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News January 29, 2019

JJ Babbitt Company Celebrates 100 Years of Making Music

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…

MMR Staff
Jan 29, 2019
News January 29, 2019

Buffet Crampon Acquires Rigoutat Paris

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…

MMR Staff
Jan 29, 2019
News January 29, 2019

ILIO Celebrates 25 Years at NAMM

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…

MMR Staff
Jan 29, 2019
News January 29, 2019

Education Through Music Honors KORG with Shining Star Award

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…

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Jan 29, 2019
News January 28, 2019

Pearl Rolls Out New Ranges

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,)…

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Jan 28, 2019
News January 28, 2019

New Blood From Old Blood

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,…

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Jan 28, 2019
News January 28, 2019

Washburn Launches Bella-Tono Acoustic Range

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,…

MMR Staff
Jan 28, 2019
News January 28, 2019

Apogee Launches Powerful New USB Mic

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,…

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Jan 28, 2019
News January 28, 2019

Audio-Technica Adds to DJ Range

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…

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Jan 28, 2019
News January 28, 2019

Musikmesse and Prolight Insider Matchmaking Programme Opens

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…

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Jan 28, 2019
News January 27, 2019

Sammy Ash Receives 2019 DJA

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…

MMR Staff
Jan 27, 2019