Reportings from NAMM

To be honest - I think there was a distinct lack of big announcements to be made...

no hovercraft Moog, no laser guitars or computers than run on your own sense of self-satisfaction...

There were a few biggies, Nord, released their stage piano [which is the same size and same engine as their nord stage, why the fuck you'd bother is beyond me!] Nord Stage FTW everyday

Moog re-released their famous Taurus, with added usb jive and all that shit [but a sod to play, so I wouldn't bother!]

Ableton announced integration with Serato, released all the MAX/MSP plug-ins for live and released a new launch-pad... but nothing really really special... the serato thing let me down a wee bit... but cool none-the-less

Redmatica released an AWESOME off-line sampler... check their website for that [actually next level capabilities]

other than that, good old Electro Harmonix had a few bits, Sonnox and Waves did their usual ting, few random inventions [like fold-up piano, not rly all that good] and those people who did the fold-up hard were there...

PreSonus announced integration with SoundCloud, they now have a DAW with an export to SoundCloud function [expect Ableton and others to jump on this in-time for MusilkMesse I'd imagine]

I however, met David Smith [of Sequential Circuits] Bootsy Collins, Victor Wooten and Zachery Vex [but I guess he *has* to be there!]

REAL QUICK

We'll be at this year's NAMM show to keep you updated on this years major anouncments. Biggie from Serato and Live plus major intergrations from PreSonus and some from Izotope too.

Plus a load more shit I'm not in the loop for...

here's some music I'be been discovering this morning:

Loving this Domu remix of a JD73 track...
JD73 'Swing Til It Hurts'- Domu Remix by JD73

JD73 is *the* man for vintage synths [Prophets, Moogs, Solina] as well as a vast collection of Rhodes, Clavs and the rest. Plus his a dope jazz-man, so check him out

Thas it for now