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NAMM
SHOW REPORT

NEW YEAR - NEW VENUE - NEW TOYS
REPORT BY MIKE METLAY AND PAUL VNUK JR. WITH ALLEN GOODMAN AND RODRIGO SANCHEZ
The 2018 Winter NAMM Show convened at the newly-expanded Anaheim Convention Center on January 26-29, and it was
an eye-opener for all attendees. The new ACC North building housed most of the pro audio companies, and most exhibitors
liked the brightly lit and modern building as well has having a proper "community area" to show off new products to interested
attendees, far from the roar of drums and guitars in the older building. There were some glitches-NAMM took a lot of heat for
mishandled security procedures that introduced delays and frustration-but overall, the show boded well for future events.
Here's a selection of products we saw introduced at the show. We can't possibly fit everything we saw into one report,
and we apologize for any omissions. We'll be reviewing these and other products in the coming months.-MM
Ableton (ableton.com): Live 10, the latest version of the
company's trademark composition/performance DAW, was
demonstrated at the show. New features include the Wavetable
synthesizer (complete with full-screen editing if desired), new
effects like Drum Buss, Pedal, and a beautifully updated Echo,
new and streamlined workflow options, updates to the built-in
sound libraries and Push integration, and much more.
ADAM Audio (adam-audio.com): The new T5V and T7V
($199.99 and $249.99 each) are new monitors that bring
the ADAM sound to a newly affordable price point. The new
speakers feature U-ART folded-ribbon tweeters, waveguide
and amplification innovations from higher-end new ADAM
designs, and 5" or 7" woofers.

AEA (ribbonmics.com): The TRP2 ($899 introductory
price) solid-state preamp updates the original TRP with 85 dB
of clean gain, ribbon-friendly 63kΩ impedance, and optional
phantom power that can be locked out in No-Blow mode.
Also new: the R84A active ribbon mic ($1299), a rebadged
A840 at a lower price than the original.
AKG (akg.com) was showing its line of foldable headphones for engineers on the go, including the over-ear
K275 (closed) and K245 (semi-open) and the on-ear K175
($169/$149/$129).
Amphion (amphion.fi): The new BaseTwo25 subwoofer
system ($12,500) offers 10" woofers opposite 10" passive
radiators in towers with 900W outboard monoblock amplifiers,
turning any Amphion speaker set into a full-range system that's
only 3 dB down at 10 Hz.
Antares (antarestech.com): Auto-Tune Pro ($399) is the newest
version of the famed pitch correction software. It adds automatic
key and scale detection, MIDI parameter control, ARA functionality for supported DAWs, and a redesigned interface.
Antelope Audio (antelopeaudio.com): The Edge Strip bundle
($1295) includes the Edge side-address modeling microphone first shown at NAMM, paired with the new Discrete
MP mic preamp, a USB-controllable all-analog mic preamp
that can accept a second mic along with the included Edge.

AKG K245
Antelope Audio Edge Strip
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