Am I the only one disappointed by NAMM 2019 ?

[Tj Shredder]

Things I paid attention to, but won't be getting:

the Crave
Arturia MicroFreak (I just want the keyboard!)
PO Modular
Volca Modular
Buchla Thunder overlay for the Sensel Morph

The Crave sounds and looks interesting especially for the price
Arturia missed the opportunity to make the MicroFreak keyboard MPE capable. By looking at what technology they use, it should be possible... (I would say just without the keyboard unless a firmware update would give us more dimensions...)
The Buchla Thunder overlay is way too expensive, almost twice as much as the other overlays... I‘ll draw my own...

[vurt]

yeah and superbooth is close enough for me to care
namm is cool n all, but i cant go, so forget it

Are you coming to superbooth? Then we definitely have to set up a KVR meating! Or even better set up a jam session...

im definitely weighing it up
jamming may be more difficult, not sure what i can get in hand luggage. but never say never!

[jancivil]

meating?

[TrekStar]

agreed. for my Needs there also was no surprise. hoping for musikmesse...but well...it will be probably the same.

[Bärtreuer]

I was hoping that Soundtoys would suprise us with a big brother of their "Little Plate". Maybe next time
in version 6 of their (anyway awesome) bundle. But hey, Toontrack's announcement of EZBass was
a real suprise to me. The wrote that it will be available in Q4/2019. Can't wait to try it out.

[vurt]

meating?

a trip to berlin wouldn't be complete without a little cannibalism

[chk071]

Definitely a bit underwhelming. But then, it's hard to get overwhelmed these days.

What i always wonder though is if we really need the gazillionth iteration of a restrictedanalog mono synth. I mean, i get that those are popular, and people love gadgets, and they sell like hot cakes, but...

[SLiC]

Bitwig 3
Overbridge 2
Full sized Behringer Arp Odyssey with FX and sequencer for 499USD

That's me done for 2019

[v1o]

The McDSP APB-16 is one of the greatest inventions probably ever at NAMM. Think about it fully reconfigurable analogue hardware that can be programmed into different circuits such as EQs, compressors, limiters, saturators etc etc, which then act as a DAW plugin and have sample accurate recall & automation. Isn’t that the stuff of Sci-if? This is something previously thought to be impossible. It’s up there with Autotune and Melodyne DNA technology in terms of being a breakthrough.

Theoretically I’m guessing these same principles could be used to engineer reconfigurable analogue synths. Think of an analogue synth that could be reconfigured into a MiniMoog, Prophet 5, Oberheim, Drum Machine or Odyssey etc. And is fully software controlled via DAW plugins. This is huge!

[martinjuenke]

meating?

In Berlin that means: Currywurst

[jancivil]

barbarism

[Kalamata Kid]

What do you call a gathering of carnivores?

[harryupbabble]

How do you measure meat anyways? From the perineum to the tip?

[martinjuenke]

What do you call a gathering of carnivores?

Sooperbooth

[IncarnateX]

No, you are not the only one. Every year I get dissapointed when Roland does not announce a MC909 II with loads of memory, same trig features as elektron gear and at least three different synth engines, including analog. Have I really been that bad all through the years, Santa?

However, I am more than happy for any dissapointments. That means my budget will survive. Arturia’s Microfreak has been a little tempting, not at least due to its randomization features. That is the way to go to get my attention.