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NAMM 2012 Booth Pics

I just finished posting my complete set of NAMM Booth Pics in the order I visited them. You can scroll down for the posts below or view them individually in the ordered list as follows:

NAMM 2012: Big City Music Booth Pics
NAMM 2012: Waldorf Music Booth Pics
NAMM 2012: M-Audio Venom Booth Pics
NAMM 2012: Teenage Engineering Booth Pics
NAMM 2012: Radikal Technologies Booth Pics
NAMM 2012: Schmidt Analog Synthesizer Booth Pics
NAMM 2012: Buchla Booth Pics
NAMM 2012: Cynthia & Dr. Herbert Kuhnert of Cyndustries
NAMM 2012: Access Music Booth Pics
NAMM 2012: Casio Booth Pics with the New XW-P1 & XW-GW1 Synthesizers
NAMM 2012: Noisebug Booth Pics Featuring Moon Modular & Vermona
NAMM 2012: Arturia MiniBrute Pics
NAMM 2012: Analogue Haven Booth Pics
NAMM 2012: Mode Machines & Livid Instruments Booth Pics
NAMM 2012: KDJ-One Pics
NAMM 2012: John Bowen Synth Design Solaris Booth Pics
NAMM 2012: HANGZHOU WORLDE Booth Pics
NAMM 2012: DSI Booth: Don Buchla, Roger Linn, Tom Oberheim & Dave Smith
NAMM 2012: Moog Booth Pics

Apologies to anyone I missed this year. I ran out of time and covering the NAMM floor in one day can be brutal. I primarily focused on pics this year as shooting video eats up more time and the audio quality with all the noise on the NAMM floor can be pretty poor. I did manage to capture a few though. They will go up as I have time.

BTW, if you mouse goes wonky after viewing a slide show try hitting the escape key, scroll up with the arrow keys, or hit F5 to refresh the page. It looks like Flickr embeds has an odd bug on some browsers when you have another input box like the comments box active.

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My final booth at NAMM before heading out to the TRASH_AUDIO BBQ. I have to say, the Minitaur really surprised me. When I came up to the booth someone was playing what reminded me of those super low bass frequencies that can be best described as what you hear in Mexican Polka music. It sounds silly, but if you heard it before you know what I mean. Super smooth low frequencies. I assumed my Voyager could cover it, but now I'm not so sure. I definitely want to spend some more time with it.

NAMM 2012: DSI Booth: Don Buchla, Roger Linn, Tom Oberheim & Dave Smith

NAMM 2012: DSI Booth Pics with Don Buchla, Roger Linn, Tom Oberheim and Dave Smith

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For those not familiar with the faces, from left to right: Don Buchla, Tom Oberheim, and Dave Smith.

Yep... Pretty mind blowing experience seeing them all together like that in person. History of synthesis all there in one booth, with tequila shots on tow. :) I finally got to meet Tom Oberheim, maker of my first synth, the Oberheim Matrix-6, hence matrix. I wanted a 12, but couldn't afford one. The MATRIX-6 is an underrated and powerful synth with an extensive matrix modulation, two ramp generators and a tracking generator. It not only has a velocity sensitive keyboard, but it also has aftertouch and release velocity. Tom said it was the last synth he worked on before moving on from the company. He liked the synth but did not like the interface as it lacked even a simple data slider for real time control. Meeting Tom was my personal highlight of the show as I never met him before. I had met Dave Smith in NAMM 2010 along with Don Buchla. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to meet Roger Linn. He was engaged in conversation and I just couldn't interrupt before having to head out. Next year! :)

NAMM 2012: HANGZHOU WORLDE Booth Pics

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Various affordable MIDI USB controllers. The Panda Mini combo unit with pads and keys goes for $35. Their booth was right next to John Bowen's booth.

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NAMM 2012: John Bowen Synth Design Solaris Booth Pics

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First pics of the user manual. The white Solaris pics where actually at the Sonic Core Booth.

NAMM 2012: KDJ-One Pics

Two pics of the KDJ-One on the NAMM floor. It was a bit smaller than I expected. The screen is a touch screen. The four bars you see are level controls.

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NAMM 2012: Mode Machines & Livid Instruments Booth Pics

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Note the Livid case with eurorack modules. surfin kangaroo step sequencer, DTronics DT-200 JX-3P hardware editor, Oakley filter, Simmonizer DrumSynth SDS-1 & Alkex Ball Beats also featured.

NAMM 2012: Analogue Haven Booth Pics

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The booth featured Snazzy FX, audible disease, Harvestman, WMD, 4ms, Synthwerks, KOMA Elektronik, LZX, MOTM aka Synthesis Technology, STG, Livewire, Detachment 3 Engineering, MacBeth Studio Systems, Lightfoot Labs, Make Noise, Gorilla Box, Tiptop Audio, Malekko Wiard, and more.