Musikmesse 2016

[64Guitars]

The Musikmesse trade show starts today (April 7, 2016) and runs till Sunday, April 10th.

Today, Boss announced a few new products, the main ones being the "VE-8 Acoustic Singer" and the "RC-202 Loop Station".

VE-8 Acoustic Singer

http://www.boss.info/products/ve-8/










https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nhWfBE-i9s


Looks like the VE-8 will sell for about $299 US. I don't know when it will be available.

http://www.kraftmusic.com/brands/boss/vocal/ve8/

or £269 in the UK.

http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/pedals_s_detail.asp?stock=160405296711008

[Hook]

Both pretty cool devices, that looper video is super cool even if the song sucks.

[64Guitars]

RC-202 Loop Station

http://www.boss.info/products/rc-202/










https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFa3ZF6gyfY


Looks like the RC-202 is also $299 US.

http://www.kraftmusic.com/brands/boss/stompbox/loop-station/rc202/

Or £269 in the UK

http://www.dawsons.co.uk/boss-rc-202-loop-station

http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/BOSS-RC-202-Loop-Station/1JDJ

[64Guitars]

The other new products Boss/Roland announced are 4 new tuners, a Steve Vai Legacy Tone Capsule for the Waza Amp, a battery-powered portable Stereo PA System, and a line of accessories (cables, picks, straps, etc.)

http://www.boss.info/categories/featured_products/

http://www.rolandus.com/products/cube_street_ex_pa_pack/

http://www.bossus.com/blog/2016/04/06/boss-launches-new-accessories-lineup

[64Guitars]

DigiTech has announced the new Whammy Ricochet pitch shift effect. I was going to say pitch shift pedal, but the most distinctive feature of this unit compared to the original Whammy is that it has no pedal. Instead, it uses a momentary-contact switch to control the effect. Sounds like a lame idea but it doesn't look too bad in the video. Still, I think I'd rather have a proper pedal.

http://digitech.com/en-US/products/whammy-ricochet





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRECArfFKhk

[Groundy]

All looking good, More Gas......

Alex

[Johnny Robbo]

Some cool looking gear... That Whammy pedal looks fun!

[64Guitars]

This looks interesting. It's software that isolates and extracts vocals from a mix. Unlike the things we've seen in the BR series recorders and other similar products which work on the assumption that the vocals are panned to the centre, this product performs a deep analysis of the audio data to identify and extract the melody. It even works on mono sources.

http://audionamix.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X63tVVYDbA

And it can extract melodic instruments too.










It's not cheap though. ADX TraxPro 3.2 is $499 or you can rent it for $32.99/month. ADX Trax is $299 or $19.99/month. And the ADX VVC plugin is $199 or $7.99/week.

Still, it's encouraging that this kind of technology exists. I'm sure other companies will eventually have it too and then maybe we'll see it available at a more affordable price.

[64Guitars]

Here's a demo of the Arturia KeyStep, as well as brief mentions of some of their other products.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TkNI2Tn6Qs

[64Guitars]

Some new portable audio interfaces from Zoom.

http://www.gearnews.com/musikmesse-2016-zoom-announce-two-handy-audio-interfaces/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6J6j5oPf64