Breaking industry news, announcements, and developments from across the music products world.
The CHAUVET Professional Maverick MK Pyxis was given the Parnelli Award for Indispensable Technology at the NAMM Show on January 25. The Maverick MK Pyxis was recognized for the way…
It has been 100 years since Jesse James Babbitt began crafting mouthpieces for saxophones and clarinets in his garage in Elkhart, Indiana. All mouthpieces made by jj Babbitt are still…
Jérôme Perrod, CEO of Buffet Crampon, joins Philippe Rigoutat in announcing that Rigoutat Paris is now a part of the Buffet Crampon family. Buffet Crampon thus continues to pursue its…
Virtual instrument and audio processing software distributor ILIO celebrated its 25th anniversary at NAMM this past weekend, January 24-27. ILIO showcased synthesizers from Spectrasonics, like the Omnisphere 2.6, a new…
Joined with Grammy-Winning music producer Sebastian Krys, and veteran music educator Sue Edwards, KORG accepted Education Through Music-Los Angeles’s Shining Star Award at their annual gala on December 4. “Although…
Pearl Drums unveiled a raft of new products at this year’s NAMM, led by its new Masters Maple/Gum Series Drums. Available in Hand-Rubbed Satin Natural Maple (#189) Black Diamond Pearl (#421,)…
US effects maker Old Blood Noise Endeavors, distributed by ADG in Europe, has joined forces with the US-based band Datachoir to come up with the Rêver - a mix of reverb,…
Washburn has launched a new range of low to medium-end acoustic guitars - the Bella Tono series. The flagship offering is the Allure SC56S, which features the new “Studio” body size,…
Apogee Electronics and UK distributor Sound Technology is launching HypeMiC, a premium USB microphone promising studio-quality analogue compression. HypeMiC offers three settings of compression to use on vocals, voice-overs, instruments,…
Audio-Technica has announced the launch of two new DJ-oriented additions to its extensive turntable and cartridge line-ups - the AT-LP140XP turntable and AT-XP3 cartridge. Designed in Tokyo, Japan, the fully…
Registration for Musikmesse and Prolight + Sound's 2019 buyers’ benefits programme ‘Insider’ is now open The ‘Insider’ programme offers a variety of benefits for buyers, from free admission on all four days…
Sammy Ash (left) of Sam Ash was presented with the hardware for the 2019 Don Johnson Industry Service Award on Saturday, January 26 in Anaheim - an honor well-deserved for…
