NAMM 2018: Line 6’s Helix 2.5 update imminent – and it’s huge.
26 Jan 2018 in Guitar
It's official, the list of effects and new boutique amp models for Line 6's Helix has been finally announced and it is coming soon!
NAMM 2018 Rolling Report: All stories on one page!
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As every year, the Winter NAMM show will see reams of new products, technologies and services launched. We’re collating all the latest news from Anaheim, California about the freshest music and audio gear. This year, the show is being held from 25 to 28 January.
With Musikmesse becoming less interesting for many industry onlookers, Winter NAMM has become the single most important trade show for our industry. Last year, we had unprecedented interest in our NAMM coverage in terms of the traffic coming to our site from all over the world. That tells us that you, our readers, are just as glued to developments in Anaheim as we are. And we are more than happy to oblige. After all, we can’t get enough of this stuff, either. Here are our top stories:
NAMM 2018: Suhr Mini Riot distortion pedal announced
26 Jan 2018 in Guitar
The ever-popular Suhr Riot distortion pedal has been given a makeover for 2018 and lost a fair bit of size, but hopefully none of its riotous drive tones
NAMM 2018: Five12 Vector Sequencer might be nearly ready almost
26 Jan 2018 in Synths
Five12's stunning advanced 8 channel digital sequencer for Eurorack might be nearing completion. It's at NAMM somewhere, can anyone find out when it's going to be ready?
NAMM 2018: Reverend Guitars Billy Corgan Terz model
26 Jan 2018 in Guitar
The Smashing Pumpkins main man has a new short-scale signature model guitar launching at the NAMM Show this year based on a 19th Century tuning.
NAMM 2018: WMD announce Fracture multi-particle percussion synthesizer
26 Jan 2018 in Synths
Fracture is an extraordinary module of bursting noise, percussive shakes, claps and rhythmic applause from the generation of particle clouds from micro samples.
NAMM 2018: Korg to release SDK developer kit for Prologue
26 Jan 2018 in Synths
Korg is opening up the Prologue so that you can design your own oscillators and modulation effects with an SDK software developers kit and open development API - wow.
NAMM 2018: Line 6 Variax Limited Edition Onyx
26 Jan 2018 in Guitar
Limited to only 300 guitars worldwide the new Onyx Variax comes in a sleek translucent black finish for 2018.
NAMM 2018: Black Corporation give a sneak peak at a new synth
26 Jan 2018 in Synths
A tweet from Richard Devine appears to have revealed a new unreleased synthesizer from Black Corporation. Apparently it will be ready for Superbooth. Does anyone know what it's called?
NAMM 2018: Mooer demos new Preamp Live pedal
26 Jan 2018 in Guitar
At NAMM, Mooer has just unveiled a brand new preamp pedal that could outshine everyone else, we even have some cool video footage of it in action ahead of the official release.
NAMM 2018: DEK innovative MIDI controller by Soundwell
26 Jan 2018 in Studio
DEK is an innovation and smart grid-based MIDI controller that can automatically detect lock into the key of a song and let you play along. Is that worth 2499 of your hard earned dollars?
NAMM 2018: Gretsch celebrates its 135th anniversary in style!
26 Jan 2018 in Guitar
Gretsch is celebrating 135 years in the guitars business with the G6118T-135 and the G5420TG Electromatic limited edition models for 2018
NAMM 2018: Futuristic Neuman synthesizer prototype
26 Jan 2018 in Synths
The Neuman prototype synthesizer from the same Japanese manufacturer that brought us the cardboard cutout Kami-Oto with a whopping great big touchscreen interface. Looks amazing, will it ever be real?
NAMM 2018: WM Devices Geiger Counter Pro arrives after 7 long years!
26 Jan 2018 in Guitar
The WM Devices Geiger Counter Pro has been brewing for a very, very long time and finally this year it is ready for release, so hopefully it was worth the 7 year wait and will have a half-life that lingers on
NAMM 2018: Mordax GXN Granular Synthesis System
26 Jan 2018 in Synths
Good looking GXN Granular Synthesis System from Mordax for sweeping grains and scrubbing samples. Hampered by a lacklustre demonstration but then this is a pre-production prototype.
NAMM 2018: Chapman Guitars new releases for 2018
26 Jan 2018 in Guitar
Chapman Guitars is 'going large' for 2018 and has some really great new models and cool new upgrades for this year, oh and plenty of left-handers as well!
NAMM 2018: Native Instruments open up NKS to effects plug-ins
26 Jan 2018 in Studio
NKS took one step closer to being a "standard" by supporting effects plug-ins for the first time. Native Instruments also hosted their first Native Summit to talk about the future of sound.
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