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A GAME OF TWO-HAND TOUCH Gig Gear’s new Two Hand Touch is a wearable iPad and tablet case that secures to the chest via a flexible harness, leaving both hands free to interface with remote-mixing apps during live production. Users can now take full advantage of multi-touch capabilities that come standard in almost all of today’s remote-mixing apps without having to hold the tablet with one hand — making remote mixing an even more efficient option for live engineers. Two models are available to fit both the iPad and iPad Pro, with additional straps to fit other tablet sizes. Contact: GigGear, gig-gear.com
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Now that back-to-school season is over and summer turns to fall, that only means one thing: the holiday season is nearly upon us. It’s time to begin stocking up on those items that could be big sellers during this all-important holiday time. Need ideas of what may be big sellers this year? Here’s the Music & Sound Retailer’s annual guide, comprising 27 products to stock on your shelves. Let us be the first to wish you an admittedly premature but heartfelt happy holidays.
ACE OF BASS Yamaha made two additions to its popular TRBX series of electric basses. Both the four-string TRBX604FM and five-string TRBX605FM boast intricately finished flame maple tops and matching headstock veneers to go along with the features that have established the TRBX series as an industry workhorse, including comfort-contoured mahogany bodies, bolt-on five-piece maple/ mahogany necks and premium electronics, stated the company. Like the popular TRBX500 models, both TRB600 basses are designed to deliver the right tone for every musical style. Custom Yamaha H series pickups use four Alnico V pole pieces per string to offer a wide frequency response and noise-free operation. The flexible onboard electronics allow players to take full advantage of the pickups’ range with an easyto-use balance control and a three-band EQ that can go from active to passive operation with the flip of a switch. Contact: Yamaha, usa.yamaha.com
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Electro-Harmonix released Oceans 11, a compact, affordable pedal packed with advanced functionality and 11 reverb styles: HALL, SPRING, PLATE, REVRS, ECHO, TREM, MOD, DYNA, AUTO-INF, SHIM and POLY. Oceans 11 features powerful, yet intuitive, “hidden” parameters accessible via its Secondary Knob Mode that let the player take greater control of its effects. An internal Tails switch also provides a choice of whether the reverb effect fades out naturally or stops immediately when the pedal is switched to bypass. In most settings, the pedal is also capable of producing infinite reverb, which can be played over with a fresh reverb effect with adjustable parameters. Contact: Electro-Harmonix, ehx.com
SEPTEMBER 2018