Every year at Frankfurt, Germany, the international Musikmesse trade fair brings together some of the most innovative and reputed names in the music, pro-sound and lights business to showcase wide variety of products and ideas. Having major retailers, musicians, professionals and enthusiasts from all over the world, Musikmesse serves as a grand platform to network as well as build businesses. Here are some of the most interesting and innovative products that were launched at Musikmesse 2018.
MALIK ARSHAQ
Products launched at Musikmesse & ProLight and Sound 2018
Every year at Frankfurt, Germany, the international Musikmesse trade fair brings together some of the most innovative and reputed names in the music, pro-sound and lights business to showcase wide variety of products and ideas. Having major retailers, musicians, professionals and enthusiasts from all over the world, Musikmesse serves as a grand platform to network as well as build businesses. Here are some of the most interesting and innovative products that were launched at Musikmesse 2018.
Metal Drum Power
The only known drum kit whose drum shells are forged using stainless steel. Since the vibration characteristics of the shells are of utmost importance, the microstructure of the rings is of a very high consistency. The manufacturing precision and the homogeneity of the drum ring material together with the hard coating of the outside of the ring give the drum a very particular vibration behaviour, which results in a unique sound character. A ceramic coating of approx ¬ imately 0.2mm thickness is applied over the shells to shorten the vibration time and eliminate unwanted extra oscillations. These meticulously crafted German drums are definitely one-of-a-kind and caught the eyes of a lot of music enthusiasts.
Steingraeber & Söhne transducer piano
Steingraeber & Söhne has demonstrated that there are a multitude of professional applications that electronics can offer music. The transducer technology employed in this piano was born out of a collaboration between Robert HP Platz and IRCAM Paris, and optimised in SWR’ s Experimental Studio in Freiburg. The rich grand piano sound is achieved using the physical modelling approach. The various features of the transducer piano include the ability to play in all temperaments, perform quarter-tonal music as the sound of the piano’ s own strings is mixed flawlessly with that of the transducer. The Transducer Grand Piano is controlled by both the pianist themselves and the sound engineer at the computer. The need for an external loudspeaker is eliminated as the transducer acts as a‘ booster‘ to the sound of a live piano, perfect for open-air concerts.
GEWA Drum Workstation G9
The GEWA Drum Workstation is nothing like your run-of-the-mill e-drum module. The multichip architecture separates the trigger processing, sound engine and the 10 inch direct-touch user interface, resulting in optimum performance and easy navigation. The 4GB flash memory allows to load multiple samples from your library without any loading latency. A massive number of samples can be downloaded from the GEWA Electronics cloud or accessed from the 128GB internal storage memory. This device has master XLR outputs, 8 individual outputs as well as a headphones jack. Using the open routing matrix, any of the signals can be assigned to the desired outputs. The GEWA Drum Workstation can also be used as an interface to track drums directly into your favourite DAW via a multi-track USB port. The cutting-edge technology paired with the DW drum shells, the multi effects processing and the exceptional build make the GEWA Drum Workstation G9 an absolute powerhouse.
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