Monthly Archives: September 2005

Vestax announces the QFO le

Vestax announces the QFO le

The VESTAX QFO LE , a new revolutionary turntable model has broken the barriers of the common DJ set-up, of mixer in the middle with turntables on each side. A new form of musical expression is captured with the turntable centered with mixer functions encompassing the unit, allowing the user to procreate sound and a new style.

Boss and Roland separated

Roland Corporation U.S. is proud to announce a top-down restructuring of the Los Angeles based organization. Effective immediately BOSS U.S. and Roland U.S. will function as two entirely autonomous companies, complete with separate management and support staff. These recent streamlining measures will allow the two businesses to focus their efforts on Roland and BOSS product sold nationwide.

Roland teams with Massenburg

Roland is proud to announce the release of the much-anticipated Massenburg Hi Resolution Parametric EQ Plug In. In the winter of 2004 the company announced that it would, for the first time, open up its successful V-Studio platform to outside plug-in developers via the VS8F-3 Plug-In Effect Expansion Board. This historic announcement marked a bold initiative at Roland, whereby the company will give V-Studio users access to both high-quality Roland plug-ins and optional 3rd party plug-ins.

WWAYM updates Dynamix to v1.5

WWAYM updates Dynamix to v1.5

WWAYM updated Dynamix to v1.5 and released a Mac OS X version. Available as a VST plug-in, Dynamix is a completely new way to waveshape your sounds. You can use it as a supreme compressor or a mastering limiter, you can distort your sound and if you use more instances of Dynamix at the same time, you can use it as an EQ or as a multiband compressor. Enlarge the stereo space with the stereo knob, give your sound the feeling, you always wanted.

Wave Arts announces Power Suite 5

The critically acclaimed plug-in bundle is now the top of its class, featuring outstanding sound quality, more signal processing power, stunning visual interface design, and world class customer support at a tremendous value. These new Version 5 plug-ins cover the essential aspects of sound design, tracking, mixing and mastering.

Way Out Ware released the TimewARP 2600.

Way Out Ware released the TimewARP 2600.

Way Out Ware has perfected the software synth version of the ARP 2600, called the TimewARP 2600. They have created a remarkable digital simulation of the 2600s fat analog sound while keeping all of the original control features. Plus, some new goodies have been added, making the TimewARP 2600 even better than the real thing!

Antares releases AVOX vocal toolkit

Antares releases AVOX vocal toolkit

From the company that revolutionized vocal production with Auto-Tune comes AVOX, the Antares Vocal Toolkit. With AVOX, Antares has combined five state-of-the-art vocal processing modules to give you the power you need to create stunning vocal tracks in any musical style as well as design unique vocal effects for audio post production applications.

Allen & Heath announces live sound digital mixing system

Allen & Heath announces live sound digital mixing system

Allen & Heath has entered the digital mixer domain with the launch of the iLive digital mixing console system. Developed for live sound applications, iLive’s ‘ground up’ design features an extremely flexible architecture with large-scale audio distribution and control. iLive is designed to bring an analogue feel to digital mixing and draws on the company’s extensive experience in live sound and digital technology.

Allen & Heath launches the Xone:3D

Allen & Heath launches the Xone:3D

A significant leap forward has been taken in DJ technology with the launch of Allen & Heath’s pioneering mixer/controller, the Xone:3D. The unique design is the amalgamation of a high performance DJ mixer, a top spec multi-channel USB soundcard, a comprehensive MIDI control surface, offering a performance workstation that integrates all the tools of the modern DJ.