NAMM Round-Up, Part 1

Stage Directions: The 2015 Winter NAMM show took place last week, from Jan. 22-25, and as always it held a cornucopia of new sound gear. This year’s bumper crop of gear includes new analog mixers from Soundcraft (its Signature Series) and Allen & Heath (Zed Power 1000); an expanded-through-combining digital mixing system from PreSonus (StudioLive AI Mix systems); Portable PA's from JBL (SRX800 Series), Mackie (Freeplay) and others; new wireless microphone systems from Sennheiser (the Evolution Wireless D1), AKG (DMS800) and others; as well as big changes to Pro Tools from Avid and much, much more.