We need a NAMM Gear thread! Whats cool at NAMM?

I was hoping for this.  May even posted about it.  I hope it is up there with the Anamod.  Who knows - maybe better!

This can be a game changer!

Saves lots of $$$, for other things !

I saw a mini Hammond organ online at Naam. It seemed interesting until I looked and found to was $1,300.

AudioScape is proud to announce the modern relaunch of Modular Audio Products, otherwise known as MAP. The first release for MAP (Powered by AudioScape) will be the DAM-27 dual preamp, based on the old Melcor AM-27 preamp. Each channel features our proprietary, in-house manufactured, MAP 1731 all-discrete class A op amp, as used in the original AM-27. These were the first op amps used in audio gear, by Melcor Industries, in the late 1960’s. Each of today’s MAP 1731 op amps features the same carbon composition resistors and transistors as originally used. The DAM-27 is like having a NOS AM-27 built 50 years ago . It has that unmistakable harmonic sheen and midrange richness.

Price: $899.00
Available: Early Summer (maybe sooner)


Dual channel 899$ damn nice price !

Soyuz has a new preamp, as well as a smaller pair of transformerless small cap mics. Also have an Ambisonic mic with 4 capsules from the 013, all transformer circuits al well. I’m excited about all of those!

I have several vari Mu compressors so I like the style of comp but personally I’ve never been a fan of the hardware 670 tone and action.

Of course, some people love them and so there is a very healthy clone market.

My Phoenix MP has a very different tone and action to a 670 but still has that vari-mu width and gloss.

It probably comes down to genre of music your making.

Is the transformer coupled omni the MG22 in the picture? I really dig the MG20 and having a omni version of that would be sweet.

That LDC looks nice as well! Is that a carbon fiber body or just looks that way?

I did a relatively short tour of NAMM on Friday—2-6PM. But enough that I didn't feel the need to god back this weekend.

As mentioned elsewhere, I did spend some time with the Beesneez BU67-269, which I liked. I spent some time at Warm, trying out all their LDCs...the WA67 sounded pretty nice (not 100% authentic perhaps, but it sounded good); the -47 was pretty meh; the C12 was a bit tantalizing but a little sterile, similar for their 251...I liked their -8000 on my voice, again I don't think it's quite accurate. Bear in mind I'm not a recording engineer, I know most of these mics by listening to material that used them. I was more reviewing them as "do I sound good through this?", and that boiled down to the 67 and maybe the 8000 as ones I'd plunk down the cash if I need one right now and it had to be done at the Warm booth. But I'd rather pay a few hundred more and get the Beesneez.

Also at Warm, I checked out their CL-1B. It sounded pretty decent. I should stress again that my main goal was to get knowledge of what various products from various manufactures sound like. I don't know what a CL-1B should sound like, but I know what sounds sucky.

I had free rein at Telefunken, so it was nice to get an overview of their mics, some of which I had been curious about (Copperhead, for instance). I thought a number of them sounded good on my voice. Including their 47, so that kind of cemented that the Warm 47 just wasn't that good (for me at least, no offense to owners).

So many other mics...I've never had it so easy at NAMM testing mics...

Saw the Footprint03 monitors from Barefoot ($2k/pr), at Vintage King's pre-NAMM Wednesday and chatted with the rep, and saw the cutaway (for internal viewing) at the show. But never heard them. Nice feature to switch between responses.

Yamaha superseded my P-515 piano with the P-525. Lighter action, though the corners of the black keys seemed sharper. They say they improved the samples, it sounded like a P-515 and was identical in appearance, it seemed the action was the main change, as it had a reputation for being a little heavy.

Oh and the AI voices—Synthesizer AI Studio and ACE studio...both sounded impressive. ACE Studio, at least, could be trained with your own voice. But it might require help on their end, as I noticed there was a sign-up sheet for priority AI training.

It looks more theoretical than functional at this point . . . curiosity might pique too early thus lessening the potential marketplace impact. But they're a solid company with a host of great products.

I'm just surprised at their false start launch strategy.

Stylophone Theremin.

Not many people have mentioned this anywhere. It looks fun and won’t break the bank

stylophone.com/theremin-pre-order/

That is tempting!