Visual Sound is Now Truetone
After 20 years of innovation in the music products industry, Visual Sound is changing its name to Truetone. Company president and founder, Bob Weil, explains why:“The name of the company…
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Reinhardt Joins Music for All as Marketing Coordinator
Music for All has added Kathryn Reinhardt to its Indianapolis staff as marketing coordinator. Reinhardt joins Music for All having served as a media specialist for several globally recognized public…
Brothers Gow Fly With Chauvet
Brothers Gow has done over 500 live shows since the quintet was formed in Flagstaff, Arizona in late 2007, and it’s safe to say that no two performances have ever…
Jersey Surf Drum Corps Chooses Yorkville for Sound Stadium PA Solution
When Mount Holly New Jersey’s Jersey Surf needed to build a system for their World Class Drum Corps, they looked to Yorkville Sound’s Paraline Series cabinets for a solution, and…
AM&S Promotes McDougall to National Sales Manager
American Music and Sound (AM&S) has announced the promotion of Kris McDougall to the position of national sales manager, transducer products.McDougall is an accomplished sales professional with nearly a decade…
Manhasset Receives Green Manufacturing Award
The Association of Washington Business (AWB), which serves as the state’s Chamber of Commerce and the Manufacturing and Technology Association, announced their selections for manufacturing excellence for 2014 and Manhasset…
Renkus-Heinz Appoints GP Marketing
Renkus-Heinz has announced the appointment of GP Marketing as the company's new representatives for the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.Based in Redmond, WA, GP Marketing was founded by industry veteran Gary…
Katherine Weintraub Wins ISSAC; Chooses P. Mauriat Master-97A
Out of a variety of first prize P. Mauriat saxophones to choose from, competition winner, Katherine Weintraub, chose the new Master-97A.“It’s always an honor to sponsor the competition in the…
Yamaha Helps Take On Type 1 Diabetes
For the seventh consecutive year, Yamaha Cares participated in the Southern California Half Marathon and 5K races to raise money for the Children’s Hospital of Orange County for Type 1…
MMR’s Davis Contributes to Who’s on First
Retired MMR publisher Sid Davis was a contributor to a recent book published by SABR (Society of American Baseball Research), Who’s on First: Replacement Players in World War II, covering major…
Row-Loff Production's Blast Off Series
Row-Loff presents two new packages for your beginning percussionists.Metal Worx - A collection of 4 Grade I-II metal trash can and bucket pieces. Item#BOS015 $25.00Bucket Worx - A collection of…
Behringer Motör 49 and Motör 61
With 61 and 49 keys respectively, the Motör 61 and Motör 49 combine all the features of a professional-quality keyboard controller, plus separate banks of nine touch-sensitive motorized faders and…
HK Audio Lucas Nano 600
Lucas Nano 600 is the world's first crossover PA. The Lucas Nano 600 relies on a pair of small, powerful (up to 123 dB) back-saving satellite speakers for the high…
Turbosound iX Series
Equipped with an onboard two-channel digital mixer fully remote controllable via dedicated iPhone / iPad app or locally via dedicated LCD-based user interface, the iX12 and iX15 speakers also feature…
KORG INC and Noritake Co., Limited Release Vacuum Tube: the Nutube
KORG INC and Noritake Co., Limited are proud to announce the successful development of Nutube, a new miniaturized and high performance tube. In cooperation with Noritake Itron Corporation, KORG INC.…
Apogee Groove
Apogee introduces the Apogee Groove™ – a new portable USB DAC and headphone amp for listening to music on your Mac or PC. Built upon Apogee’s 30-year history of award-winning…
Intellitouch PT10C Chromatic Tuner
Intellitouch Tuners have always been known for their tuning precision and now the folks at OnBoard Research have included a precision digital clock into the new PT10C Tuner. This feature…
JodyJazz JET Tenor Model
JodyJazz Inc have announced the introduction of a new saxophone mouthpiece model, the new JET Tenor. An addition to their extremely successful JET Series of mouthpieces, the new JodyJazz JET…
Airturn PED
The AirTurn PED is the perfect controller for Bluetooth SMART READYequipped Mac, PC, iPad or Android Tablet. Music reading, scrolling lyrics or guitar tabs, teleprompting, slide presentations, instrument effects or…
SKB GoPro Case
The newest GoPro cases are available in either a compact single camera configuration (3i-0705-3-GP1) or in a double camera configuration (3i-0907-4-GP2). Both cases feature camera pockets that can accommodate any…
Audio-Technica AT5045 Cardioid Condenser Microphone
The hand-built AT5045 is a “stick-design,” large-diaphragm electret side-address condenser instrument microphone with a cardioid polar pattern. The AT5045 features a large diaphragm, fast transient response, low noise, the ability to…
Roland Announces New Personnel Appointments
Roland Corporation U.S. has announces three new personnel appointments that align with the company’s current strategic business plan. The announcement was made by Jay Wanamaker, president and CEO of Roland…
Trade Regrets: Layton V. Rawlins
Layton V. Rawlins was the founder of Rawlins Piano Company in Southern California and a veteran of the piano industry. Rawlins witnessed many of the biggest changes within the piano…
Alain Boublil Tours Hal Leonard
Hal Leonard was honored to host famed lyricist and librettist Alain Boublil at its Milwaukee headquarters on March 6th.The world’s longest-running musical, Les Miz is an unforgettable story of heartbreak, passion,…
Ohana Acoustic Compact Bass
Introducing the all-new Ohana Acoustic Bass – an acoustic bass that marries compact ukulele size with full bass sound and sustain. Play it just like a bass guitar, but in uke…
Bugera 2,000-Watt VEYRON Bass Amps
Bugera announced the company’s new 2,000-Watt VEYRON Series bass amplifiers along with a pair of Turbosound-fueled speaker cabinets – the BT115TS and BT210TS.The VEYRON-M BV1001M and VEYRON-T BV1001T amplifiers pack…
Ashdown Woodsman Range of Acoustic Amplifiers
Designed for the new wave of acoustic performers, Ashdown announces the Woodsman family of amplifiers, combining traditional, wooden-cabinets with powerful modern features for live performance and recording.With inputs for microphones…
QickPick Headwear New Colors
QickPick – which offers caps featuring a patent-pending pick pocket built into the visor – is adding new colors to their stock program.Three new colors have been added between two…
Aranjuez Flurocarbon Strings
These strings are brand-new are constructed from heavy polymer (1.6 sg compared to 1.3 sp for nylon). The polymer is tough, and the strings have a smaller diameter. The sound…
ESP LTD BB-1004QM and BB-1005FL
ESP’s LTD Signature Series has expanded with two special new bass offerings. Widely acclaimed jazz fusion bassist and new ESP endorsee Bunny Brunel has helped design the 4-string BB-1004QM and…
Hosa Names Audio Geer Rep of the Year
Hosa Technology is pleased to announce that it has named Audio Geer as its 2014 Rep of the Year award winner. This year’s winner is recognized for exceptional performance with two…
Bass Guitar Suppliers Discuss The Market
As March is one of MMR’s two annual “fretted” issues, we figured we’d turn our attention towards a segment of the overall market that we haven’t explored in depth for…
NAMM Standards: Setting the Standard – Literally!
Adopting, adapting to, and competing with online commerce has been one of the major hurdles facing traditional brick–and–mortar retailers since the ‘90s. The NAMM Standards committee is comprised of a…
Aranjuez Strings
Juan Orozco has been developing and manufacturing strings since the late 1960s, but his guitar education, both as a player and a luthier, began a lot earlier. Orozco started not…
Samick Names Johnston Western Sales Manager
Samick Music Corporation, Inc. (SMC) has announced the appointment of Mike Johnson as Western sales manager of the company’s Musical Instrument Division.In his new role, Johnson will have the responsibility…
ESP and Takamine Announce U.S. Partnership
ESP Guitars and Takamine Guitars have announced a partnership in which Takamine instruments will be available exclusively through ESP and selected dealers in the U.S. This new distribution partnership began…
Yamaha Releases The Custom CSVR Clarinets
The clarinet as an instrument has roots dating all the way back to Ancient Greece, Egypt, the Middle East, and Europe since the Middle Ages. Back then, they were more…