NAMM 1/15/09

j2j · Post by **j2j** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:30 am

Expecting anything cool?

I know a while back Cakewalk was going to release a synth, but then it turned into vaporware.

NI -- Still no word on Reaktor 6. PSP, all quiet since Xenon, and MixPack 2. Obviously, No Live 8 as of yet. The last IK plug being the T-Racks 3, definitely not a festival release.

I wonder if anything cool, usable, and affordable is on the way.

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:47 am

I have a feeling Korg will release a new groovebox.

Johnisfaster · Post by **Johnisfaster** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:47 am

I'd bet $20 that ableton 8 gets announced.

I'd also expect a new electribe.

vanceg · Post by **vanceg** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 2:19 am

I'm looking forward to this (but it may not count for your consideration as it is 1) for guitar and 2) already announced):

http://www.keithmcmillen.com/stringport/

kb420 · Post by **kb420** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:31 am

Johnisfaster wrote:I'd bet $20 that ableton 8 gets announced.

I'd also expect a new electribe.

I would say that there's a good possibility about Live 8.

http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/abl ... ary-182641

ekwipt · Post by **ekwipt** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:42 am

more info on serato and abletons partnership hopefully

kaffein · Post by **kaffein** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:09 am

Need more midi controllers...

condra · Post by **condra** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:10 am

kaffein wrote:Need more midi controllers...

Yes. A cool new budget midi controller - like a UC33 v2, or like the Torq thing but not software jailed.

And Live 8.

This would be enough for me.

donnydonny · Post by **donnydonny** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:07 am

Live 8? Cubase 5? These are probably the 2 biggest rumors audio folk seem to be waiting impatiently for. It would be very exciting if either of these 2 updates were debuted at NAMM.

The only for sure announcement I've heard from a company is iZotope showing off their new Ozone 4.

logic_user99 · Post by **logic_user99** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:05 am

Korg better not release something cool.

I've just bought an MPC500 and told my fiance that I won't be buying any more music gear for a while... got a wedding to pay for now!

leedsquietman · Post by **leedsquietman** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 2:53 pm

Even if they announce something at NAMM, it doesn't always mean that it is all boxed up in a warehouse ready to go and available in a fortnight !

Steinberg, for instance, announced Groove agent 3 at the 2006 summer NAMM, but it wasn't released until the fall of 2007. MOTU also took more than a year to release Mach 5 MK II after announcing it.

I think for sure Cubase 5 will be announced - the company are tight-lipped but stuff like 3rd party vendors saying compatible with pro tools 8 and cubase 5, and then scrambling to correct it, a day later the Cubase 5 became simply Cubase. Cubase 4 is still very broken BTW, one reason I didn't upgrade from SX3.

I am assuming Live 8 will be mentioned, but if they hold it over until the summer NAMM it wouldn't bother me at all.

SMonk · Post by **SMonk** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:33 pm

I'm guessing Live 8, too. Beta starting soonish after announcement, then final release a few months later. But who knows, maybe Ableton are just going to announce another cooperation that won't lead to anything tangible in years.

Also hoping for a new Electribe. Ideally, 1 new electribe covering both VA and sampling, not 2...

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:39 pm

condra wrote:
kaffein wrote:Need more midi controllers...
Yes. A cool new budget midi controller - like a UC33 v2, or like the Torq thing but not software jailed.

I hope we see more NON-budget controllers personally, put the build quality back into things

kaffein · Post by **kaffein** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:17 pm

Tarekith wrote:
condra wrote:
kaffein wrote:Need more midi controllers...
Yes. A cool new budget midi controller - like a UC33 v2, or like the Torq thing but not software jailed.
I hope we see more NON-budget controllers personally, put the build quality back into things

...as an ITB midi controller would be hot...

funky shit · Post by **funky shit** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:19 pm

Aparently Moog are making a digital synth.