NAMM 2012 Rumours and New Release Thread

[tekki]

I've heared some rumours....

[JDFS]

Wat heb je gehoord? Om een beetje in geheimtaal te praten, hehe...

Maybe we'll get a first look of the X2?

[Xonetacular]

I've heard some things too but I'm under NDA.
















I'm special too.

[Ed Paris]

I'm special too.

i always knew, that you where special!

[haze324]

this game isn't fun if people don't drop hints.

[Zhao]

I hope DJTT releases a midifighter mixer.

I'm hoping that all the djtt staff saying that they've heard rumors might relate to this.. or something similar anyways

[djproben]

new mixers from rane - looks like the 68 but 2 channels

(found on serato forum)

That's too bad... I'd rather see a 4-channel mixer that looks (and feels) like the 57....

[JesC]

I heard some rumors too but I can't say anything...

you still owe me a beer from last year, but we can settle this debt at the in&out truck

[tekki]

in&out; guys I am honestly jealous!

[mostapha]

Curious to see if NI has any response to the new MPC at all. I love the size of Maschine and Mikro but it'd be cool to see what a bigger version could do for the workflow, but again that could get messy from a business perspective. Managing 3 different units for the same software. DAMN NAMM

NI already has the same 3 versions: Maschine, Mikro, and iMaschine. Akai just dropped all 3 at once instead of releasing the first one when it was almost ready.

But its still an MPC. Its like stanton st150s and tech 1200s. MPCs will always have that credibility from the longevity of the series.

Agreed.

Plus, IIRC, there are already a few small workflow benefits to the MPC if they did nothing but copy the MPC2500 into software that runs on a Mac. I think the MPC's sampling works a little better, but I haven't gotten that hands on with one…only seen it done.

Plus it has twice as many encoders. If they auto-assign to plugins in a more meaningful way, that might make an improvement anyway.

But, xone's right…it's likely to be more expensive. I'd guess MSRP 2k, MAP, 1.5k ish. And that might not be affordable with all the other shit I'm trying to save up for.

i hope ableton will announce ableton live 9 with makor improvements like:

+cuepoints in warped tracks
+best time warp algortihm they can get
+ native mp3 support
+new effects
+new instruments
+more crazy stuff

Other than "more crazy stuff," it already has all that. I mean…how many instruments would you want…they've already got FM, Subtractive, and several sample-based instruments. And their effects already sound better than every other piece of DJ software. They already have a great sounding time stretching algorithm, it's just that most people don't know how to use it…and they've had cuepoints since version 1…people just don't know how to use them because they're stuck in the framework of DJ software.

new mixers from rane - looks like the 68 but 2 channels

(found on serato forum)

Bleh. I'd preorder an Empath-like mixer with an SSL sound card in it as long as it'd run TP and Maschine…and I'd probably consider switching to SSL.