NAMM 2018 ·
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As every year, the Winter NAMM show will see reams of new products, technologies and services launched. We’re collating all the latest news from Anaheim, California about the freshest music and audio gear. This year, the show is being held from 25 to 28 January.
With Musikmesse becoming less interesting for many industry onlookers, Winter NAMM has become the single most important trade show for our industry. Last year, we had unprecedented interest in our NAMM coverage in terms of the traffic coming to our site from all over the world. That tells us that you, our readers, are just as glued to developments in Anaheim as we are. And we are more than happy to oblige. After all, we can’t get enough of this stuff, either. Here are our top stories:
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UPDATE
Empress Effects' ZOIA modular multi-effects processor is now available in a special limited edition, the ZOIA 10K! The firmware has also been updated.
The highly customisable Line 6 Shuriken Variax guitar that once only came in black will now be available in the UK with new colours for 2019.
A handful of details emerge on Instagram of Black Corporations new analogue 8-voice synthesizer called KIJIMI due to be revealed at Superbooth in May and it's looking good.
That crazy plasma-based distortion/fuzz pedal from NAMM by Gamechanger Audio looks set to explode onto the market later this year, but you can try it out now on your own riffs!
The Heil PR 77D is a dynamic mic designed for use in commercial broadcast, podcasting, studio and home recording. Heil Sound says the mic boasts a smooth and flat frequency response, among other nice things.
This golden age of synthesizers shows no sign of slowing down and NAMM 2018 had plenty to enthral the enthusiasts. Here are the 3 synths that really made me go all modulated.
Studio Electronics has revamped their entire Boomstar desktop monosynth line giving them a much smarter front panel and wooden ends. And they are releasing the Boomstar 8106 with Juno-to-Jupiter filter ...
AUDIO
Studio Electronics think the filter knob on the Roland SE-02 isn't good enough and do announce the EX+Box expander. It gives a full resolution, proper sized filter cutoff knob and 1/4" audio connections.
the microphone builds on top of the C535's sound quality with improved reliability and performance. With a custom-tune capsule, the C636 is made to capture a vocal performance in all its nuances.
Another long forgotten brand relaunched for 2018, is this all style over substance and marketing hype or is Harmony back on the map in the guitar world once again?
The old Japanese brand Teisco has been relaunched for 2018 at NAMM with three new effects pedals heading up the newly revived company. But are they retro chic or cash-in nonsense?
Get your hands in on the action with an optical theremin synthesizer from Electro Faustus and Delptronics. Theremorph can also be a CV or MIDI controller for gesture based modulation and pitch wobble.
Samson's Expedition XP108w is a rechargeable, portable PA that comes with a handheld wireless mic and Bluetooth connectivity. The XP108w comes off as a powerful portable PA indeed!
At NAMM 2018, plug-in developer ToneBoosters unveiled TB Equalizer 4 - a very interesting equalizer backed with spectral side-chain compression, machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms.
AEA introduced the TRP2 preamp - a follow-up to the original TRP, which was likely the first preamp designed exclusively for ribbon microphones. It all starts with a hign-gain, high input impedance design.
At NAMM 2018, Chinese mic powerhouse sE Electronics presented what has to be the most sharp-dressed microphone ever - the Billy Gibbons Signature Edition V7 BFG Dynamic Microphone.