The 2010 NAMM Show is over and done, so it’s time to take a look back and pick the highlights of the show. This year our Best Of NAMM list is hardware heavy. In part, it’s because many of the software vendors opted not to come to NAMM this year; but it’s also because there… Read More The Best Of NAMM 2010
We’ve told you about the highlights of the 2010 NAMM Show in our Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 summaries. What may not be obvious from our coverage, though, is how hard the NAMM Show has been hit by the recession. The above shot captures one view of the basement, which looked pretty pathetic.… Read More NAMM Wrap-Up
Composer and remixer BT (Brian Transea) at the 2010 NAMM Show.
NAMM: PreSonus announced version 1.1 of its Studio One DAW software, which adds multiple features and enhancements. You can now draw automation waveforms, and automation points can be locked to selected events, so automation moves with the related events. A transform function lets you scale, stretch, and otherwise modify automation envelopes. An Undo history enables… Read More PreSonus Studio One Update Announced
At the 2010 NAMM Show, Inspired Instruments introduced the You Rock Guitar, a new guitar and guitar gaming controller: The You Rock Guitar is designed to work seamlessly with Guitar Hero and Rock Band on Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 gaming platforms; It also can be plugged into a standard guitar amplifier or headphones and… Read More NAMM Update – The You Rock Guitar
Spectrasonics’ Eric Persing introduces their updates for Trillian, Omnisphere and their new Spectrasonics iPhone app. The iPhone app seems like more trouble than it’s worth – but Trillian and Omnisphere are both amazingly powerful and great-sounding. via SonicState
Dieter Doepfer introduces the Doepfer DIY Synth Kit at the 2010 NAMM Show. The kit is made of a pc board that includes all that is necessary to build a standard analog synthesizer. (Case, wiring & controls not included). See our previous Doepfer DIY Synth Kit post for details. via SonicState
Avid has quietly announced that Digidesign as you know it is history. Digidesign, the creator of Pro Tools, is getting absorbed into the Avid brand. Based on what we’ve heard from Avid, it sounds like you’ll be seeing Avid Pro Tools from now on.
Way Out Ware’s Jim Heinz demos iSample – an iPhone sampling and sequencing application. iSample is one of the most powerful iPhone music apps available – and it offers a preview of the potential of the rumored Apple Tablet as a computer for music. Jim has done a lot of optimization with iSample – check… Read More Way Out Ware’s Jim Heinz Demos iSample
Here’s another overview and demo of the Teenage Engineering OP-1, this time via the guys at SonicState. The OP-1 is a miniature synth, sampler and recorder that’s in development. It’s already very powerful, but development is expected to continue for most of this year. The expected price point is around $700.
