Andover, MA – New from Fishman at NAMM is the Aura Sixteen Programmable Acoustic Imaging Pedal which lets acoustic musicians easily and accurately reproduce the sound of their instrument as miked in a professional studio.

Based on Fishman’s award-winning Aura technology, the Aura Sixteen is easy to set up and use. It eliminates intrusive stage noise and expensive microphone setups…

Some major players in the American guitar market are being sued, along with the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), in several lawsuits that claim the defendants conspired to artificially boost prices on their products in violation of the federal Sherman Antitrust Act.

Defendants include Gibson Guitar Corp., instrument makers Fender…

NAMM – Anaheim, CA., — Audio-Technica, a leading innovator in transducer technology for over 45 years, exhibits its first-ever ribbon microphones, the AT4080 and AT4081 Bidirectional Active Ribbon Microphones, two new offerings from A-T’s expanding 40 Series. Audio-Technica’s R&D team in Japan engineered and manufactured the AT4080 and AT4081 from the ground up, utilizing a hand-built, proprietary design and rugged, durable construction. Both offer smooth, warm and natural sound with precise, articulate detail to meet the critical requirements of today’s recording, broadcast and sound reinforcement professionals….

Portland, Ore., — Beginning this month, Walden will enable guitarists to make purchasing decisions that benefit our environment and take part in reducing the overconsumption of world resources. Its all-solid wood Madera line will be built with 100% FSC-Pure certified tonewoods such as Sitka spruce, Western Red cedar, and South American “True” mahogany. With an FSC Chain-of-Custody (“COC”) certification, all woods on the Madera are tracked from forest to finished instrument thereby guaranteeing its sustainable origins…

Anaheim, CA – NAMM — Tascam has released the DR-2d, a Portable Digital Recorder that brings high-resolution recording to a compact, affordable package. It offers up to 96kHz / 24-bit audio resolution, capturing WAV or MP3 files to SD Card media. The new stereo condenser microphone design has a 74dB signal to noise ratio for dynamic recordings. The Dual recording feature prevents overload…