SHOW PREVIEW
Sign up for your digital AM at
www.audiomedia.com Reporting From NAMM
Near record-breaking attendance and a stellar line-up of pro-audio product launches, educational sessions, and live music, Audio Media reports back from the 2014 Winter NAMM Show.
THE NAMM Show is one of the few industry trade events that has moved beyond the professional world and now regularly attracts everyone from consumers and music enthusiasts to proper rockstars. This year’s show continued that tradition of growth,
bringing together more than 1,500 exhibitors representing 5,000 brands – the second-highest number of exhibiting companies in the show’s history. While the final number of visitors is yet to be confirmed as we go to press, estimations based on the number of people registered to attend put it in the region of 100,000. Our top picks from the show can be seen on pages
6 and 7 but there was plenty more kit gracing the show floor that wouldn’t fit on those two pages. DPA built on the success of its d:vote microphones
by announcing the d:vote 4099 Rock Touring Kits in either four- or 10-piece Peli cases. DPA also introduced additions to its d:fine range with the d:fine 66 and d:fine 88 Miniature Headset Microphones. Avid used NAMM as an opportunity to showcase
the continued momentum of Pro Tools 11 with over 850 plug-ins now available in 64-bit AAX format. This includes Avid Space, a convolution reverb plug-in
for music and post production, and the Massenburg DesignWorks MDW Hi-Res Parametric EQ 5. Audio-Technica has updated its M-Series line of
headphones. The ATH-M20x, ATH-M30x, and ATH-M40x all feature 40mm drivers with rare earth magnets and copper-clad aluminium voice coils while the ATH-M50x (featuring 45mm drivers) has the exact same sonic signature as the original ATH-M50 and adds refined earpads and three detachable cables. Beyond pro-audio, the show’s big draws were in
music production technology, including Moog’s new Sub-37 paraphonic analogue synthesiser, Elektron’s eight-voice analogue ‘RYTM’ drum machine, and, for a lucky few, a sneak peek at Roland’s highly anticipated ARIA range, which should be out later this month. Off the show floor, the winners of the 29th annual
Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards (TEC) were announced at a ceremony that included audio technology pioneer John Meyer and session drummer Hal Blaine of The Wrecking Crew being inducted into the TEC Hall of Fame. The awards feature 22 categories with the night’s big winner being Solid State Logic, which took home accolades for Signal
Processing Technology/Hardware, Sound Reinforcement Console Technology, and Large Format Console Technology. Other winners included Rupert Neve Designs, Yamaha, iZotope, Sennheiser, Universal Audio, JBL, Genelec, AKG, Telefunken, and Avid.
www.namm.org
NAMM provided a bright start to 2014
12 February 2014
www.audiomedia.com
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44