Drum Workshop has added two modern color choices to its Performance series drums. In addition to existing sprayed lacquer options, drummers can now choose from new matte lacquer colors: Metallic Charcoal and Gold Mist. Utilizing pure maple shells handcrafted at DW’s California Custom Shop, the boutique-inspired line offers professional features such as patented HVX shell technology, True-Pitch Tuning, an STM Suspension Tom Mount System, MAG Throw-Off with 3P adjustment and DW Heads by Remo.
IK Multimedia’s Total Studio 3.5 Max and Total VI Max offer two new ways for users to gain access to the company’s catalog of effects processors and virtual instruments. Total Studio Max is the updated and most extensive edition yet of IK’s software suite for music creation and production, while Total VI Max is a new and complete collection focusing solely on virtual instruments. The Total VI Max collection contains more than 15,500 instruments including IK’s SampleTank 4 Max with 16 additional libraries, new SampleTron 2, Miroslav Philharmonik 2 and Syntronik Deluxe.
D’Addario’s Nexxus 360 is a rechargeable headstock tuner with a lithium battery that holds 24 hours of tuning power on a single charge. End-users won’t have to worry about their tuner conking out at a critical moment or having to carry around extra batteries. The discreet clip-on design features 360-degree rotation and a super-bright color LED display that lets players see their tuning status from virtually any angle.
