NAMM 2016: Big City Music

big city music has a bigger showroom and launched a new website! 

See it here: 

http://www.bigcitymusic.com/

NAMM 2016: Arturia

Arturia was presenting the MatrixBrute, an analog synthesizer with waveform mixing, wave shaping, many different noise sources, feedback option, 3 envelopes, 2 LFO's with 7 different wave forms, synchronization with the sequencer even with MIDI input, a very flexible matrix, and more! They also had the KEYSTEP controller & Sequencer made for its portability.

And, look who we happened to find experimenting on their new gear, none other than Richard Devine!

NAMM 2016: Synthogy

Synthogy was presenting Ivory, now available as a hardware instrument! 

Learn more about it courtesy of Saved By Technology:

NAMM 2016: Roland

Roland had much to announce this year with the launch of their premium accessories line, EC-10 EL Cajon, FP-30 Digital Piano, Blues Cube Hot Guitar Amplifier, SYSTEM-500 Complete Set, JC-01 Bluetooth Audio Speaker, A-01 MIDI Controller and Sound Generator, and the Ultimate Blues Tone Capsule. They also had some pretty nifty accordions on display, and a timeline of their synth history beginning with the Jupiter-8 in 1981. We also ran into NANCE, Azlan, and Daniel Kristoff of EMAEL.

IK Multimedia's MAX bundles are now available

IK Multimedia's MAX range of bundles give musicians, producers and engineers everything - the "whole collection" concept to guitar and bass tone, mixing and mastering processors and sound workstation and instrument collections at up to 90% off

February 16, 2016 - IK Multimedia is proud to announce that its new MAX series of complete bundles are available now. AmpliTube® MAX, SampleTank® MAX, T-RackS® MAX and Total Studio MAXlet musicians grab a whole collection of amazing gear while saving up to 90% off what it would cost to get each piece of gear individually. AmpliTube MAX is the ultimate guitar and bass tone studio with over 300 pieces of gear. T-RackS is a comprehensive professional mixing and mastering suite featuring 33 of the most sought after audio processors. SampleTank MAX is the most powerful version of the ultimate sound and groove workstation with over 50GB of sound content. And Total Studio MAX ties everything together by offering all three MAX bundles plus Miroslav Philharmonik 2™, the most emotionally expressive orchestral collection ever. All four bundles offer stunning power for some seriously low prices.

NAMM 2016: RADAR Studio

RADAR, created by iZ Technology Corporation, offers a complete studio all in one hardware system that now also runs Protools natively! 

Formerly known as one of the most reliable digital audio recording systems with recordings from bands such as U2 and Neil Young, they are expanding its ease-of-use and even Stevie Wonder loved the touch and feel of the system after visiting the exhibit twice! 

The session controller has very firm and durable buttons with quick access to a number of hotkeys. You can use it with any DAW of your choice, and it now supports slim solid-state drives. If you decide to make a purchase, you get free tech support for 10 years.
 
They were also nominated for a NAMM Tec award in the, "Recording Devices" category!

 
Learn all about it:

NAMM 2016: Malekko Heavy Industry

Photo by Peter Vincent

Malekko Heavy Industry was part of Exhibit 5000, the Modular Synth Collective. Their featured instruments included:

Varigate 4
- 4-Channel, 8-Step Sequencer
- Probablity
- Repeat and Delay with Randomizer
- Global Parameter Controls
- Clock Input and Reset Gate

6AD LFO
- Attack/Decay
- Loop
- Sum Out
- +10 (For Long Modulations)

Malekko Case
- 5 Amp Total
- LED Strip Controlled by module
- Rugged Contruction
- Movable/removable Kickstands

Photo by Peter Vincent

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Peter Vincent is an event photographer, specializing in live performance photography with a style consisting of colorful and energetic imagery. He believes that great creativity often is the result of team effort and values working closely with his clients. Based in Orange County, California, he is ready to capture outstanding images at your event. Also, explore his musical side as V1NC3NT!