Your Winter NAMM Best/Worst products?

Tibbon · 18th January 2007, 10:00 PM

So what so far do you think at the NAMM is cool? What's a boat-anchor waiting to be on sale to some poor unsuspecting customer at Guitar Center who later will regret it?

(everything is of course, subject to being heard... and then opinions changed by such)

My personal favorites/best products:
-A Designs EM-PEQ1
-Apogee Symphony Mobile (damn that's cool)
-Axon AX 50 USB (didn't need all the stuff from the larger one, but could be nice for converting guitar to MIDI, and not using roland's poor tracking)
-Blue Woodpecker (what a name)
-GForce Virtual String Machine (All the sounds you want, from all the synths you don't want to maintain for a one trick sound)
-Korg Mini-KP: Looks interesting. I don't need a sampler on a Kaoss pad, just mainly a pad to use with Max/MSP an put in/on a guitar...could be fun.
-Korg MR1: DSD portable? Nice!
-Moog Moogerfooger FreqBox: Not only did they put out the oscilator pedal everyone's been wanting (more oscilators make my minimoog happy), but they did it AND made something really different!
-Radial JX44 Air Control: Sounds really useful!

My personal least favorite/disappointing/unneeded/boring products:

AKG C414 LTD (why do we need this? It's the same inside as a C414 B-XLS)
ART TubeFire8 (8 'tube' preamps, plus A/D, plus firewire for cheap? That's gonna sound good...)
ART USB Phono Plus 2 (more poor quality phono preamps on the market?)
BOSS FBM-/FDR-1 (Fender bassman in a pedal? Yea right!)
Eventide ModFactor/Timefactor: I'd rather have seen them re-release their 910's, 949's, and other gear from that time. These aren't going to sound as good I bet...
-Korg Legacy Collection Analog Edition 2007: I wish Korg would just finally put out a REAL analogue synth again, instead of making VA/plugin excuses for them, or crap like the next product...
-Korg M3: A cut down version of Korg's flapship Rompler. Sure to drop in value almost instantly!
-Lexicon MX300 Stereo Reverb: Lexi's "affordable" reverbs have gotten really boring the last while. Nothing interesting. Nothing 'signature' sounding like a LXP-1/5/15. Next!
-Roland V-Synth GT: Some people LOVED the V-synth, and it was kinda cool, but I wish Roland would remember how to make an analogue keyboard/modular.

Those are just a few. Any winners/losers for you?

XHipHop · 18th January 2007, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tibbon

My personal least favorite/disappointing/unneeded/boring products:

AKG C414 LTD (why do we need this? It's the same inside as a C414 B-XLS)
ART TubeFire8 (8 'tube' preamps, plus A/D, plus firewire for cheap? That's gonna sound good...)
ART USB Phono Plus 2 (more poor quality phono preamps on the market?)
BOSS FBM-/FDR-1 (Fender bassman in a pedal? Yea right!)
Eventide ModFactor/Timefactor: I'd rather have seen them re-release their 910's, 949's, and other gear from that time. These aren't going to sound as good I bet...
-Korg Legacy Collection Analog Edition 2007: I wish Korg would just finally put out a REAL analogue synth again, instead of making VA/plugin excuses for them, or crap like the next product...
-Korg M3: A cut down version of Korg's flapship Rompler. Sure to drop in value almost instantly!
-Lexicon MX300 Stereo Reverb: Lexi's "affordable" reverbs have gotten really boring the last while. Nothing interesting. Nothing 'signature' sounding like a LXP-1/5/15. Next!
-Roland V-Synth GT: Some people LOVED the V-synth, and it was kinda cool, but I wish Roland would remember how to make an analogue keyboard/modular.

Those are just a few. Any winners/losers for you?

Ouch, man. That's cold. These companies spent all this time to get ready to introduce these new products at a show and you bash them without hearing them.

Sir.Audio · 18th January 2007, 11:27 PM

Some of the hottest babes I know have the most stupid brains in their heads

How can you say that without hearing?

How can you judge by name? (except be-he... be-he..be-hering... excuse me.. barfinger... and even still theere is an odd one out...)

Haven't you ever come across the beast piece of a gear that was designed entirely for different reasons?

spanktastic · 1st July 2008, 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tibbon

but I wish Roland would remember how to make an analogue keyboard/modular.

I think its the whole digital scene is the reason the are staying digital

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18th January 2007, 10:00 PM	#1
Tibbon Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boston/MA Posts: 4,052	Your Winter NAMM Best/Worst products? So what so far do you think at the NAMM is cool? What's a boat-anchor waiting to be on sale to some poor unsuspecting customer at Guitar Center who later will regret it? (everything is of course, subject to being heard... and then opinions changed by such) My personal favorites/best products: -A Designs EM-PEQ1 -Apogee Symphony Mobile (damn that's cool) -Axon AX 50 USB (didn't need all the stuff from the larger one, but could be nice for converting guitar to MIDI, and not using roland's poor tracking) -Blue Woodpecker (what a name) -GForce Virtual String Machine (All the sounds you want, from all the synths you don't want to maintain for a one trick sound) -Korg Mini-KP: Looks interesting. I don't need a sampler on a Kaoss pad, just mainly a pad to use with Max/MSP an put in/on a guitar...could be fun. -Korg MR1: DSD portable? Nice! -Moog Moogerfooger FreqBox: Not only did they put out the oscilator pedal everyone's been wanting (more oscilators make my minimoog happy), but they did it AND made something really different! -Radial JX44 Air Control: Sounds really useful! My personal least favorite/disappointing/unneeded/boring products: AKG C414 LTD (why do we need this? It's the same inside as a C414 B-XLS) ART TubeFire8 (8 'tube' preamps, plus A/D, plus firewire for cheap? That's gonna sound good...) ART USB Phono Plus 2 (more poor quality phono preamps on the market?) BOSS FBM-/FDR-1 (Fender bassman in a pedal? Yea right!) Eventide ModFactor/Timefactor: I'd rather have seen them re-release their 910's, 949's, and other gear from that time. These aren't going to sound as good I bet... -Korg Legacy Collection Analog Edition 2007: I wish Korg would just finally put out a REAL analogue synth again, instead of making VA/plugin excuses for them, or crap like the next product... -Korg M3: A cut down version of Korg's flapship Rompler. Sure to drop in value almost instantly! -Lexicon MX300 Stereo Reverb: Lexi's "affordable" reverbs have gotten really boring the last while. Nothing interesting. Nothing 'signature' sounding like a LXP-1/5/15. Next! -Roland V-Synth GT: Some people LOVED the V-synth, and it was kinda cool, but I wish Roland would remember how to make an analogue keyboard/modular. Those are just a few. Any winners/losers for you? __________________ David Fisher (aka tibbon) What is Noise, Blog (DIY, gear, tech, etc) Follow me on Twitter

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18th January 2007, 11:27 PM	#3
Sir.Audio Gear nut Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 82	Some of the hottest babes I know have the most stupid brains in their heads How can you say that without hearing? How can you judge by name? (except be-he... be-he..be-hering... excuse me.. barfinger... and even still theere is an odd one out...) Haven't you ever come across the beast piece of a gear that was designed entirely for different reasons?