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NAMM06: Pet Sounds – Pussy Powered

Mewphonium Cat Piano makes debut

22-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: A Personal Portable Vocal Booth

sE Electronics release the Reflexion Filter for use with microphones

09-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Liquid Instruments Series Adds Voices

Ueberschall are shipping The Voice vol.1 and vol.2

09-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Special Edition Nylon String Electric From Godin

Multiac ACS Special Edition has light burst quilted leaftop and 13 pin connection

09-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Two New Ampeg Bass Combos…

…with tube-driven preamps

08-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Liquid Instruments Vol. 5 - Horn Section Available

Baritone, tenor and alto sax, trombone, trumpet and flute

08-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Mackie Unveils New M-Series Power Amps

Three new high-powered models

08-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Four New Guitar Amps From Hartke

G-Series launched – designed as serious practice amps

07-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Guitar With A USB Connection

Plug it straight into your computer…

07-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Digidesign, Microsoft, Dell and Intel Get Cozy

Cool stuff from Digidesign, props from the rest

07-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Hartke Introduce Acoustic Ribbon Guitar Amplifiers

Ribbon tweeter for a sweet high end

06-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Ueberschall’s Resource – A Massive Loop Collection

‘The mighty source of musical inspiration’ say Ueberschall

06-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Violet Design introduces Global Pre

A microphone preamplifier body – just add a capsule

06-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Hartke Expands Keyboard Amplifier Line

Two new combos for the gigging player

06-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Ueberschall Announce Liquid Player 1.1

New VST Engine for the Liquid Instrument Series for the new Mac Intel machines and PC

06-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Mackie Introduce More Onyx Mixers

Two new 24 and 32 channel live sound consoles

04-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Symetrix Introduces Lucid 88192 Audio Converter

8 channels at up to 192kHz

04-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: URS Announce New EQ Plug-in Bundles

Everything EQ Bundle v5.0 & Classic Console EQ Bundle v2.0

04-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Ueberschall Announce Sixties Sounds

60s a GoGo - the computer musician’s time warp to the fabulous sixties

04-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Soniccouture Release Abstrakt: Konkrete

Glitch Drums & Synthetic Percussion Library for Reason NN-XT, HALion, EXS24, Kontakt & Battery

02-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Ampeg Introduces the B200R Combo Bass Amp

A new model in the Diamond Blue Series

02-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Godin Show New Triumph Electric Guitar

New model in Godin Guitars Performance series has versatile range of sounds

02-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Axon Guitar To MIDI Controller Updated

TerraTec Producer´s new AXON AX 100 MK II now shipping

02-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Mackie Introduces Quad Series Digital Processors

Four channel compressor and graphic EQ launched

01-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Zoom Introduce Two New Guitar Multi-FX…

…with Expression pedals (one in 3-D) and USB

01-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: David Ellefson Signature Bass From Peavey

The Scorpio DE for those about to rock…

01-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Zoom Introduce Hip Hop Rhythm Machine

Street Box offers backing tracks for everything from Old School to New Groove and beyond

01-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Mackie Preview FireWire Recording System

Satellite interface exhibits unique two piece design

01-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: New Amp And Cabinet From Crate

New 100W head added to VTX series plus 2x12 cab

01-Feb-06    full story...

NAMM06: Eventide Unveil Latest Ultra-Harmonizer

H7600 is the most powerful yet in the Ultra-Harmonizer line

31-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Ampeg Reissue Classic SVT Bass Amp

SVT-VR is a vintage reissue of the 70’s ‘blue-line’ SVT head

31-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: New Peavey Bass Amps And Cabs

Three new amp and cab models in Pro Series

31-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: See-Through Plexiglass Guitar Makes A Comeback

Ampeg reissues the legendary Dan Armstrong acrylic guitar

31-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Peavey debuts british-voiced guitar amplifier

Windsor Infuses the tones of rock’s golden era say Peavey

31-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Logic Pro 7.2 for Intel Macs

Unversal Binary, plus Apogee and Serato compatibility

30-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Vox Expands DA Digital Amplifier Range

All new DA15 joins the DA5 to make two compact affordable packages

30-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Tech 21 Announces Battery Operable MIDI Footcontroller

MIDI Moose is designed to make simple work of patch changing

30-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Tascam GVI Packs Gigastudio Into A Plug-In

Giga Virtual Instrument for PC available soon, Mac version in development

30-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: M-Audio Announce Support Of Intel Macs

‘MacTel’ beta drivers for complete FireWire-compatible product line and select USB interfaces

30-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Marshall Launch Jimi Hendrix Signature Amp

Limited edition, handwired Jimi Hendrix signature 100 watt stack makes its debut

29-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Audio-Technica Introduce New Headphones Into USA

Import Series were previously available only in Japan

28-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Korg Introduce New Toneworks Guitar Processors

Three new AX series models for electric guitar, acoustic guitar and bass

28-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Tascam Reveal CD Player For DJs

Compact tabletop CD-DJ1 is world’s smallest pro CD/MP3 player

28-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Designer Acoustic Absorption Panels

MSR launch Salon Acoustics decorator-friendly acoustic panels

27-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: SSL Compressor Plug-In Available Free For PC

PC compatible LMC-1joins the Mac version

27-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: 40TH Anniversary Marshall Stack Launched

Limited edition of 250 makes its debut

27-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: New Reverb Processors From Lexicon

MX400 and MX400XL Dual Stereo/Surround reverb processors announced

27-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: MOTU Launch Digital Performer 5

DP5 gets 6 new instrument plug-ins, track folders, meter bridge and more

27-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: New Tech21 Trademark 60 Guitar Amp Configurations

2x12 and 4x10 combos now available

27-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Three New Stompboxes From Marshall Amplification

Modulation, Reverb and Delay pedals introduced

26-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Tascam DM-3200 Gets Major Software Update

Software Version 1.20 adds support for FireWire card, cascade and more

26-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Studio Microphone Pack From Audio-Technica

New microphone bundle aims to provide a versatile project/home studio microphone solution

26-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Vox Launch Brian May Signature Amp

Limited edition VOX Brian May AC30 Combo offers legendary Queen guitarist’s live sound

26-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Two Distortion Stompboxes In One From Tech21

Double Drive 3X programmable distortion pedal makes its debut

26-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Apogee’s 32-channel, PCI Express card for Macintosh

Apogee Introduce Symphony – install three in a G5 for 96 channels of I/O

25-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Tascam’s HD-P2 Portable Stereo Recorder Ships

Pro machine with built-In timecode records high-res audio on Compact Flash media

25-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Apogee Introduce Ensemble Audio Interface For Mac

Professional Firewire audio interface, designed specifically for the Macintosh

25-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: MOTU Unveil Ethno Instrument

Cross-platform world/ethnic music virtual instrument

25-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Tascam Launches GigaViolin

Solo violin library fuses convolution technology with sampling

25-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: M-Audio Blow Us Away with New Speakers

The EX66 bi-amped active monitor sounds amazing

24-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: World's First Guitar Amp & CD Trainer Combo

TASCAM announces the GA-100CD

24-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06:Amplitube 2 To Ship In February

Completely redesigned amp and effects software

24-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Lemur Control Surface Gets New Software

Cycling '74 announces revision software 1.3 for the JazzMutant Lemur Multi-touch control surface

24-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: CME Announces Matrix Series Mixers

Matrix X and Matrix Y add functionality to music production systems

24-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Two Rackmount MP3 CD players Fom Numark

MP102 and dual-deck MP302 make their debut

24-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: RiffWorks Gets New Drums (And Drummers)

Riffworks Recording Software makes arrangements with both Discrete Drums and DrumCore

23-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Numark Introduces Professional Turntable / MP3 CD Player

The X2 - a new concept in professional DJ equipment?

23-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Software Moves Stereo Files Into Surround

Upmix from Cycling ’74 lets you control the process

23-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: CME And Yamaha Announce Two World’s Firsts

First 3 axis MIDI controller and first programmable grand style pedal

22-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: IK’s AmpliTube LE bundled with PreSonus interfaces

Inclusion of Guitar Amp and FX processor plug-in for Pro Pack

22-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Roland Introduce ‘Vocal’ Keyboard

Vocal-modeling technology in a dedicated instrument

22-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Universal MIDI Controller From Reflex Audio

Sonia Xi makes her debut

22-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Alesis Announce Two Firewire Audio/MIDI Interfaces

Easy tabletop connectivity comes in two sizes

22-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Cakewalk’s Dimension Pro Gets Garritan Library

Pocket Orchestra integrated into software synthesizer

22-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Audio/Video Mixer With Effects From Numark

AVM2 is a feature-packed yet easy to use package

22-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Universal Audio UAD-1 To Get Neve Plug-Ins

UA to co-develop licensed classic console plug-ins for the UAD-1

22-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Roland Release New E-Series Arranger Keyboard

E-09 has plenty of performance at an entry-level price

22-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: New Sony flash recorder

High end portable kit to drool for

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Yamaha launch USB Mixing Studios

10- and 12-input units include USB connectivity and Cubase LE bundle

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: TC-Helicon VoiceDoubler Shipping Now

Free PC/Mac Editor Available

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Alesis Offer Vintage Keys / Beatboxes For Fusion

Free sound data enables Fusion synths to produce popular sounds of yesteryear

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: HD/CD/MP3 Player From Numark

HDX claims to be the most advanced DJ media player available

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Cakewalk announces SONAR Power Studios

Complete USB and Firewire software/hardware music production systems

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: IK Announces New Bundle Series

Savings to be had over buying separately

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Glyph Introduce Well-Connected Tabletop Audio Drive

FireWire 400, 800, eSATA and USB 2.0 ports

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Roland Introduces New Affordadable V-Drum Package

TD-6SX takies the V-Tour Series V-Drums to the next level

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Steinberg Releases VST 2.4 Standard

World’s leading audio interface standard gets host of new features

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: SAC Audio Debuts Mixers and Monitors

New company makes it’s debut with

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: TC-Helicon Introduces Harmony Plug-In for DAWs

Up to 4 part harmonies For Powercore or Pro Tools|HD users

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Digitize Your Vinyl With Numark Turntable

Computer-connected TTUSB breathes new life into older recordings

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Roland Launch SH-201 Synth

Designed to put the fun back in synthesis

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Virtual Instrument Of Mythological Proportions Spotted…

Sonic Implants MUSE features a huge set of sample instruments

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Numark Announces VJ01 DVD / MP3 / CD Media Player

Integrated LCD provides DJs a window to their performance

21-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: VertebrAxe spotted

Carbon fibre construction bass guitar

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Native Instruments Releases KORE

A combination of hardware and software

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: EXCLUSIVE: Focusrite Hardware

New Saffire Pro 26 i/o FireWire Interface.

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Hug Your Axe

Beth and Teddy produce the ultimate guitar stand cover

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: The Booth Babes Cometh

Well you new we would do it eventually

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: NAMM Gives Me Wood

Lots and lots of lovely hard wood

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Boss Unveil The Ultimate Looper

RC-50 Loop Station pushes the looping envelope

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Line 6 Introduces Modular Tonecore Stompboxes

Entire ToneCore line of effects now available as individual modules

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Gibson Montana Shows off Acoustic Guitars

Some new versions of old classics among them...

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: More Guitar FX Processing From TC Electronic

G-Sharp rackmount guitar effects processor announced

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Ralph The Wonder Mount Makes His Debut

Blue Microphones’ universal shockmount designed for today’s popular mics

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Roland Expansion Board Features Electric Pianos And Clavinets

Available for any SRX-compatible Roland instrument

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Pocket-Sized Portable Hard Drive For Audio

Glyph's Firewire 400 and USB 2.0 PortaGig is approved for Pro Tools

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: TC-Helicon Announces VoiceSolo For Optimum Monitoring

“a refined and innovative approach to personal vocal monitoring”

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Alesis Ships Portable USB Audio/MIDI Interface

IO|2 designed as companion to notebook computer-based recording environments

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: VirtuosoWorks Announces NOTION 1.5 for Mac

Music composition and performance software now has cross-platform compatibility

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: 15 New Gibson Guitar Models Announced

Special focus on female players

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: New Studio AV Preamp Decoder Launched

ADP61 is a 24bit 192kHz unit from Violet Audio

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Cakewalk's Dimension Pro Gets Software Update

Version 1.1 sorts soft synth

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Alesis Introduce Multipurpose Amp/Mixer

Transactive 50 is a versatile amp/PA for keyboardists and vocalists

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: BIAS Launch ‘Master Perfection Suite’ Plug-In Bundle

Suite of six powerful plug-ins at a breakthrough price

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Cakewalk Announce Soft Synth for Mac and PC

Rapture Synthesizer comes in Audio Units, RTAS, Dxi and VSTi formats

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Alesis Introduces Electronic Drum Kit

DM5 is ready to rock

20-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Sonic does NAMM day 1

So this is what we do on our holidays

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Behringer Enter Keyboard Market

3 controllers - feature packed and inexpensive

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Keytar Spotted - Lost Child?

Hybrid offspring of keyboard and guitar seen

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: New USB, Firewire and Fibre Panel Mounts

Not exciting but plain good

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Akai Updates MPC1000

Version 2.0 Software released

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Korg Legacy Collection Gets Free Update

New download incorporates the sounds of Korg’s classic T-Series Workstations

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: IK Multimedia Ship Studio-Quality Reverb Plug-Ins

A suite of 4 high-quality digital reverbs

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: New Reference Monitors From Yamaha

A worthy successor to the NS10M?

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: E-MU Reinvents The Software Sampler

Groundbreaking features in Emulator X2 software sampler

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Edirol’s Affordable All-In-One Mobile Recording Suite

UA-4FX USB audio/MIDI interface pushes the price/performance envelope

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Five Configurable Drives In A 2U Rack

Glyph’s simple storage solution

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Portable Piano Provides Pristine Performance

Korg’s new SP-250 has a keyboard action that offers an expanded range of expression

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: IK announce the StealthPlug Virtual Guitar Amp

Cable-like, USB audio card allows guitarist sto plug directly into a computer

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: 61 Key USB/MIDI Controller From E-Mu

Xboard 61 Includes full version of Proteus X 1.5 Desktop Sound Module with over 2GB of Sounds

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Free Oasys Expansion Instrument From Korg…

...And operating system version 1.10

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: The World´s Most Flexible Wireless Monitoring System?

Well, Sennheiser says it is…

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: IK And Ampeg Collaborate On Bass Amp Modelling

Ampeg SVX puts legendary bass amp tones in a plug-in

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Epiphone Announces Magnificent Seven

Seven new guitars for 2006

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: E-Mu Announces Proteus X2 Software Sampler

Over 3GB of sounds for the PC

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Roland Improve Drum Triggers

RT-10 series for Kick, Snare and Tom

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Breakthrough Guitar Tuning Technology Unveiled

Stay tuned with the PowerTune automatic self tuning system

19-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Roland Introduce New Handsonic Model…

…And an improved support stand for all Handsonics

18-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: New Analog Modular Synthesizer

Future Retro Introduce the new XS

18-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Epiphone Guitars Of The Month

The 2006 Epiphone Guitars of the Month displayed for the first time

18-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: New Boss Acoustic Simulator Stompbox

Advanced electric to acoustic guitar modeling on offer

18-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: SM Pro Audio Announces PR8E Mic Preamp

8 Channels for less than 200 bucks

18-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Waves announce Z-Noise Plug-In

Noise reduction processor uses a revolutionarynew algorithm

18-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: New Boundary Microphone From Sennheiser

Ideal for recording pianos among other things

18-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Immaculate Bottom

E-Mu Announces PS12 Precision Subwoofer

18-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Monitor Mixer Heaven

Glyph introduce a collaborative system for creating individual monitor mixes.

18-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Universal Audio Announce Latest UAD-1 Software

V4.2 to be released with Roland RE-201 Space Echo and Roland Classic FX bundle

18-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Jimi Hendrix Psychedelic Flying V On Show

Peter Frampton model also features in new ‘ Inspired By’ series

18-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Eventide Unveil New TDM Plug-Ins

The next generation of the Anthology bundle

18-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Roland’s Latest Juno Makes Its Debut

Cutting-edge features combined with old school ease and a familiar name

18-Jan-06    full story...

NAMM06: Sonicstate Do NAMM

Yep! It's that time of year again...

18-Jan-06    full story...

 
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