Show Report: AES New York, 2005
Show Report: AES New York, 2005
M-Audio proudly debuts exciting new products and celebrates 35 years of electronic music history
M-Audio proudly debuts exciting new products and celebrates 35 years of electronic music history
The annual AES Convention in New York City (October 7-11, 2005) featured two exciting product announcements from M-Audio—the ProjectMix I/O, an integrated audio interface and control surface compatible with all major DAWs, and Pro Tools M-Powered 7, a full-featured update that adds support for five popular M-Audio USB peripherals. In addition, M-Audio proudly hosted a ceremony to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the ARP 2600’s release and celebrate the TimewARP 2600— an extremely faithful virtual emulation of the ARP 2600.
Producer Huston Singletary and M-Audio Lead Clinician Scott Wilkie demonstrated the power and simplicity of using the ProjectMix I/O with Pro Tools M-Powered 7 and Ableton Live software. ProjectMix I/O delivers 18 inputs and 14 outputs, Lightpipe, 8 mic pres, a professional motorized fader control surface, and more—all with M-Audio's trademark affordability. Pro Tools M-Powered 7 yields a variety of new features and enhancements including advanced MIDI Instrument Tracks and real-time non-destructive quantizing, enhanced groove quantizing, region grouping and looping for audio tracks, REX/ACID file compatibility, and much more. This new edition also supports M-Audio's Black Box, Fast Track USB, Transit, MobilePre USB and Ozone, in addition to the Company's entire line of FireWire and Delta PCI products.
On the second day of the show, M-Audio hosted a special event honoring Alan R. Pearlman, creator of the ARP 2600 synthesizer, which he personally introduced at the AES Convention 35 years ago. Craig Anderton presented Pearlman with a “Lifetime Achievement Award” from Keyboard magazine, and Pearlman spoke about the creative process that eventually gave birth to this historic instrument.
Jim Heintz, creator of the TimewARP 2600 virtual synthesizer, then took the stage to speak about his painstaking efforts to faithfully emulate the original hardware instrument in software. The presentation closed with a lively discussion between panelists including Pearlman, Heintz, Jim Michmerhuizen (writer of the original ARP 2600 manual), and Dr. Patrick Gleeson, who performed with Herbie Hancock playing one of the first ARP 2600’s ever used on a live tour.
In addition to these celebrated guests, the M-Audio space teemed with media and artists eager to experience the latest in computer-based audio technology. The newly released MicroTrack 24/96 professional two-channel mobile digital recorder garnered much excitement. To round out the studio set-up, M-Audio also displayed the new BX8a reference monitors, Trigger Finger controller, and a variety of other interfaces.
Producer Huston Singletary and M-Audio Lead Clinician Scott Wilkie demonstrated the power and simplicity of using the ProjectMix I/O with Pro Tools M-Powered 7 and Ableton Live software. ProjectMix I/O delivers 18 inputs and 14 outputs, Lightpipe, 8 mic pres, a professional motorized fader control surface, and more—all with M-Audio's trademark affordability. Pro Tools M-Powered 7 yields a variety of new features and enhancements including advanced MIDI Instrument Tracks and real-time non-destructive quantizing, enhanced groove quantizing, region grouping and looping for audio tracks, REX/ACID file compatibility, and much more. This new edition also supports M-Audio's Black Box, Fast Track USB, Transit, MobilePre USB and Ozone, in addition to the Company's entire line of FireWire and Delta PCI products.
On the second day of the show, M-Audio hosted a special event honoring Alan R. Pearlman, creator of the ARP 2600 synthesizer, which he personally introduced at the AES Convention 35 years ago. Craig Anderton presented Pearlman with a “Lifetime Achievement Award” from Keyboard magazine, and Pearlman spoke about the creative process that eventually gave birth to this historic instrument.
Jim Heintz, creator of the TimewARP 2600 virtual synthesizer, then took the stage to speak about his painstaking efforts to faithfully emulate the original hardware instrument in software. The presentation closed with a lively discussion between panelists including Pearlman, Heintz, Jim Michmerhuizen (writer of the original ARP 2600 manual), and Dr. Patrick Gleeson, who performed with Herbie Hancock playing one of the first ARP 2600’s ever used on a live tour.
In addition to these celebrated guests, the M-Audio space teemed with media and artists eager to experience the latest in computer-based audio technology. The newly released MicroTrack 24/96 professional two-channel mobile digital recorder garnered much excitement. To round out the studio set-up, M-Audio also displayed the new BX8a reference monitors, Trigger Finger controller, and a variety of other interfaces.
