Winter NAMM 2009 (Other Manufacturers Announcements)

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:21 pm

Post non-Korg Winter NAMM 2009 announcements here.

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:22 pm

Two new things from Akai caught my eye :

Ableton Live controller : http://www.akaipro.com/apc40
MPC 5000 OS 2.0 : http://www.akaipro.com/spotmpcos2

The MPC 5000 OS 2.0 gives it the multi-sampling/keymapping capabilities of the olde Akai samplers and the MPC 4000 !

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:24 pm

Virus TI mk 2 and OS 3.0 : http://www.access-music.de/events/2009- ... s_ti2.html

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:28 pm

Lots of new Roland things including an OS 2.0 for the V-Synth GT, a new V-Piano and the keytar lives again !

http://www.roland.com/products/en/index_event.html

Diego · Post by **Diego** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:09 pm

Novation Automap 3!
Quite a great thing for heavy Novation controllers users!
Not listed on official website, but on Harmony-Central!

TSUNAMI · Post by **TSUNAMI** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:38 pm

EMU are back in the synth market !!!!!!!!!!!!! with BUILT IN WIRELESS AUDIO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RC-IA · Post by **RC-IA** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:10 pm

Daz wrote:Virus TI mk 2 and OS 3.0 : http://www.access-music.de/events/2009- ... s_ti2.html

yes!! downloading right now !!!

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:10 pm

Waldorf news : http://waldorfmusic.de/en/news#128

Blofeld keyboard as expected, but also a new virtual instrument called Largo !

TSUNAMI · Post by **TSUNAMI** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:18 pm

Daz wrote:Waldorf news : http://waldorfmusic.de/en/news#128

Blofeld keyboard as expected, but also a new virtual instrument called Largo !

HHHmmmmmmpppppfffff

I was expecting a new OS for the desktop Blofeld ...

vEddY · Post by **vEddY** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:21 pm

Yamaha has some new pianos, new Motif, Roland has a lot of new stuff... But I gotta tell you, this show is kind of depressing. If you can judge a day by the morning, then the drop in terms of visitors and everything is gonna be hugely noticeable. I didn't even try to waste my time to do a press registration yday and proved myself right - I was in line today for less then 5 minutes.

I know it's recession-time, but I was expecting a lot of companies to realize that this is the time to capture market and grab even more from the pie but... I guess that's not happening. At CES a couple of days ago, and - especially - MacWorld last week, that was even more evident...

What I'm waiting for is Stephen's stuff. I'm pretty sure he's gonna make our lives veeery interesting since he's been quiet for so long now...

Post by **Sharp** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:42 pm

Rolands ARX board looks good, love the interface.
http://www.roland.com/synth/Fantom/ARX-03.html

Sharp.

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:46 pm

Karma Lab KARMA to be featured in Open Labs products !

www.openlabs.com

Just heard the confirmation on the video !

vEddY · Post by **vEddY** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:46 pm

Sharp wrote:Rolands ARX board looks good, love the interface.
http://www.roland.com/synth/Fantom/ARX-03.html
Sharp.

Yep. And I'm just about to go and try the Motif XSpanded....

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:49 pm

Daz wrote:Karma Lab KARMA to be featured in Open Labs products !

www.openlabs.com

Just heard the confirmation on the video !

ETA April 1st

Daz · Post by **Daz** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:58 pm

This will be year of the beat tools

1) NI Maschine
2) MOTU BPM
3) Cubase 5 (look out for all those beat updates)
4) Beat Thangz
5) Sonivox Playa
6) MPC 5000 OS 2.0

Daz.