Back from NAMM 2011 with lots of great new products!

Direct Pro Audio is back from the 2011 NAMM Convention... this is our eighth consecutive year! The NAMM Show is one of the largest music product trade shows in the world, founded in 1901. It is held every January in Anaheim, California, at the Anaheim Convention Center.

NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants, the International Music Products Association) has evolved from a national entity representing the interests of music products retailers to an international association including both commercial, reseller members, affiliates and manufacturers.

Direct Pro Audio attends the NAMM Show every year to meet up with our suppliers, and check out all of the new and cool products and specials. Sunny Orange County is a great break from the cold and snow of the Midwest!

 

This year we stayed in style in Newport Beach California at the Newport Beach Marriott. Holy smokes, look at that view! We had an ocean view, and were right next to all of the cool things to do at Fashion Island.


There are so many new and cool products! We are busy right now uploading them to Direct Pro Audio, and we will blog about them here and post links when they are up!

We started our trip to NAMM with the traditional stop at In-N-Out for a great burger! WOW, you can't get that burger experience anywhere else!

Friday night we had a great dinner with our good friends from Yorkville Sound at the Orange County Mining Company. There is no better view and no better steak dinner to be had in all of Southern California! We had a great night with Betty, Joe, and Errol.


Overall the show was a great success for Direct Pro Audio. We are working hard to price and upload all of the newest products we found at NAMM! So check back to our blog over the next couple of days!

JM

Direct Pro Audio Completes New Sound System for Fremont-Mills Iowa School Gym

Check out this cool sound system at the Fremont-Mills Iowa High School Gymnasium! The customer requested a system to be used for multiple events such as sports, assemblies, and theater performance. So we used a Rane RPM 26z as the main speaker processor to recall preset configurations based on the type of event.

The speaker system consisted of nine Community R.25TZ's that we mounted from the ceiling rafters to achieve even coverage throughout the gymnasium. We used Crown CDi amplifiers to  provide plenty of clean power to the speakers.

The system also includes four microphone jacks on the East and West sides of the gym. We included wired and wireless microphones and an portable media player interface.

We finished this cool little job on time and within budget!