NAMM Show: IK Multimedia announced the AmpliTube 2 StompIO, a new USB floor controller and audio interface for AmpliTube 2, guitar and FX modeling software, is expected to ship during the second quarter of 2007. Combined with a Mac or PC, StompIO revolutionizes the modeling processor market with some of the best sounds available from… Read More IK Multimedia Intros Awesome AmpliTube Stomp I/O
Guitarists may get more chicks – but keyboardists have always had them beat in the technology department. That distinction may not last, though, based on some of the releases at this year’s NAMM show. Roland introduced an advanced guitar processor – the VG-99. With three processors at its core, plus expressive performance controls such as… Read More VG-99 V-Guitar System Almost As Cool As A Synthesizer
2007 NAMM Show: DigiTech, a manufacturer of musical instrument signal processors, and a Harman International, announced two new vocal effects processors – the Vocalist Live 2 and Vocalist Live 4 vocal harmony and effects floor processors for performing guitarists. Utilizing DigiTech’s MusIQ technology, the Vocalist Live processors generate intelligent, multi-part vocal harmonies using the singer’s… Read More DigiTech Unveils Vocalist Live 2 and Vocalist Live 4 Vocal Effects Processors
NAMM Show: DigiTech, a leading manufacturer of guitar and bass multi-effects processors, and a Harman International, introduced the GSP1101 1U Modeling Preamp/Processor. Featuring the latest in modeling from DigiTech, the new 1U rack processor will include two AudioDNA2 super chips exclusively designed by DigiTech. The GSP1101 will feature top-level control knobs such as Gain, Bass,… Read More DigiTech Intros GSP1101 1U Guitar Modeling Preamp/Processor
NAMM: Digidesign announced Reel Tape Suite, a set of analog tape emulation plug-ins that re-create the warmth of analog tape recordings and tape effects in digital recordings or live audio. Digidesign Reel Tape Suite, which operates as an AudioSuite, TDM, and RTAS plug-in, brings the vintage sound of analog gear to digital audio while providing… Read More Digidesign Wants To Delay Your Music….And Saturate It, Too
Grafton Electronics, under license from Dan Armstrong Enterprises, announced a new unit to its line of Armstrong Sound Modifiers. The Black Reaper, introduced at the NAMM Show, is the newest sound modifier added to the series, which includes Red Ranger, Purple Peaker, Green Ringer, Yellow Humper, Blue Clipper, and Orange Squeezer. Each Black Reaper is… Read More Dan Armstrong Intros The Black Reaper Sound Modifier
FLUX has announced the availability of its first series of plug-ins in VST and RTAS formats for both Mac and PC. Solera Solera is the result of much thought on the control of the sound dynamics, carried out for many long years by the FLUX team. The team asked how to reconcile criteria as divergent… Read More Flux Announces Availability Of Solera, Pure Series, And Epure Plug-Ins In VST/RTAS Formats
2007 Winter NAMM Show: Behringer unveiled its Guitar Link UCG102 USB guitar input, an inexpensive option for interfacing electric guitars into your computer. GUITAR LINK UCG102 guitar-to-USB interface lets you jam and record using modeling amps and effects without the need for any gear other than your guitar and a computer. The interface links your… Read More Behringer Intros USB Guitar Link
2007 Winter NAMM Show: Metasonix introduced the TM-7 Ultra-Distortion Scrotum Smasher, the latest lo-fi tube-based sound mangler from the mind of Eric Barbour. Barbour has described his modules as brain destroying, meaty, bizarre, crude, nasty, powerful and evil, and the Scrotum Smasher looks to be no exception. The TM-7 joins his other tube-based creations, including… Read More Metasonix Debuts The TM-7 Ultra-Distortion Scrotum Smasher
2007 Winter NAMM Show: Korg has expanded its line of Kaoss Pad touch pad effects processors with the affordable mini-KP Dynamic Effect Processor. The mini-KP offers the same interface and real-time fingertip effects as other Kaoss models, plus many features taken from the new KP3, packaged in a compact body with battery operation for shirt… Read More Korg Intros mini-KP Kaoss Pad
