NAMM 2012 just keeps rolling … and more and more great products are appearing. Given that I grew up with analog synthesis and all of the good (the sound) and bad (everything else) that went along with it, I have always been amused by the fascination younger folks have with analog synthesizers. I still have [...]
Griffin and Behringer Also Bring iPad ‘Studio’ Docks to NAMM
Last week I wrote about the cool looking series of iPad music docks from Alesis introduced at the NAMM trade show, and now over the weekend we got news of competing iPad IO docking systems. Both offer a variety of cabling interfaces to get the most out of that powerful iPad in a musical setting! [...]
OpenLabs Brings Loads of New Features In Music OS 3.1 Update!
Open Labs makes products I drool over – they incorporate full-spec Sandy Bridge Core i5 and i7 computers (some with keyboards) into their music production systems … and they are priced in accordance to their monster capabilities! One thing that has grown out of the awesome hardware and software they make is a product called [...]
Tascam Introduces ‘Premium Quality’ iU2 Audio Interface
Tascam is a company I have loved for decades, working with their awesome PortaStudio cassette multi-track in the days before digital audio. While I bought and was disappointed when they brought a lackluster PortaStudio to the iPad in 2010, I am glad they have persevered – because now we get awesome products like the iU2 [...]
Teenage Engineering Announces the Oplab Musical Experimental Board
The folks at Teenage Engineering gained fame a couple of years ago when they started showing their prototype OP-1 keyboard that looked more like one of those dinky Casio keyboards from the early 80′s than a serious musical instrument. But when they finally showed fully functional systems … suddenly they had legions of believers. So [...]
Peavey and Parker Introduce ‘Auto-Tune’ Guitars Based on Antares Technology
While for many the term auto-tune brings up horrifying thoughts of T-Pain and Katy Perry’s severe lack of natural talent, the actual applications are pretty cool when applied correctly. For example, I have been watching old rock videos a lot lately, and you know the biggest problem: tuning! You constantly see someone tweaking a tuner [...]
Alesis Brings a Trio of Awesome iPad Musical Extender Docks
Alesis is a company that came out of Rhode Island in the digital boom of the mid-80′s and after ups and downs continues to be a force of innovation in the music hardware arena. They have three cool new iPad-related products introduced at the Winter NAMM show worth highlighting. Alesis AmpDock •The first professional guitar [...]
IK Multimedia presents iKlip Studio Desktop Stand for iPad
This week is the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) trade show, and as such a number of new products are coming out. Of particular interest are products that integrate highly functional musical capabilities and our everyday mobile products. Since that is what IK Multimedia does, I was not surprised to see some cool announcements [...]






















