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Well, of course it's nothing for me and most other hobby-musicians (too expensive and well .. just overkill). But for me it's still the highlight of this NAMM.
NAMM highlights?
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- KVRAF
- 16154 posts since 2 Dec, 2003 from Nashville, TN
Yeah, it is definitely a cool product. And they set up a soundproof booth just to show it. But considering how much is going on at one time inside of MIR, the system requirements make sense.Nokenoku wrote:@koolkeys
Well, of course it's nothing for me and most other hobby-musicians (too expensive and well .. just overkill). But for me it's still the highlight of this NAMM.
But it's definitely for working professionals who can afford to buy a new system to run the reverb. I guess we can still oogle at it though!
Brent
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- KVRist
- 66 posts since 5 Dec, 2008
It really depends obviously on what you like...I'm really into instruments and amps so seeing really expensive guitars (moog) or new rigs from Peavey and Mesa Boogie was cool.
But there is tons of stuff...
http://en.audiofanzine.com/trade_shows/ ... 00040.html
But there is tons of stuff...
http://en.audiofanzine.com/trade_shows/ ... 00040.html
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- KVRAF
- 16154 posts since 2 Dec, 2003 from Nashville, TN
I didn't spend much time there. I actually didn't see EXT, but I wasn't looking for it. I literally had the entire time packed and it was one booth I didn't get to. Sorry about that. I did mean to though!S.HUSH wrote:Koolkeys, did you happen to stop by the Behringer/EnergyXT booth?
Brent
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- KVRian
- 1209 posts since 6 Aug, 2005 from albuquerque NM
Things about NAMM that were cool:
- Live 8/MAX for live/APC40 - cool stuff. Finally getting to meet Huston and Baptiste from Ableton. Nice guys.
- Maschine looks pretty cool, I like the body of the hardware, feels quite solid and integrates nicely with Traktor.
- Rim from Drumagog drumming on himself and triggering Drumagog with mics.
- Hanging out with Lee Du Caine from CM magazine and getting sucked into the Behringer press conference, where amongst other things, it was announced that EnergyXT is bundling with Behringer.
- Finally getting to play with a set of AudioCubes and meet the developers (badass)
- Meeting Yakov Vorobyev of Mixedinkey - total geek moment.
- Meeting Dr. Mike Metlay (finally).
- Getting to play with a Lemur at the Jazzmutant booth, and finding out I could actually afford one soon.
- Seeing Richard Devine and Jordan Rudess show down in Muse's invite only keyboard/glitch battle, and meeting them both afterward. (video forthcoming)
- Meeting and hanging out with a lot of cool people, many of whom I forgot I'm sure, so I apologize
- Live 8/MAX for live/APC40 - cool stuff. Finally getting to meet Huston and Baptiste from Ableton. Nice guys.
- Maschine looks pretty cool, I like the body of the hardware, feels quite solid and integrates nicely with Traktor.
- Rim from Drumagog drumming on himself and triggering Drumagog with mics.
- Hanging out with Lee Du Caine from CM magazine and getting sucked into the Behringer press conference, where amongst other things, it was announced that EnergyXT is bundling with Behringer.
- Finally getting to play with a set of AudioCubes and meet the developers (badass)
- Meeting Yakov Vorobyev of Mixedinkey - total geek moment.
- Meeting Dr. Mike Metlay (finally).
- Getting to play with a Lemur at the Jazzmutant booth, and finding out I could actually afford one soon.
- Seeing Richard Devine and Jordan Rudess show down in Muse's invite only keyboard/glitch battle, and meeting them both afterward. (video forthcoming)
- Meeting and hanging out with a lot of cool people, many of whom I forgot I'm sure, so I apologize
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 713 posts since 1 Jul, 2002 from Haarlem
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- KVRAF
- 6496 posts since 26 Nov, 2004 from Frederick, MD
How did you know what I am wearing right now? Dammit, they're comfortable.koolkeys wrote:Skin tight gold shiny pants on a 50 year old, anyone?
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- Banned
- 9890 posts since 14 Nov, 2006
Gee, you didn't have anything negative to say about my pants while you were jamming ten dollar bills into them!koolkeys wrote:Skin tight gold shiny pants on a 50 year old, anyone?
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- KVRAF
- 3008 posts since 2 May, 2006 from Liquor store
You had all four days occupied where you couldn't stop by the XT booth for even a sec just to say hello???? Sorry but I fail to see how one can occupy all four d.....oh......err...*ahem*koolkeys wrote:I didn't spend much time there. I actually didn't see EXT, but I wasn't looking for it. I literally had the entire time packed and it was one booth I didn't get to. Sorry about that. I did mean to though!
......hey do you have any shrooms left bud? I'll hit ya on the 1st man.
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- KVRAF
- 9220 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from Pequot Lakes, MN
My NAMM highlights were mostly the people I finally got to meet and hang with.
NI- Daniel Haver, Mate Galic and I met up after the press conference and discussed Maschine at length; what's cool and what needs to be improved and/or implemented. A lot of the US office people I'd never met in person, such as Jeff (the US office head) and Michelle (my favorite customer service rep). Josh Fielstra- we've been meaning to hook up for a long time, but never managed it until now. And, there's the ones who I run into maybe twice a year or so, such as Richard Devine. A couple of my fellow moderators such as David Das (who was demoing the new BigFish libraries)
Angus from Fxpansion giving Ben and I the grand tour of the new synths
Ben from Camel (see above)
Rob Papen. As I introduced myself to Rob, I heard an "ew?" behind me. Who could it be but Chad Beckwirth, formerly of Cakewalk and now the owner of Patch Arena
Dave Spiers. I watched him crash his Mac for the first time during the show
Seriously- a wonderful guy.
A bunch of the Cycling'74 guys who I only knew from the MAX Windows betas
Mr. Koolkeys himself- hey Brent!
And way too many others to list here.
But, my favorite moment was meeting Martijn Swartjes- the creator of Steampipe and SpaceMaster, as well as many other SyncModular and Reaktor goodies. He and I talked build your owns, while his girlfriend and I talked Midwest (she's originally from Michigan). He told me he actually's used my ensembles in some music he's done
My favorite hardware moment? Mesa/Boogie and the Mark V
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NI- Daniel Haver, Mate Galic and I met up after the press conference and discussed Maschine at length; what's cool and what needs to be improved and/or implemented. A lot of the US office people I'd never met in person, such as Jeff (the US office head) and Michelle (my favorite customer service rep). Josh Fielstra- we've been meaning to hook up for a long time, but never managed it until now. And, there's the ones who I run into maybe twice a year or so, such as Richard Devine. A couple of my fellow moderators such as David Das (who was demoing the new BigFish libraries)
Angus from Fxpansion giving Ben and I the grand tour of the new synths
Ben from Camel (see above)
Rob Papen. As I introduced myself to Rob, I heard an "ew?" behind me. Who could it be but Chad Beckwirth, formerly of Cakewalk and now the owner of Patch Arena
Dave Spiers. I watched him crash his Mac for the first time during the show
Seriously- a wonderful guy.
A bunch of the Cycling'74 guys who I only knew from the MAX Windows betas
Mr. Koolkeys himself- hey Brent!
And way too many others to list here.
But, my favorite moment was meeting Martijn Swartjes- the creator of Steampipe and SpaceMaster, as well as many other SyncModular and Reaktor goodies. He and I talked build your owns, while his girlfriend and I talked Midwest (she's originally from Michigan). He told me he actually's used my ensembles in some music he's done
My favorite hardware moment? Mesa/Boogie and the Mark V
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- KVRAF
- 16154 posts since 2 Dec, 2003 from Nashville, TN
Those cubes were interesting, but take some practice. I got to mess with them for a bit before I actually knew everything about what they could do, and couldn't get much out of them. But with the right parameters assigned, they could rock in a live setting.botkiller wrote:Things about NAMM that were cool:
- Finally getting to play with a set of AudioCubes and meet the developers (badass)
Haha! Great guy. I actually "met" him for the first time at NAMM as well. He's kind of my "boss" in a way. Kind of.- Meeting Dr. Mike Metlay (finally).
I didn't get to see that, but I did see Jordan showing a couple of products like Omnisphere and Ivory Pianos. He got to show many of his excellent skills on Omnisphere, including his own patches that I hope will be part of the update.- Seeing Richard Devine and Jordan Rudess show down in Muse's invite only keyboard/glitch battle, and meeting them both afterward. (video forthcoming)
BAH!! If I would have known you were there, I would have hooked up with you and had a chat!- Meeting and hanging out with a lot of cool people, many of whom I forgot I'm sure, so I apologize
Brent
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- KVRAF
- 16154 posts since 2 Dec, 2003 from Nashville, TN
Shhhhhhh, that wasn't technically a "NAMM" moment. That's an "after party" moment!debra1rlo wrote:Gee, you didn't have anything negative to say about my pants while you were jamming ten dollar bills into them!koolkeys wrote:Skin tight gold shiny pants on a 50 year old, anyone?
Brent
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- KVRAF
- 16154 posts since 2 Dec, 2003 from Nashville, TN
I was actually there for only three days, but I was SOOOOOO busy. I went by the booth, but didn't take much time there since I had so many meetings and other things to cover. One person just can't completely cover it all. But it sounds like I didn't miss much!S.HUSH wrote:You had all four days occupied where you couldn't stop by the XT booth for even a sec just to say hello???? Sorry but I fail to see how one can occupy all four d.....oh......err...*ahem*koolkeys wrote:I didn't spend much time there. I actually didn't see EXT, but I wasn't looking for it. I literally had the entire time packed and it was one booth I didn't get to. Sorry about that. I did mean to though!
......hey do you have any shrooms left bud? I'll hit ya on the 1st man.
No shrooms left. Hit me up on the 1st though, and maybe I'll make you some?
Brent
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- KVRAF
- 16154 posts since 2 Dec, 2003 from Nashville, TN
I think, as others have said, that the highlight really was meeting people. Not just all the press contacts that I usually talk to through email, but the people from here as well. Angus from FXpansion was probably the first person I met, and he knew who I was before I even saw his nametag!
Got to meet Per, EW, the entire Project Sam team, Ernest from Numerical Sound, and it just goes on and on.
I got to spend extended time with Per, Ben(Camel Audio), Rob Papen(love my new T-shirt!), Urs(watching him and Ben talk "techie" was fun, yet intimidating), and many others. Even got to go to dinner with Per and Ernest and Per's girlfriend and others the night before NAMM. It was a great week with lots going on. And it was 80 degrees EVERY SINGLE DAY!
I think more good times were with Steven Slate, the guys at Heavyocity, and I even got to meet Chris Lorde Algea. But really, I can't say what my favorite time was. It was just a big, fantastic time.
I wish I could have just stayed there.
Brent
Got to meet Per, EW, the entire Project Sam team, Ernest from Numerical Sound, and it just goes on and on.
I got to spend extended time with Per, Ben(Camel Audio), Rob Papen(love my new T-shirt!), Urs(watching him and Ben talk "techie" was fun, yet intimidating), and many others. Even got to go to dinner with Per and Ernest and Per's girlfriend and others the night before NAMM. It was a great week with lots going on. And it was 80 degrees EVERY SINGLE DAY!
I think more good times were with Steven Slate, the guys at Heavyocity, and I even got to meet Chris Lorde Algea. But really, I can't say what my favorite time was. It was just a big, fantastic time.
I wish I could have just stayed there.
Brent
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