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This Ain't Your Grandma's Pipe Organ Here's something you don't see every day: a digital pipe organ that uses touch screens to control the stops and is based on 192khz/24bit samples recorded in 7.1 surround. To run a fully-loaded system you only need 8 dual-processor 3.6ghz machines with 8gb of RAM in each one. Audio Impressions |
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Hot Hand, Cold Heart? The little sensor you put on your finger will track the motion of your hand vertically as well as horizontally (away from your body). This motion is used to control parameters in the effects unit. It's designed primarily for wah-like effects but is closer to something like the Mutron III in the range of control. It sounds and works great but the only drawback I saw was that your hand ends up tethered to the device. They tell me they're looking into a wireless version. Source Audio |
S-1000 Wretch Machine When the makers of a tube stomp box called the "Butt Probe" decide to make a tube synthesizer, I feel kind of sick and interested at the same time. Maybe it should have been called the "retch machine." I just love the stuff these guys make. Metasonix |
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Trumpet MIDI Controller At the Samson/Hartke booth I ran across a guy named Jimmy Wilson playing this very cool trumpet MIDI controller. It's made by a company called Morrison and available through Patchman. The keys on the side control the range (octaves and 4ths) of the notes generated. There are also a number of other buttons that control trill, portamento, sustain, patch change, etc. Patchman Music |
Buchla Touch Controller Buchla was showing a new controller for their 200e line that uses technology from their Thunder MIDI controller. These pads will not only generate gate signals but also generate control voltages based on your finger position as well. Buchla and Associates |
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A Metronome and a Tuner in a Pen Very James Bond, or maybe it's really more Austin Powers than 007. Cherub Digital Musical Intrument Manufacturer |
Laser Metronome Say goodbye to headphone click bleed on tracks. Just send MIDI clock to this unit and you get a
cylon-like sweeping red dot
projected on the wall for everyone to follow. There's also an LED readout on the side that will display the tempo that it's reading. Tailgator Inc. |
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More Lasers These two laser products are designed to aid in speaker alignment primarily in live sound situations. American Recorder Technologies |
Guitar Max and LoBat Guitar Max is a great little device that digitally controls the pickup switching in your guitar. You can program any combination of pickups
in series, parallel, and in or out of phase. You can then switch between them using your normal pickup select switch. It will also handle the
addition of a second switch that can be used as a bank select to allow you to have a couple of dozen pickup combinations readily available. Precision Music Technologies |
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SmartRack This is the most high-tech solution I've seen for eliminating wall warts. You hook this up to your computer via USB and plug-in your wall warts one by one. It will read the voltage required for each one and you can program the setting for each port. You can even set the power sequence for the outlets. mPathX |
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In-Ear Innovation Sensaphonics was showing an interesting in-ear monitor innovation that incorporated small microphones built into each in-ear monitor. The user can dial in a specific amount of ambient sound to be mixed with the monitor send. This allows for better on-stage communication and a more natural sound for the acoustic instruments on stage. Sensaphonics Hearing Conservation |
Full Circle Now we have truly come full circle. What we have here is a digital Mellotron and a digital step sequencer. Manikin is
making these based on the idea that the interface is just as important as the sound. While the reissue Mellotrons I saw
last year were nice, I think this would be much more road-worthy. Manikin Electronic |
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iGuitar.USB Just plug in and start recording. This is a class compliant USB audio device so there are no drivers required. You just plug it in and start recording. Fire up NI's Guitar Rig, Waves GTR, or IK's Amplitube and start rocking. All the electronics in the guitar are USB bus powered. Brian Moore Guitars |
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Funk-A-Duck What? Like you could come up with a better name for an envelope filter stomp box? Frostwave |
De:Chorder Enter the orginal key and the new key and this little guy will tell you what each chord (or note) transposes to. Jambarrey Music Products, LLC |
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Solo Performer Show Controller This USB footswitch controls software that plays your audio and MIDI, does lighting control, and even displays lyrics on screen. You can set up multiple set lists and this handles the rest. It runs on both Mac and PC machines. Alien Apparatus Company, Inc. |
TranSend Wireless Pickup System The TranSend acoustic amplification system consists of custom piezo pickups coupled with special circuitry at both ends. The results are excellent, the guitar sounded completely natural and there weren't any of the usual companding artifacts you often hear using wireless. On top of that, all the electronics were internal so the guitar just looks like a regular guitar. Greener Sound Designs Company |
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NAMM Oddities '06 Home | Guitars |
Other Goodies | Percussion |
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