Dean introduced its 2005 models at the Winter NAMM Expo. Dean featured a series of guitars inspired by ace guitarist Michael Schenker. The electric models are the Michael Schenker Standard, the Michael Schenker Custom & the Michael Schenker USA model. The Dean Girls, right, were on hand to help showcase the new products. Dean introduced… Read More Dean Intros Michael Schenker Guitars
Mackie has announced Tracktion 2, the first major update to their critically acclaimed recording and MIDI production software. The new update, dubbed T2, is a major step forward, adding numerous new capabilities, while still maintaining the core feature set that has made the original Tracktion a runaway success. The program’s clutter-free, single-screen design and intuitive… Read More Mackie Announces Tracktion 2 at NAMM
Red’s Type B is an affordable Class A discrete solid state mic exclusively designed for Red by Blue Microphones as a foundation for interchangeable capsules. Included with the Type B microphone body is the Red Lollipop Capsule, an all-around capsule designed to be as versatile as possible, with applications ranging from vocals to electric and… Read More Red Announces the Type B Microphone
NAMM 2005: Denon used the Winter NAMM show to introduce the DN-S1000 Compact CD/MP3 Player and the DN-X100 Compact Performance DJ Mixer, two portable devices designed to complement each other, as well as the DN-X300 Performance Mixer, a scratch mixer. DN-S1000 Denon DJ’s new DN-S1000 Compact CD/MP3 player is designed to offer many of the… Read More Denon Introduces DJ Mixer and CD/MP3 Player
Cycling ’74 and Octiv Inc. introduced Octirama, a Surround Dynamics Processor for Digidesign ProTools Systems at the NAMM Winter Expo. Octirama is the first full-featured, multi-band dynamics processor for 5.1 Surround Mastering for the Digidesign TDM environment. Octirama incorporates sophisticated four- and five-band processing for each of five channels plus sophisticated bass management for precise… Read More Cycling, Octiv Introduce Octirama Surround Processor
2005 NAMM: Fender announced a new amplification system at NAMM, the G-DEC. Dubbed the Guitar Digital Entertainment Center, the G-DEC combines a number of different guitar tones, built-in effects and instrument backing with drum beats and bass lines, to make it easy for practice sessions to sound like a full band. With more than 2… Read More NAMM: Fender Announces Guitar Digital Entertainment Center
NAMM 2005: Crate has introduced two high-end keyboard amps to its 2005 line-up: the KXB220 and the KXB100. The KXB220 features a 15″ Crate speaker and horn with 160 / 220 Watts RMS; four stereo channels; stereo 8 band graphic EQ; a power amp limiter and angled cabinet design. It will be available second quarter… Read More Crate Debuts High-End Keyboard Amps
NAMM 2005: CME showcased their debut product, the UF master keyboard series, at this year’s Winter NAMM show. Ranging from 49 to 88 keys in size, the UF series is expected to carry a street price starting at $199. The keyboards include a USB port and one MIDI OUT, but with the optional FireWire card,… Read More NAMM: CME Control Keyboard
2005 NAMM Winter Show: The newest addition to the equitek Series, the CAD e300 is a multi-pattern (Cardioid, Omni, Figure 8) externally biased Servo-Condenser microphone that offers fast transient response, precision and presence for tracking situations and live reinforcement settings. Distinguished by its transparent, open upper end and midrange and a smooth low end, the… Read More NAMM: CAD Adds e300 Condenser Mic
2005 NAMM Show: With a dual COSM effects engine and an expansive I/O section that includes XLR outputs, three sets of send/returns, and a USB port for data exchange and audio flow, the GT-Pro is an ideal front-end for driving a wall of powered cabinets or for direct recording applications. Powered by dual COSM amp-modeling… Read More NAMM 2005: Boss Offers Rackmount GT-PRO Processor
