Am I just missing things or does there not seem to be much coming out of NAMM this year?  It really seems to be a lite year to me.
 
Could someone who was there let me know what you think?

They were all at the Grammy's.
Slight deflection, the footage online I've seen, the sound absolutely sucked!
 
OK back to 'narm now...
 

I think the biggest announcement was Slate Microhphone system
and the new Roland TR-808 was only shown behind closed doors.

Is it true that Roland has recreated the TR-808 or are you kidding?
 
I've been hoping that Roland would realize that the success of the other analog synths and beat boxes that have recently come to market makes the idea of reintroducing the 808 seem timely.
 
Any links to info?
 
Thanks. 

mike_mccue
Is it true that Roland has recreated the TR-808 or are you kidding?
 
I've been hoping that Roland would realize that the success of the other analog synths and beat boxes that have recently come to market makes the idea of reintroducing the 808 seem timely.
 
Any links to info?
 
Thanks. 

Sad, I think we've officially run out of ideas. Everything is an emulation or a recreation, always...
 
Here you go...
http://youtu.be/iE9qem7gDKk
 
 

Oh and the Roland AIRA will be head on with Maschine of course which is the modern day TR-808.

Here's a quote from a reporter with MusicTech
 
‘The NAMM show has been stolen’ is what I wrote last week when we got the first glimpses of Roland’s AIRA, a hazy couple of ‘leaked’ pictures of two products, one of which seems to be the next generation of the Roland TR-808. We added to the hype by publishing them , for sure , but the on-line scramble that followed was unprecedented. You see people have been waiting years for Roland to rerelease its classic machines and the TR-808 was just one of the company’s back catalogue that defined dance music. But for many years the company refused. The reasons were many and varied – you can read more about them in the current issue of MusicTech – but now Roland is about to unleash AIRA and has apparently been working on it in secret for years.

And last night, at the end of day 2 at NAMM 2014 in the USA, I became one of the first journalists to see the results. But don’t get too excited as I really can’t reveal what I saw unless it’s from a prison cell. What I can say is that the images you have seen are real, and these things look stunning, Tron like in their inception (I have a thing about Tron mind, so you may not agree). I can also say that what I heard blew me away. One other fact? The original team of Roland engineers was involved.

I’ve been coming to the NAMM show for 20 years now and this has never happened before – products deliberately not on show that end up stealing the show. And it’s not like it’s been a weak show; that Moog Sub 37? Amazing. Elektron Analog Drum Machine? Yes please. I even got excited by an interface from UA yesterday.

But what I saw in a hotel room last night – OK deliberately in some kind of cloak and dagger scenario to max out the impact – genuinely blew me away. I can’t wait to show you (I wasn’t allowed to shoot video but will bring you images in the next issue of MusicTech) and you can be sure that this website will be the first to reveal all so stick with us, it will be worth the wait.

Translation....
It's a Maschine with blue flashing lights.
 

 

 
 
 

Thanks soundtweaker.

Ok, that's pretty cool and hadn't heard about that.
 
Thanks!