KVR Audio

Kevin63101 · Post by **Kevin63101** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:16 pm

Mushy Mushy wrote:Does everything get announced on the Thurs, or are the launches staggered over the 4 days?

The majority of announcements are done on Thursday (or before). After that, the main thing to watch for is youtube videos that attendees & companies upload.

"NAMM" and the search button is your friend on news engines and youtube. From there you'll discover several sites that have dedicated NAMM report areas (eg. Musicradar, Gear4music, Harmony Central, etc).

Every once in a while you'll spy a gem before official announcements ... last year I saw a local Orange County newspaper post a picture during NAMM setup with Amplitube 3 on a computer screen in the background. Year before, NI had a Germany press release about Maschine posted before USA official announcement. This year, MIX magazine sent out a mass email on upcoming webinar training for Cubase 6.

Either way, announcements don't mean availability (or version stability for that matter). There's some 2010 announcements that haven't made it to market in the past year.

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:34 pm

There should be some really cool stuff being shown/demonstrated at the Analogue Haven, NoiseBug and Big City Music booths. Other than that, I barely know what my company is showing let alone anyone else.

A lot of software vendors like Propellerhead and NI have stopped using the trade shows to dictate how they announce new products. They may still have a presence on the floor but only to shake hands with the Hal Leonard and GC reps.

memyselfandus · Post by **memyselfandus** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:29 pm

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2011/01/ ... m-machine/

Dave Smith And Roger Linn Create A New Analog Drum Machine

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:37 pm

Interesting

Well, so far not impressed. But I've certainly not seen everything.

memyselfandus · Post by **memyselfandus** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:49 am

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2011/01/ ... os-teaser/

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:25 pm

Another namm, another bust imho.

Was there anything that really just hit the "wow" button that I missed?

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:47 pm

NAMM wasn't a bust for me at all. There is a crap-load of cool modular synth stuff coming out.

MakeNoise announced his Phonogene (granular sampler), Moddemix (dual VCA/ringmod/mixer) and Timbremixer (dual lopass gate/mixer). Livewire announced his Chaos Computer (random gate generator) and Voltage Mechanic (CV processor). Malekko announced his 3VCDCO (three digital oscillator sub-system) and a really badass analog delay. Synthtech announced his Resampling Mini-delay (models BBDs and tape delay). Then of course there were the new TipTop audio folding cases and the new Intellijel mixer and VCAs.

On top of all that Eventide showed off their new reverb pedal and Strymon announced their new multi-function delay pedal, both of which looked really sexy.

The DSI/Roger Linn drum machine and the Elektron Octotrack both gave me the horn big time.

In a hall that no one here is interested in I saw really small, cheap TFT and OLED displays and some actually affordable multi-touch capsense interfaces. I also got a demo for a new DSP platform that I may be learning to program for as soon as next month.

I saw a lot of stuff that really got me excited but not much that would be interesting to the typical KvR member. However, MuffWigglers are blowing fuses over the awesomeness.

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:49 pm

I've been watching Harmony Central's news page, a bunch of new ASIO interface stuff, didn't look into it because HC loads really slow on my connection.

Heard of new MIDI guitar controllers being there, but price vs. being worth it is another thing.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:56 pm

justin3am wrote:NAMM wasn't a bust for me at all. There is a crap-load of cool modular synth stuff coming out.

MakeNoise announced his Phonogene (granular sampler), Moddemix (dual VCA/ringmod/mixer) and Timbremixer (dual lopass gate/mixer). Livewire announced his Chaos Computer (random gate generator) and Voltage Mechanic (CV processor). Malekko announced his 3VCDCO (three digital oscillator sub-system) and a really badass analog delay. Synthtech announced his Resampling Mini-delay (models BBDs and tape delay). Then of course there were the new TipTop audio folding cases and the new Intellijel mixer and VCAs.

On top of all that Eventide showed off their new reverb pedal and Strymon announced their new multi-function delay pedal, both of which looked really sexy.

The DSI/Roger Linn drum machine and the Elektron Octotrack both gave me the horn big time.

In a hall that no one here is interested in I saw really small, cheap TFT and OLED displays and some actually affordable multi-touch capsense interfaces. I also got a demo for a new DSP platform that I may be learning to program for as soon as next month.

I saw a lot of stuff that really got me excited but not much that would be interesting to the typical KvR member. However, MuffWigglers are blowing fuses over the awesomeness.

I guess I'm just one of the typical ones.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:57 pm

RunBeerRun wrote:I've been watching Harmony Central's news page, a bunch of new ASIO interface stuff, didn't look into it because HC loads really slow on my connection.

Heard of new MIDI guitar controllers being there, but price vs. being worth it is another thing.

I'll go over there and have a look at asio interfaces. Really must be slipping through the cracks.

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:06 pm

hibidy wrote:I guess I'm just one of the typical ones.

In that case I can see why NAMM wasn't very exciting for you. Like I said in the post above, many software devs have decided to opt out of the wNAMM, MusicMesse, sNAMM, AES cycle and so there isn't much of interest at these expos for software enthusiasts.

Then again, only like 10% of what is being shown at NAMM is actually meant to be interesting to consumers. There are entire halls devoted to parts suppliers that you are never gonna hear about via Sonic State or HC. The stuff that they are showing in those halls this year is what will make up the exciting products that will hit the market next year or the year after that.

There were Chinese manufacturers showing prototypes of USB3 interfaces/controllers (ie chips for controlling USB3 peripherals not actual finished products) which I though was pretty exciting.

The endless cycle of product releases that we are exposed to here at KvR is definitely conducive to becoming jaded when it comes to stuff that is actually pushing our industry forward.

bobbybland · Post by **bobbybland** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:17 pm

justin3am wrote:

There were Chinese manufacturers showing prototypes of USB3 interfaces/controllers (ie chips for controlling USB3 peripherals not actual finished products) which I though was pretty exciting.

The endless cycle of product releases that we are exposed to here at KvR is definitely conducive to becoming jaded when it comes to stuff that is actually pushing our industry forward.

Would love to see those prototypes myself.

bobbybland · Post by **bobbybland** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:18 pm

Apparently not one of the 90,000 people that attended, shot a Motu Mach Five 3 video I take it.. I would have

GaryG · Post by **GaryG** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:56 pm

Maybe it's indicative of my general attitude towards gear but I'm most excited about that chap getting his NAMM Oddities page up for this year...

siriusbliss · Post by **siriusbliss** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:07 am

Biggest trend - iPads - they were everywhere.
Mix-desk interfaces, recording interfaces, editors, instruments, etc.

Believe it or not the pending Behringer X32 controller/desk looks like it has some potential.
Woops, did I say Behringer?

Greg

Namm has come and gone.......