 is the only pad controller on the market to feature the MPC Note… Read More I Want An Akai MPD32 Software Pad Controller
At the 2008 Winter NAMM Show, Akai Professional announced the MPC5000, the first MPC to include eight-track streaming hard disk recording, a 20-voice, three-oscillator analog synthesizer with arpeggiator, a new sequencing engine with 960 PPQ resolution, pad and track muting and mixing, 64 continuous sample tracks and 12 Q-Link controllers. There is even a new… Read More Akai MPC5000 Music Production Center
Scott & Ken of The Crystal Method on the show floor at the 2008 NAMM Show…..after a couple of cocktails.
Open Labs decided to make their Winter Product Release virtually this year, instead of at the 2008 Winter NAMM Show. “We have had great success using the world-wide web and wanted to give back to the virtual community by allowing them unprecedented access to our products, staff and artists,” said Victor Wong, Founder and Chairman… Read More OpenLabs Blows Off The NAMM Show
