ESP Guitars is introducing a total of 14 new guitar and bass models at the 2005 Winter NAMM Show, according to company president Matt Masciandaro. The new models range from new signature models from top artists to special models commemorating the company’s 30th anniversary.
Five new Signature Series models top ESP’s new offerings. In addition […]

George Lynch has been playing ESP Guitars since back in the day, and he continues to put ‘em through their paces today, either on his solo projects like Lynch/Pilson, or in his band, Lynch Mob.
ESP has had a successful line of George Lynch Signature Series models for some time, and the masses have been screaming […]

Fans of speed metal, alt-thrash, or whatever you wanna call it, need no introduction to the thunderous rock ‘n’ roll of Slayer. Guitarist Jeff Hanneman has been playing ESP guitars for years, and now there’s a new LTD model and a change in his ESP model.
For 2004, the ESP Jeff Hanneman guitar comes in […]

James Hetfield, one of the founding members of rock icons Metallica, has created his fifth signature guitar model. The Truckster is a new ESP Signature Series guitar that is precisely based on Hetfield’s personal custom ESP.
“The Truckster offers every minute detail of James’ ESP, down to the ‘aging’ of the finish, ” says Matt […]

SP Guitars has debuted the Axxion, a new Signature Series guitar from Megadeth founder Dave Mustaine. The Axxion (pronounced “Action”) represents an entirely new custom-designed body style built to Mustaine’s specification. It’s the guitarist’s second ESP signature model, joining the DV8 introduced last year.
Designed for serious rockers, the Axxion’s menacing axe-like shape is accentuated with […]

If you’re visiting Instrumentpro for the first time, welcome. You’re probably here because you’ve decided you want to be a DJ but don’t know where to start, or perhaps because you’re buying as a Birthday or Christmas gift and don’t know what to get. These guides are designed to answer many of the common […]

Tannoy has won the 2005 Home Cinema Choice Award for best speaker system of the year for Arena.
Within just weeks of launching the superb Arena Home Cinema System, Tannoy has received a wealth of praise from the International Press for the product’s outstanding performance, styling and finish quality. Various industry magazines have publicised in-depth reviews.
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Incorporating Tannoy WideBand technology, the Tannoy Ellipse range already sets a highly advanced standard of quality, for reference monitoring. Tannoy Ellipse is a fully time-coherent, 3-way, active system, utilising Dual Concentric driver technology plus a separately housed SuperTweeter. The range comprises two monitors, Ellipse 8 (8” Dual) and Ellipse 10 (10” Dual), offering a choice […]

Taking full advantage of significant advances in digital speaker measuring techniques such as Klippell symmetry and non-linear distortion analysis, laser scanning interferometry, acoustic CAD simulation and our own cutting edge acoustic technologies, Tannoy engineers have developed two new active monitors. The new Precision D Active range incorporates the latest Tannoy Dual Concentric driver and WideBand […]

The new Tannoy Reveal D range of active near field monitoring speakers builds upon the success and recording industry reputation of the famous original Tannoy Reveal Active. When launched in the mid nineties, the Reveal Active was widely recognised as the product that defined the category and has been the active monitor of choice for […]

The new Tannoy Reveal 5A active near field monitor builds upon the success and recording industry reputation of the famous original Tannoy Reveal Active. When launched in the mid nineties, the Reveal Active was widely recognised as the product that defined the category and has been the active monitor of choice for thousands of amateur […]

M-Audio, a leading manufacturer of creative tools for musicians, is proud to announce shipment of the new Transit USB, a high-resolution mobile audio upgrade. Small enough to fit in your shirt pocket, Transit USB brings 24- bit/96kHz recording and playback to any USB-compatible computer. USB bus-powered design allows users to play and record virtually anywhere […]

M-Audio, industry-leading manufacturer and distributor of hardware and software for computer-centric musicians, is proud to announce the new FireWire 1814 recording interface, the Company’s first FireWire interface with ADAT Lightpipe connectivity. The new unit builds on the success of M-Audio’s FireWire 410 and joins the new FireWire Audiophile to seal the Company’s commitment to the […]

M-Audio, a leading provider of creative tools for computer-centric musicians, is proud to announce the distribution of three new software titles—Spectron, Ozone 3 and Trash. All three titles were developed by partner iZotope, Inc. and are available exclusively through M-Audio.
Spectron—64-bit Spectral Domain Effects Processing
Spectron is a complete effects processing software package. Of course, users will […]

Ableton proudly announces the worldwide release of Operator, a powerful new software synthesizer instrument optimized for use inside Live 4, Ableton’s award-winning real-time music production platform. Operator brings an eclectic spectrum of sonic possibilities and musical inspiration to Ableton Live users. True to Ableton’s philosophy, Operator invites creativity through the fusion of depth and usability, […]

M-Audio and Digidesign are proud to announce that Pro Tools M-Powered software is now shipping. Pro Tools M-Powered is an exciting new version of Digidesign’s award-winning Pro Tools software designed to work with select M-Audio hardware peripherals. An ideal way to professionally record, edit, and mix your music, Pro Tools M-Powered software includes many of […]

Denon was displaying the new DN-S3000 professional tabletop CD/MP3 player with active turntable platter for real-time user interaction. The live motor-driven “active platter” — a world’s first from Denon — can be used to scratch, backspin, brake, search, and otherwise manipulate as if it was an analog turntable. To complete the authentic feel of analog […]

Denon DJ unveil the new DN-X1500 4-channel 12″ mixer, the latest addition to Denon’s ongoing line of professional DJ equipment. Designed to complement its critically acclaimed DN-S5000 and DN-S3000 tabletop CD/MP3 players, this new tabletop mixer features a built-in sampler, matrix switching, effects, and a USB port. The Denon DN-X1500 offers a control surface that […]

Denon DJ has expanded its line of Dual CD/MP3 Players with the introduction of the rack-mountable DN-D6000 Professional Dual CD/MP3 Player.
The DN-D6000 boasts an extensive MP3 feature set and Next Track Reserve with crossfade function. This not only makes the DN-D6000 suited to mobile DJs, club DJs and other working DJs, but the inclusion […]

Denon DJ has unveiled the latest round of software plug-ins available for its line of performance-driven DJ products. Downloadable software is available free-of-charge to all Denon DJ registered users via denondj.com. The new software enhancements provide an array of new features for the acclaimed DN-X1500 Professional DJ Mixer, DN-S5000 and DN-S3000 Tabletop CD/MP3 Players, […]