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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Studiologic's Numa Compact 2X has a go at the Nord Electro with an affordable and portable 88 note, semi-weighted keyboard with piano, organ and synthesizer sound engines.
Okay, yes they can make anything. But why would you make this? A 9 necked guitar bass monstrosity appears on Fender's Facebook page today and it looks ridiculous!
The new iRig Stomp I/O is set to take you to new levels of gigging flexibility, but unfortunately, it revolves around using it with an iPad, surely that is not a safe bet for a gigging guitarist?
Auto-Tune is 20 years old and reaches version 9, or Auto-Tune Pro as they are calling it. Revamped interface, key and scale detection, ARA support and low latency mode amongst the improvements.
A new small format modelling amp head available for both guitar and bass, these two look like the perfect compliment for a busy gigging musician that still needs tonal variety and good tone.
The Synapse is an 8 input crossfading into 4 channels of voltage controlled switching with integrated LFO, scatter and memory morphing. It's an interesting way to create texture from other sources.
Qu Bit overhaul their Nebulae granular sampling module and upgrade the engine, adding live recording and manual processing along with everything CV. There's too much fun to be had with this.
A twin keyboard goliath of a brand new organ from Hammond. It's called the Hammond Skx Stage Keyboard and we know nothing beyond a couple of photos and that it will be revealed at NAMM. Update: Video!
Qu Bit have created a Eurorack module that puts Scanned Synthesis into hardware for the first time. The Scanned Organic Wavetable VCO is like a string held in space that you can manipulate in interesting ways
Pittsburgh Modular reveal a complete semi-modular synthesizer called the microvolt 3900. It has some interesting features like wave-folding, low-pass gate and a function generator.
AUDIO
Lynx is filling a gap in its range by outfitting its latest converter - the Aurora PRE 1608 - with microphone preamps. With 8 channels of line I/O and another 8 channels of combo mic/line/Hi-Z inputs...
Boutique recording gear manufacturer TK Audio announced the DP2, a dual rackmount mic preamp with switchable circuitry. But can the Swedes make a dent in the fiercely competitive premium preamp market?
The market for large-diaphragm condenser USB microphones has a new contender, Beyerdynamic's FOX. The German maker has evidently aimed at a good balance between ease of use while offering respectable audio ...
Looks like Orange is breaking into the retro arcade gaming world at this year's NAMM Show, but will it be fully valve powered and run off a pair of EL4s?
Analog Multiplier? What strangeness has Pigtronix unleased on the world this time? Are you the master of the ring? All these questions and more shall be answered at this year's NAMM... Hopefully
Fender's Custom Shop pays homage 'unofficially' to The Who's classic Tommy album with an eye-bleeding Telecaster and matching custom based ’57 Custom Pro-Amp
