# NAMM 2012 Rumours and New Release Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 5, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534 "2012-01-05T01:45:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oliosky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9adbd/32.png) [@oliosky](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/oliosky)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/1 "2012-01-05T01:45:15Z")
**NAMM 2012 Rumours and New Release Thread** Anyone know anything about anything that is rumoured to be released at NAMM this year? Post it up in this bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Rev1911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Rev1911](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Rev1911)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/2 "2012-01-05T01:59:15Z")
Nice. Doin’ work. Allen & Heath refresh of the DB4… that’s what I want to be unveiled at NAMM. Do I need it? Of course not. Would it stop me from settling for a DJM-900Nexus? Absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![oliosky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9adbd/32.png) [@oliosky](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/oliosky)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/3 "2012-01-05T02:03:11Z")
Hopefully NAMM will be the emergence of the modular dj midi units. Wants: - x1 width 2 channel mixer unit with xfader. Much like the xone k2 but less xoney. - novation twitch mk2? ---
**Author:** ![Rev1911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Rev1911](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Rev1911)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/4 "2012-01-05T02:04:20Z")
Xoney. I like your style. ---
**Author:** ![mostapha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mostapha/32/14134_2.png) [@mostapha](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/mostapha)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/5 "2012-01-05T02:22:57Z")
A lot of companies will release a lot of stuff that no one needs but everyone on the internet will drool over. Top end professionals–other than Ritchie Hawtin–will largely ignore the whole fiasco except possibly as publicity. I hope someone will make a competitor for the Arturia Analog Experience Laboratory with better designed hardware. Seriously 10 knobs, 10 faders, and 4 buttons on something that’s supposed to be a synth…triple it and we’ll talk. And a desktop or rack unit would be sweet. Basically…a dumb Virus TI with the plugin doing the work and the hardware just being a controller…you know…like Access could have released years ago when they released the first RTAS version. Or basically a Maschine that doesn’t require 10 pages of controls for a soft synth. I wouldn’t mind a version of Maschine that looks more like an EDM-oriented groovebox than an MPC…16 smaller buttons along the bottom instead of a 4x4 grid, everything else moved around a little, and a shape/size closer to the Mikro. Stanton will largely be absent, owing to their recent takeover by Gibson, who haven’t had a chance to bitch slap their entire (aesthetic) design department yet. If Stanton does anything, it’ll be aesthetic redesigns of their existing products…and they’ll probably be a _lot_ less ugly. A lot of people are going to trash-talk the Panasonic reps behind their backs, and there might be someone who actually has the balls to fart at them…but that’s it. There _might_ be the first Thunderbolt audio interfaces, but they’re either going to come from someone like Avid or Apogee and be really expensive or from some random POS company and suck. If it comes from Avid, it’ll still require HDX cards instead of also featuring DSP chips. UA might announce that they’re planning on considering building a Thunderbolt version of their acceleration cards. I’ll compulsively check Skratchworx, DJTT, [recording.org](http://recording.org), and Harmony Central for news despite not actually giving a shit about anything that’ll be released. ---
**Author:** ![Xonetacular](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/xonetacular/32/13588_2.png) [@Xonetacular](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Xonetacular)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/6 "2012-01-05T02:23:39Z")
> [@oliosky](#): > > less xoney. blasphemy. > [@mostapha](#): > > I’ll compulsively check Skratchworx, DJTT, [recording.org](http://recording.org), and Harmony Central for news despite not actually giving a shit about anything that’ll be released. that’s hilarious. Kind of like my feelings towards the Xone: K2. I drooled over it for like two weeks during and after NAMM before realizing it does absolutely nothing I want or need. ---
**Author:** ![mostapha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mostapha/32/14134_2.png) [@mostapha](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/mostapha)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/7 "2012-01-05T02:29:05Z")
> [@oliosky](#): > > less xoney How about just reasonably sized? ---
**Author:** ![oliosky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9adbd/32.png) [@oliosky](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/oliosky)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/8 "2012-01-05T02:32:11Z")
define reasonably sized? ---
**Author:** ![Rev1911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Rev1911](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Rev1911)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/9 "2012-01-05T02:46:53Z")
> [@mostapha](#): > > A lot of companies will release a lot of stuff that no one needs but everyone on the internet will drool over. Your enthusiasm is intoxicating. Doin’ okay over there, buddy? Rough day? I will certainly be following your cupcakes and rainbows coverage of NAMM 2012. Subbed, mos def. ---
**Author:** ![oliosky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9adbd/32.png) [@oliosky](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/oliosky)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/10 "2012-01-05T02:55:57Z")
some filly broke his heart. ---
**Author:** ![JesC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/jesc/32/10376_2.png) [@JesC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/JesC)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/11 "2012-01-05T03:01:15Z")
i heard a rumor, but i can really talk about it ---
**Author:** ![oliosky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9adbd/32.png) [@oliosky](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/oliosky)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/12 "2012-01-05T03:04:15Z")
I heard bananarama were getting back together at NAMM this year as a tribute to Mostapha https://www.youtube.com/embed/IddaRTuYRW4?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![mostapha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mostapha/32/14134_2.png) [@mostapha](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/mostapha)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/13 "2012-01-05T03:20:51Z")
Lol. Sorry…just frustrated. Things are going well…except for the whole money thing. I got something resembling a dream job (or at least a start) except that it doesn’t pay, and I’m having to hustle to get jobs that I know I’ll hate to pay for the gas to get to the one that’s awesome. Also…today’s toys seem so less toy-y than toys of yesteryear. But I’m dealing with that as best I can… ---
**Author:** ![Xonetacular](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/xonetacular/32/13588_2.png) [@Xonetacular](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Xonetacular)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/14 "2012-01-05T03:27:39Z")
> [@mostapha](#): > > except that it doesn’t pay, and I’m having to hustle to get jobs that I know I’ll hate to pay for the gas to get to the one that’s awesome. Gah that sucks that companies are able to get away with that when it’s pretty much always completely illegal to have unpaid internships. ---
**Author:** ![Zhao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zhao](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Zhao)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/15 "2012-01-05T03:36:25Z")
Not necessarily related to NAMM, but tonight at midnight Eastern time, Akai is releasing some new hardware.. they said to get on twitter with the hashtag MPC, so it’ll most likely be an MPC. [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/AkaiPro) its on their wall “Tonight at Midnight (EST) we will change the way you make music forever!” Haha. ---
**Author:** ![cutflow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@cutflow](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/cutflow)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/16 "2012-01-05T03:51:52Z")
> [@Zhao](#): > > Not necessarily related to NAMM, but tonight at midnight Eastern time, Akai is releasing some new hardware.. they said to get on twitter with the hashtag MPC, so it’ll most likely be an MPC. > > [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/AkaiPro) its on their wall > > “Tonight at Midnight (EST) we will change the way you make music forever!” > Haha. “Tonight, we will release another way of getting money out of your pockets! and one year from now we figure out another amazing way to get more money out of your pockets” lol, thats the translation ---
**Author:** ![Xonetacular](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/xonetacular/32/13588_2.png) [@Xonetacular](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Xonetacular)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/17 "2012-01-05T03:55:49Z")
> [@Zhao](#): > > Not necessarily related to NAMM, but tonight at midnight Eastern time, Akai is releasing some new hardware.. they said to get on twitter with the hashtag MPC, so it’ll most likely be an MPC. > > [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/AkaiPro) its on their wall > > “Tonight at Midnight (EST) we will change the way you make music forever!” > Haha. Translation: we’ve lost way too much money from Maschine ---
**Author:** ![mostapha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/mostapha/32/14134_2.png) [@mostapha](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/mostapha)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/18 "2012-01-05T04:00:29Z")
> [@Zhao](#): > > Not necessarily related to NAMM, but tonight at midnight Eastern time, Akai is releasing some new hardware.. they said to get on twitter with the hashtag MPC, so it’ll most likely be an MPC. > > [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/AkaiPro) its on their wall > > “Tonight at Midnight (EST) we will change the way you make music forever!” > Haha. That was immediately preceded by “what does the MPC mean to you?” Direct competition for Maschine? Still all hardware with something like the Access TI2 plugin to give it audio channels into a DAW? See! **_It’s starting already_**. I don’t need to replace Maschine and couldn’t afford to if I did………and I’m going to be one of the ones inadvertently DDoSing [akaipro.com](http://akaipro.com) at midnight. #godhelpme ---
**Author:** ![jimbrowski00](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/jimbrowski00/32/14205_2.png) [@jimbrowski00](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/jimbrowski00)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/19 "2012-01-05T04:06:48Z")
I think it was alluded to on the serato forum of all places, that NI was going to release some special features related to the new timecode… I’m hoping for time code with markers that you can drop a sample or cue exactly on, it would make rocking doubles way easier! ---
**Author:** ![jimbrowski00](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/jimbrowski00/32/14205_2.png) [@jimbrowski00](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/jimbrowski00)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534/20 "2012-01-05T04:09:13Z")
oh yeah… and I have a feeling that numark will update the v7… the x5 for sure is getting an update because its going for super cheap on amazon right now! [Next page](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/namm-2012-rumours-and-new-release-thread/35534.md?page=2)