NAMM 2009 is in progress and so far the most exciting news is Ableton finally developing a dedicated controller for its Live software. Add to that the expected 8.0 update, Share (for remote collaboration), MAX (toolkit for making new devices in Live), and you've got one of the hardest working, best producing music software (and now hardware) companies in the business.
Serato's recent partnership with Ableton yeilds no real news at NAMM.
Torq's recent release of their 1.5 software is awesome, but we must wait for them to iron out the kinks before committing to the upgrade. Full VST support, MTC (MIDI timecode) implementation, vastly improved time stretch algorithms are a few of the features that will eventually make it a true contender for the top slot for digital DJs, especially controllerists.
Native Instruments introduces a hardware controller dubbed "Maschine."
Akai's MPC controllers continue to dominate, now extending their concepts to units dedicated to Ableton and Native Instruments software. The classic hip-hop beat machine gathers no dust.
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