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News January 22, 2016

Avid and Focusrite Plan Future Collaboration at NAMM

Avid® and Focusrite have a history of industry-shaping collaborations, from the world’s first plug-ins to feature a fully skeuomorphic GUI (D2 and D3), to the original Focusrite-designed Mbox® interface that…

MMR Staff
Jan 22, 2016
News January 22, 2016

New Organization Expands Music Industry Reach

There are millions of new potential customers for music products, and a brand new association has them squarely in their sights.  More than 30 years after establishing an international alliance…

MMR Staff
Jan 22, 2016
News January 22, 2016

SABIAN Simplified Sound Kit

The SABIAN Sound Kit is a complete microphone and mixer kit designed as a simple solution to great drum sounds in a variety of scenarios. Currently drummers have to piece…

MMR Staff
Jan 22, 2016
News January 22, 2016

Iris and Ron Manus Discuss Morty Manus

On Thursday morning of the 2016 NAMM Show, Alfred Music's Iris and Ron shared thoughts of the recently departed -- and much missed -- Morty Manus. Watch the clip here.

MMR Staff
Jan 22, 2016
News January 22, 2016

Yamaha Takes Home 'Legacy Award' for Disklavier

The Yamaha team receives the Legacy Award plaque from MMR editor Christian Wissmuller for the - quite frankly incredible - Dealers' Choice Awards achievements of the company's Disklavier.

MMR Staff
Jan 22, 2016
News January 22, 2016

Pearl River Receives 2016 DCA

MMR's Terry Lowe hands Xiao Wei of Pearl River Piano Group with the Dealers' Choice Award for "Acoustic Piano Line of the Year" on Thursday of this year's NAMM gathering…

MMR Staff
Jan 22, 2016
News January 21, 2016

Godin Passion RG-4 Swamp Ash MN Bass

The newest member of the family is the Godin Passion RG-4 Swamp Ash Bass. Part of the upscale Passion series, it features 5 tuned, Synchronized Resonance Chambers interconnected inside the…

MMR Staff
Jan 21, 2016
News January 21, 2016

Luna Vista Eagle 12-String and Wolf Lefty

The Vista Eagle 12-string has a grand auditorium body with koa back and sides, mahogany neck and binding, an ebony fretboard, and a gloss finish. The top combines movingui, paduak,…

MMR Staff
Jan 21, 2016
News January 21, 2016

IMS BLOWiT

BLOWiT Fans are low-profile and can clamp onto drum hardware or microphone stands. One model includes a built-in drum stick holder and is currently on tour with some of the most…

MMR Staff
Jan 21, 2016
News January 21, 2016

Gon Bops DDLR Cajon

Gon Bops’ latest cajon offering is the DDLR Cajon, crafted from choice poplar wood selected for its warm resonance, and internal wires perfectly positioned to deliver rootsy-sounding snare sounds.  The…

MMR Staff
Jan 21, 2016
News January 21, 2016

QRS Wearable Mobile App for Piano and Keyboard Market

The Wearable App, now available at the Apple App store, provides the ultimate in convenience: it offers customers the ability to discover the PNOmation system on any network, delivers playlist…

MMR Staff
Jan 21, 2016
News January 21, 2016

Alfred A Capella

In just over 400 pages, A Cappella is the most comprehensive volume ever created on contemporary a cappella, spanning from its early history to modern performing and recording techniques. The…

MMR Staff
Jan 21, 2016