All items tagged with musical instruments (66)

May 11, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

LOUD Audio Announces Sale of the Iconic Ampeg Brand to Yamaha

LOUD Audio LLC, a portfolio company of private equity firm Transom Capital Group, and the parent company of Mackie, EAW and Martin Audio, has concluded the sale of the historic family of Ampeg bass amps and pedals to Yamaha Guitar Group, Inc. According to Transom, this move is aimed at allowing Loud to narrow its focus, return to its roots in professional audio, and deliver the best possible products and experience to its customers, while ensuring the future of a legendary bass and guitar amplification brand.

Gibson Brands Files for Pre-Negotiated Chapter 11 Restructuring and Will Refocus on Musical Instruments

May 1, 2018 by Joao Martins

Gibson Brands Files for Pre-Negotiated Chapter 11 Restructuring and Will Refocus on Musical Instruments

The bad news is, Gibson Brands filed for bankruptcy. The good news is that Gibson Brands finally filed for bankruptcy, having reached an agreement to reorganize around its Core Businesses and Iconic Brand to continue to manufacture, supply, and distribute guitars and pro audio products. Gibson Brands will sell its consumer electronics businesses and brands. Also bad, Henry Juszkiewicz is still with Gibson. On another good news, the company has secured $135 million to keep going.

Musikmesse and Prolight+Sound 2018 Report Signals Upward Trend for Internationality and Exhibitor Satisfaction

April 19, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Musikmesse and Prolight+Sound 2018 Report Signals Upward Trend for Internationality and Exhibitor Satisfaction

The Saturday-evening concert by Dionne Warwick and the New Philharmonic Orchestra Frankfurt marked the end of a week of music and events. 1,803 companies from 56 countries launched their latest products during the five days of Musikmesse and Prolight+Sound 2018. For 2019, Frankfurt Messe promises to return to a unified format, with Musikmesse and Prolight+Sound overlaping fully on all days and move closer together spatially.

DPA Microphones Expands CORE Amplifier Technology to d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones

April 13, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

DPA Microphones Expands CORE Amplifier Technology to d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones

DPA Microphones is known throughout the audio industry for developing small miniature condenser microphones with superior sound quality for various professional environments. At NAB 2018 and Musikmesse 2018, DPA introduced its recently launched ‘CORE by DPA’ amplifier technology to the d:vote 4099 range of Instrument Microphones, to create an even clearer sound by lowering overall distortion and expanding the dynamic range. CORE technology was already available in d:screet miniature lavalier, and d:fine headset microphones.

Musikmesse and Prolight+Sound 2018 To Reinforce Professional Focus

January 26, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Musikmesse and Prolight+Sound 2018 To Reinforce Professional Focus

Musikmesse (11 to 14 April 2018) and Prolight+Sound (10 to 13 April 2018) will once again bring together companies with retailers, professionals from the musical-instrument, event and media-technologies sectors, as well as musicians from all over the world. In 2017, the two events attracted a total of around 100,000 visitors from 144 countries to Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre. In 2018, the Frankfurt Messe will reinforce the professional focus and synergies between the two shows.

Roland Introduces GO:MIXER Compact Audio Mixer for Smartphones

January 17, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Roland Introduces GO:MIXER Compact Audio Mixer for Smartphones

Roland has introduced GO:MIXER, a compact audio mixer for smartphone video production. With multiple inputs available, users can connect a mic, musical instruments, and media players, and mix them all together live while they shoot. Ultra-portable and simple to use, GO:MIXER is the ideal solution for adding a pro sound touch to social media videos.

Audio-Technica Now Shipping ATM350a Microphone Systems with UniMount Components for Musical Instruments

November 22, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Audio-Technica Now Shipping ATM350a Microphone Systems with UniMount Components for Musical Instruments

With its wide variety of UniMount mounting systems and capacity for handling extreme SPLs, the new Audio-Technica ATM350a cardioid condenser microphone was purposely designed to answer the needs of musicians and audio engineers dealing with capturing of musical instruments. The microphone’s cardioid polar pattern protects against feedback by reducing side and rear pickup, while the switchable 80 Hz hi-pass filter on the in-line power module helps control undesired ambient noise.

Palmer Introduces Two Additional Clever Designs for Musicians

May 10, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Palmer Introduces Two Additional Clever Designs for Musicians

Two new products to come out of the renowned Palmer forge were displayed at Adam Hall Group’s stand at the Prolight+Sound 2016 exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany. Targeting live musicians, the new Palmer Bass Pocket Amp will appeal to bassists and the rechargeable BatPack power pack supplies power to pedalboard effects. To simple examples on excellent product design from Palmer.

Music, Business and the Future of Audio at Summer NAMM 2016

April 13, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Music, Business and the Future of Audio at Summer NAMM 2016

Summer NAMM might be a small show compared with the Winter edition in Anaheim, but it certainly provides great business and networking opportunities for anyone in the music industry. First of all because it takes place in Nashville, Music City. Secondly, and probably the most important, because it is one of those trade-shows where anyone can actually combine great business with fun and, certainly, lots of music!

Ircam Lab’s The Snail Revolutionary Instrument Tuner/Analyzer Software

February 15, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Ircam Lab’s The Snail Revolutionary Instrument Tuner/Analyzer Software

Radical innovation in audio is always happening these days… mostly in software. Ircam Lab, a commercial arm of French research institute IRCAM, just announced the release of their revolutionary new software, The Snail. This modern looking Tuner/Analyser software offers a new and extremely accurate way of tuning and analyzing an instrument.

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