NAMM Show 2021: Yamaha Announces New DGX-670 Digital Piano

During the 2021 NAMM Show, Yamaha unveiled the DGX-670, a new digital piano featuring a modern, attractive aesthetic and a simplified user interface. The new “Portable Grand” ensemble instrument is a full, 88-note weighted action keyboard with exceptional playability, superb sound and visual appeal, making it ideal for beginners and accomplished pianists alike. It replaces […]

NAMM Show 2021: Product Spotlight on the Yamaha YDS-150 Digital Saxophone

Yamaha recently introduced the YDS-150 Digital Saxophone, a first-of-its-kind instrument that allows saxophonists of all levels and those new to playing a wind instrument to create great sounding music from the very start. The YDS-150 effectively emulates an authentic saxophone experience digitally—from the sound and key layout to feedback from the instrument—while maintaining the sense […]

NAMM Show Product Spotlight: Austrian Audio Introduces New Headphones, Microphones

While at the 2020 Winter NAMM Show in January, Making Music spent a few minutes with Philipp Schuster, product manager for Austrian Audio, who told us all about the company’s newest releases: The Hi-X (High Excursion) headphones, comprised of the on-ear HI-X50 and over-ear HI-X55, and their new large diaphragm microphones, the OC818 and OC18. […]

Technical Excellence and Creativity Winners Announced at the 35th Annual NAMM TEC Awards

JONI MITCHELL RECEIVES THE LES PAUL INNOVATION AWARD ENGINEER DAVE PENSADO AND RECORD INDUSTRY VET HERB TRAWICK INDUCTED TO THE NAMM TEC HALL OF FAME Presenters included Andrew Huang, Bishop Lamont, Elliot Easton, Herbie Hancock, Lisa Loeb, Maureen Droney, “Skunk” Baxter, Brian Hardgroove, Michael Braunstein of the Les Paul Foundation Anaheim, Calif. – January 18 […]

NAMM 2020: RME’s Babyface Pro FS Brings Innovation to Portable Interfaces

RME, German manufacturer of premium digital audio solutions, will officially launch the new Babyface Pro FS during the 2020 NAMM Show from January 16-19, 2020. As the latest addition to the RME family of audio interfaces, the Babyface Pro FS features RME’s proprietary SteadyClock FS technology, bringing self-jitter to new lows and providing recording musicians, […]

Zylia to announce new additions to its audio recording and production portfolio at the 2020 NAMM Show

This year at NAMM Show 2020, Zylia will present two major additions to its industry-leading 3D audio recording and production portfolio: the ZYLIA ZR-1 portable recording device and the 6DoF VR/AR Development Kit. Designed for professional users of the innovative ZYLIA ZM-1 microphone system, the powerful new ZYLIA ZR-1 recorder offers a convenient laptop replacement […]