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Rivera Amps Sedona Gets A Run-Through At Summer NAMM 2007 In Austin

August 17, 2007
Rivera Amps Sedona On Display at Summer NAMM 2007 in Austin, Texas

Rivera amps showcases it's Sedona Amp at Summer NAMM 2007. Doyle Dykes helped design the Sedona, the world's first electronic/acoustic all-tube amp. The amp contains two independent and different pre-amp channels. ...  


Offsite Link: Visit the official Rivera Amps site here.

Rivera Amps Venus 6 Looks Promising At Summer NAMM 2007 In Austin

August 17, 2007
Rivera Amplifiers Show Off Powerful Venus 6 Amps for Summer NAMM 2007 in Austin, Texas

Rivera amps showcases their new Venus 6 series of amps. The Venus 6 is Rivera's first venture into Class A amps. Channel 1 is a high gain and British inspired channel for playing leads. Channel 2 is a Rhythm and Blues...  


Offsite Link: Check out the Rivera Amps site here.

The Sony Rep From Summer NAMM Lets Loose With A Wealth Of Wireless Info.

August 15, 2007
Sony Wireless Advice from Summer NAMM 2007
Here at Gearwire, we spend a lot of time wondering about the future of the wireless industry. Luckily, the Sony rep at Summer NAMM 2007 is a wellspring of information on the topic. The gentleman explains the importance of...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Sony official site.

Hammond Leslie 3300 Interview At Summer NAMM 2007

August 15, 2007
Hammond Leslie 3300
Recently Gearwire brought you the sounds of the Hammond Leslie 3300 in our "Just the music" clip from Summer NAMM 2007. Now we get the scoop from the Senior President of Hammond Suzuki, introducing the finer points of the...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Hammond site.

Hammond Leslie 3300 Demo Video

August 14, 2007
Hammond Leslie 3300 demo
The Hammond Leslie 3300 has an instantly recognizable, classic sound, and Gearwire caught it in action at Summer NAMM 2007. Ever wonder what one of these looks like in action, up close? Check out the see-through model on...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Hammond Organ site.

Hear Electro-Harmonix's Mike Matthews Wax Eloquent About His Pedals.

August 10, 2007
Electro-Harmonix's Mike Matthews and His Pedals at Summer NAMM 2007
Hear more from Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthews at Summer NAMM 2007. There's something sweet about hearing him run through all the units and tell us what "nano" means. The fact that he uses the term "rock 'n' roll!"...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Electro-Harmonix official site.

Hear A Live Demo Of Seymour Duncan's Shape Shifter And Lava Box Pedals At Summer NAMM 2007.

August 09, 2007
Seymour Duncan Shape Shifter and Lava Box in Use at Summer NAMM 2007
After our long conversations with the Seymour Duncan rep about the Shape Shifter and Lava Box pedals, it's time we be quiet and let the man play. Frank Falbo holds forth with guitar for your listening pleasure in the Gearwire...  

Offsite Link: For more on the Shape Shifter, visit the official Seymour Duncan site.

Hear An In-depth Demo Of The Seymour Duncan SFX-05 Lava Box From Summer NAMM 2007.

August 09, 2007
Seymour Duncan SFX-05 Lava Box at Summer NAMM 2007
Seymour Duncan's second featured pedal at Summer NAMM 2007 was the SFX-05 Lava Box. This is an amp-like overdrive; if you back off on your volume, the pedal cleans up like a good amp will. When you're playing live, you can...  

Offsite Link: For more on the Shape Shifter, visit the official Seymour Duncan site.

Hear An In-depth Demo Of The Seymour Duncan SFX-07 Shape Shifter Tap Tremolo Stompbox From Summer NAMM 2007.

August 09, 2007
Seymour Duncan Shape Shifter at Summer NAMM 2007
The Seymour Duncan SFX-07 Shape Shifter was named Best in Show at Summer NAMM 2007 by Music, Inc., and Frank Falbo does his best to show us why. It's a 100% analog signal path tremolo pedal, but it has a "digital brain"...  

Offsite Link: For more on the Shape Shifter, visit the official Seymour Duncan site.

International Woodwind Bass Sax Demo Video

August 08, 2007
International Woodwind Bass Sax at Summer NAMM 2007--Caught On Tape!
The International Woodwind IW601 Bass Saxophone is a monster, and it has a deep rumbly sound to match its' impressive size. Joe Wallace caught the bass sax in action on the floor of Summer NAMM 2007. See and hear the bass...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the International Woodwind official site.

Hear A Short Live Demo Of The Electro-Harmonix Micro Octave Multiplexer From Summer NAMM 2007.

August 08, 2007
Electro-Harmonix Micro Octave Multiplexer at Summer NAMM 2007
And here we have the Electro-Harmonix Micro Octave Multiplexer. You know what this one does, right? You add in a sub octave for a bit of complexity... to be honest, Felipe kinda didn't give us all we wanted on this one, but...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Electro-Harmonix official site.

Amazing Bass Sax By International Woodwind: The IW601

August 08, 2007
International Woodwind Bass Sax at Summer NAMM 2007
Ever seen a bass saxophone? They retail around ten thousand dollars in some cases, and are so large that you really need a stand to play one unless you're a gym rat with a serious yen for those back exercises. Gearwire caught...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the International Woodwind official site.

Electro-Harmonix's Mike Matthews Riffs On The MicroPOG At Summer NAMM 2007.

August 08, 2007
Mike Matthews on the MicroPOG at Summer NAMM 2007
Mike Matthews from Electro-Harmonix is back with Rob Warmowski, talking about the MicroPOG at Summer NAMM 2007. This unit doesn't have all the original POG features, but what it does have apparently sounds better than the...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Electro-Harmonix official site.

AI DVZ Realtime Strings Shows Muscle At Summer NAMM 2007

August 08, 2007
Audio Impressions DVZ Realtime Strings: the Powerhouse of NAMM 2007- Part Three

In our final Audio Impressions installment from NAMM, the Gearwire crew watches in awe as Chris Stone shows the real power held within the Audio Impressions DVZ Realtime Strings. The power of this software synth cannot...  


Offsite Link: Visit the official Audio Impressions website at www.audioimpressions.com

Hear A Short Sassy Demo Of The Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron Plus From Summer NAMM 2007.

August 08, 2007
Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron Plus at Summer NAMM 2007
The new Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron Plus pedal is the Q-Tron in a smaller package. The "Plus" refers to an effects loop switch and attack response switch. If you want to bring the funk, here it is in a portable little number...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Electro-Harmonix official site.

Audio Impressions' Chris Stone Talks DVZ Realtime Strings: Part Two

August 08, 2007
Audio Impressions DVZ Realtime Strings Impresses at NAMM: Part Two

The Audio Impressions DVZ Realtime Strings is a composer's dream with fully intuitive controls for organizing your string sections. Instead of being designed like a standard DAW, Audio Impressions have gone to the composers...  


Offsite Link: Visit the official Audio Impressions website here.

Hear The Legendary Mike Matthews From Electro-Harmonix Hold Forth On Hazarai At Summer NAMM 2007.

August 08, 2007
Mike Matthews on the Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai at Summer NAMM 2007
Rob Warmowski cornered Electro-Harmonix's legendary Mike Matthews at Summer NAMM 2007, and asked him to explain "Hazarai," among other things. You'll remember Matthews as the guy who fought the Russian mob and won. He also...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Electro-Harmonix official site.

Hear The Big Fat Organ Sound Of The Electro-Harmonix MicroPOG At Summer NAMM 2007.

August 07, 2007
Electro-Harmonix MicroPOG at Summer NAMM 2007
The Electro-Harmonix MicroPOG is a polyphonic octave generator - allowing you to combine three octaves of the same passage for "that big fat organ sound." Felipe Sosa from Electro-Harmonix teases us with a litte taste of...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Electro-Harmonix official site.

Hear The Blended Flange And Chorus Of The Electro-Harmonix Stereo Electric Mistress At Summer NAMM 2007.

August 07, 2007
Electro-Harmonix Stereo Electric Mistress at Summer NAMM 2007
The Electro-Harmonix Stereo Electric Mistress can be used as a chorus pedal, a flanger pedal, or both at the same time. Not different settings, but blendable effects. Felipe Sosa from Electro-Harmonix gives us a brief but...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Electro-Harmonix official site.

DVZ Demo Of Audio Impressions Realtime Strings At Summer NAMM 2007

August 07, 2007
Audio Impressions Demos DVZ Realtime Strings at Summer NAMM 2007

In two of the best of Gearwire reviews for Summer NAMM 2007, we talked about the Audio Impressions DVZ Realtime Strings hardware turnkey system and software. At NAMM, Chris Stone talked with us for an extended period...  


Offsite Link: Visit the official Audio Impressions website.

Hear A Lengthy Live Demo Of Electro-Harmonix's Packed Stereo Memory Man With Hazarai.

August 07, 2007
Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai at Summer NAMM 2007
Hazarai is a Yiddish term for something like "all the bells and whistles;" and judging from our time with Felipe Sosa, the Electro Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai is aptly named. It has a multi-tap delay, an echo,...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Electro-Harmonix official site.

Roland VG-99 Demonstration Video

August 07, 2007
Roland VG-99 Demo Video
The Roland VG-99 V-Guitar System was one of the highlights of Summer NAMM 2007 in Austin Texas. Gearwire's Joe Walalce got a tasty little demo video of the VG-99, just the playing and knob-twiddling. Before you click on the...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Roland official site.

Logic Pro Audio And Passions Recording Setup

August 07, 2007
Passions Talk Gear, Dave Smith Instruments Evolver, and Playing Live With Limited Resources

A few months ago, I actually had a break to go vinyl shopping, and picked up a record from NYC's Passions off France's Kitsune Maison label. The record was for their single Emergency. I threw it onto my thrift store...  


Offsite Link: Passions are currently signed to the Trouble & Bass record label, and are featured on the Kitsune Maison Compilation 4.

DVZ Realtime Strings

August 06, 2007
Summer NAMM 07 Best of With Bill Holland: DVZ Realtime Strings
It seems that Gearwire's Bill Holland and Rob Warmowski agree when it comes to their picks for Best of Summer NAMM. Warmowski has already thrown in his two cents worth on DVZ, now read all about it from Bill Holland's perspective....  

Offsite Link: Check out Audio Impressions at www.audioimpressions.com.

Learn About The Sustain Plus Parametric EQ Pedal From The TC Electronic Classic Series.

August 06, 2007
TC Electronic Classic Series Sustain Plus Parametric EQ at Summer NAMM 2007
TC Electronic has started to reissue some of the classic pedals that made their name, way back thirty years ago. The Classic Series Sustain Plus Parametric EQ is one example. They claim it gives you "studio quality compression...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the TC Electronic Official site.

Roland's VG-99 V-Guitar System Effects Pedal

August 06, 2007
Roland VG-99 Guitar Processor
The Roland VG-99 is a veritable cornucopia of guitar processing power. We'd like to blame that phrase on the Roland rep, but he could never bring himself to be THAT cheesy. Seriously, this guitar processing unit has some...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Roland official site.

Hear The Tone-shifting Abilities Of The Electro-Harmonix Knockout Pedal At Summer NAMM 2007.

August 06, 2007
Electro-Harmonix Knockout Pedal at Summer NAMM 2007
The Electro-Harmonix Knockout Pedal is an attack equalizer; by tweaking the high-pass and low-pass filters, you can change your sound from Gibson to Strat to Telecaster, with innumerable shades in between. Hear Felipe Sosa...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Electro-Harmonix official site.

See The Details Of TC Electronic's ND-1 Nova Delay Pedal At Summer NAMM 2007.

August 06, 2007
TC Electronic ND-1 Nova Delay Pedal Walkthrough Summer NAMM 2007
You want precise control that's easy to use - and that's what TC-Electronic is going for in the ND-1 Nova Delay pedal. You get very precise delay time control that's adjustable in milliseconds or beats per minute, the ability...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the TC Electronic Official site.

Hear The New Sounds Of The Holy Grail Plus From Summer NAMM 2007.

August 06, 2007
Holy Grail Plus Pedal at Summer NAMM 2007
Electro-Harmonix's Holy Grail Plus is just like the original Holy Grail, but now you can control the amount of decay with an additional knob, and you can also experiment with a couple extra settings. Felipe Sosa rips through...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Electro-Harmonix official site.

Learn About Bass Rolloff From The Sony Rep At Summer NAMM.

August 06, 2007
Sony on Bass Rolloff at Summer NAMM 2007
Ever want to ask what bass rolloff is, but don't want anyone thinking you're stupid? Here's your chance. Actually, Joe Wallace does it for you - he cornered the Sony rep at Summer NAMM 2007 and forced him to hold forth with...  

Offsite Link: More info is at the Sony official site.
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