Monthly Archives: April 2011

Akai RPM3 Monitors announced at the Messe

Akai RPM3 Monitors announced at the Messe

Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announce their new hybrid reference monitors and USB audio interface system, RPM3. RPM3 monitors provide full-range frequency response to ensure audio reference that is true, yet powerful. A Bass Boost switch helps emphasize low frequencies, enabling users to tailor the speaker’s response to a wide variety of listening environments. The lightweight and portable design means the RPM3 system can be easily placed in a carrying case and taken on the road, allowing for reference monitoring anywhere.

Numark M8 Mixer with digital effects announced

Numark M8 Mixer with digital effects announced

Numark, the world’s leading manufacturer of DJ technology, introduces the M8, a professional four-channel DJ mixer with integrated effects. Regardless of a DJ’s source material, the M8 mixer is designed to serve as the heart of any DJ rig. With the M8, DJs can mix vinyl, CDs, a microphone or any other line-level audio source using the mixer’s four-channels. There’s even a pair of RCA inputs right on top so that DJs can easily connect a portable music player or smartphone as a playback source.

Alesis NanoVerb 2 announced

Alesis NanoVerb 2 announced

Alesis, a leading manufacturer of professional audio electronics and musical instruments, announces the NanoVerb 2, a compact digital effects processor for musicians, sound engineers, recording artists and more. The NanoVerb 2 is an audio DSP processor that features 256 musical effects algorithms in a compact, easy-to-use and affordable package. The NanoVerb 2’s large palette of options includes lush hall, plate and room reverbs, rich and true stereo chorus, flange, delay and rotary speaker emulation. In addition, the NanoVerb 2’s 52-bit DSP resolution ensures sonic quality that allows it to easily be used for any effects application from guitar rigs to studio recording.

Alesis 3632 Compressor introduced

Alesis 3632 Compressor introduced

Alesis, a leading manufacturer of professional audio electronics and musical instruments, announces the 3632 Compressor, a dual-channel compressor, limiter, and gate unit. The Alesis 3630 Compressor™ is the most popular dynamics processor ever made. Its successor, the 3632 Compressor, builds on the 3630’s popular design and features. The single rack-space unit provides two independent, fully featured compressor and limiter units with excellent sonic quality for any application from studio recording to live sound or broadcast.

Akai EIE I/O premium audio interface and USB hub announced

Akai EIE I/O premium audio interface and USB hub announced

Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces the new EIE I/O premium audio interface and USB hub. The EIE I/O is a tabletop USB audio interface perfectly tailored for project and portable studio setups. This four-in, four-out (4×4) device enables users on Mac and PC-based systems to record up to 24-bit resolution into virtually any DAW, recording or performance software. The EIE I/O also houses three convenient USB inputs, in addition to its main USB port, enabling users to connect controllers, hard drives or any other peripheral when native ports on a computer may be limited. The compact recording interface contains high-quality components including nickel-plated input jacks, analog-style VU meters and a rugged aluminum casing for a powerful, professional, portable audio solution.

Vermona Filter Lancet presented at the Messe as well

Vermona Filter Lancet presented at the Messe as well

Vermona will be presenting even more new products this week in Frankfurt, Germany. At the MusikMesse they will also unveil the new Filter Lancet. It’s basically the filter section of the new Retroverb Lancet for those who don’t need the reverb effect. It has lowpass, highpass and bandpass mode, a LFO with six shapes including sample & hold, an envelope generator with attack-decay when triggered from audio signal or attack-sustain-release when triggered via gate. There also is an envelope follower and an input for an external control voltage source. The input signal can be fattened via overdrive and the BALLS circuitry.

RME Fireface UFX updated with revolutionary Direct USB Recording

RME Fireface UFX updated with revolutionary Direct USB Recording

RME upgrades the award-winning Fireface UFX with a new and revolutionary feature: an integrated recorder for all inputs and outputs directly to USB memory devices with up to 2 TB. Live concerts, band rehearsals or spontaneous jam sessions can be directly recorded and played back from the medium – plugged into the front of the interface – even completely stand-alone without computer or software. All 60 input and output channels can be individually chosen for recording.