NAMM 2016: PNOscan

PNOscan expands the possibilities of your piano or keyboard.

Install the device into your instrument and you're ready to record, practice, and perform.

Specifics:

• Sensors: Optical Sensing of Keys and Pedals
• Sampling rate: 1000 tiems per second./per sensor
• Latency: <2ms
• Retrofit capable: (no need to move the piano) 
• I/O: 5 pin MIDI, USB, and PNOmation
• Configuration: # of notes in system configurable
• Variable Trigger Threshold: Captures trills and fast repeats
• Advanced Customization: Using an available PC based application

NAMM 2016: PianoArc

The PianoArc has a new model called the, "DualWing." This model will be used for the Atlanta Hawks NBA team’s Phillips Arena.

It features dual 72 note controller keyboards with synth action, a carbon fiber top, integrated (midi-programmable) light show, custom machined aluminum stand and custom mounts for control surface, laptop and additional mic mounts.

It comes in these 5 different styles to choose from:

Watch Ashur Denburg do a demonstration:

Media Report by Adam Young

NAMM 2016: The One

The ONE has created a piano that teaches you to play! It includes video lessons, light-up keys, and piano games. It connects through USB to MIDI devices, has a karaoke microphone, Aux in for MP3/CD player, Aux out for sound amp/mixer, and a piano pedal input. It also has a 1/8" headphone socket in the front for quiet practice. You can use it with an iOS or Android device.

Wet ‘n Wild Woogie Weekend Returns for a Sophomore Season

Silverado, CA - February 2, 2016 - After making a literal splash during an unseasonably rainy weekend in Southern California last summer, Do LaB’s beloved technicolor progeny and Lightning in a Bottle’s spirited sibling Woogie Weekend returns for the second annual gathering this July 8 - 10, 2016 to its home at Oak Canyon Park in Silverado, California.

MusicFirst Receives TI:ME and SBO Best Tools for Schools Awards

Cloud-based music education pioneers honored by the Technology Institute for Music Education and School Band and Orchestra magazine during the 2016 NAMM Show

Business Development Manager for Music Sales, Ian Morgan, and MusicFirst Western Accounts Manager, Jenny Amaya, accepting the School Band and Orchestra Best Tools for Schools Award

NEW YORK – Feb. 11, 2016 – Leading music education technology company MusicFirst was presented with two of the highest music education accolades during the 2016 NAMM Show in Anaheim, Calif., the Technology Institute for Music Education (TI:ME) Award for Outstanding Contributions to Technology in Music Education, and the School Band and Orchestra Best Tools for Schools Award for Best Teaching Tool for Intermediate Students.

LOKNOB

LOKNOB is a revolutionary product invented by a musician for musicians, solving a longtime problem of lost settings.

LOKNOB is a high quality aluminum, reusable knob that comes in three sizes and retrofits onto your favorite equipment and Upgrade existing knobs on amps, effect pedals, mixers, guitars, almost anything with a potentiometer and say goodbye to tape and markers! Change your mind? Just pull up on the LOKNOB, twist into the new position and release to “LOK.”

“LOKS” in your settings.

It’s just that simple.
~Tony LiVolsi, Loknob inventor and president

NAMM 2016: Fender

Fender had some dazzling guitars this year including the Custom Shop Music Repeater Telecaster among other many limited editions, and their new Bassbreaker guitar amps made for the stage or the studio with onboard switchable vintage-style treble boost.