BOSS continues its top-selling tradition of portable, affordable multi-trackers with the new BR-800 Digital Recorder (www.BossUS.com/Gear/BR-800), a battery-powered studio to go. The sleek new design is made possible by touch-sensor switches and SD-card recording media. Up to four tracks can be recorded or eight tracks played back simultaneously, plus an additional stereo track dedicated to the built-in rhythm generator.
New to Focusrite’s renowned ISA range of pro audio hardware is the ISA428 MkII, a premium four-channel mic preamp and A-D converter. The ISA428 MkII will supersede the existing ISA428 and will be available at a much more affordable price.
Apple today unveiled a new Mac Pro line with up to 12 processing cores and up to 50 percent greater performance than the previous generation. Featuring the latest quad-core and 6-core Intel Xeon processors, all-new ATI graphics and the option for up to four 512GB solid state drives (SSD), the new Mac Pro continues to deliver amazing performance and expandability for the most demanding consumers and professionals.
Apogee Electronics Corporation introduces Symphony I/O, the most advanced multi-channel professional audio interface available with next-generation sound quality, Logic and Pro Tools compatibility and total I/O flexibility. Perfecting the collaboration between Apogee audio hardware and the Mac, Symphony I/O is the culmination of 25 years of award-winning design experience featuring a unique modular based system which can function in StandAlone Mode or connect directly to a Mac via any Mac-based audio workstation. With Symphony I/O, the new Symphony System sets an unprecedented standard with ground-breaking digital audio conversion technology, new Maestro 2 software, multiple I/O options and ultra low latency performance.
The xpressor 500 is elysia’s new stereo compressor available in API’s 500 series format. Its discrete audio path running in constant class-A mode has been designed to provide superior audio quality, combining a clear and open sound with a good lot of punch.
AirTurn is introducing a first look at its prototype Bluetooth BT-105 page turner footswitch for the iPad and other Bluetooth-equipped computers. While the iPad is a terrific tool for reading digital sheet music, its functionality is actually hampered by the need to touch or swipe the screen to turn pages.
Apogee is very excited to give you a sneak preview of their amazing new product. Symphony I/O is the culmination of 25 years of Apogee design excellence and is the best sounding most advanced multi-channel audio interface Apogee has ever made.
Okay here we go! the Apple iPad has landed in the Netherlands. There is a lot of buzz going on about the iPad and there are a lot DJ, MIDI and music applications. In the next few weeks we will go try some of the most populair apps for the iPad,… Gearjunkies style.
Famous DJ and producer Dubfire tests a new Native Instruments Traktor system at Club Amnesia on July 12th. More details will be revealed in August.
Reloop have announced they will come with a (very) limited edition of their Digital Jockey 2 Interface Edition. It is a very limited edition as there will be only one shipment (in september). Features are the same as the Digital Jockey 2 IE but will come in a white finish with red LEDs.
The Apogee website started teasing us with this picture below. Will this be the successor series for the Rosetta series? We will have to wait until the 26th.
Professional audio equipment manufacturer Alta Moda Audio today debuted the Hippo stereo compressor/limiter, the latest product in Alta Moda’s expanding range of popular 500-series rack products.
After setting the Low End Theory (L.A.) on fire during the recent workshop, early MASCHINE adopters and hip-hop innovators Mr. Invisible still had the juice to record two fresh videos with us. Produced in one inspirational afternoon, these joints show their love for MASCHINE as a groovebox and its potential in the hands of a virtuoso – watch the pad-pressing frenzy of their beat-maker Justin Aswell and believe!
The CDJ-2000s are quickly replacing the CDJ-1000Mk3 as the industry standard player in the world’s biggest clubs, while the CDJ-900 takes root in regular clubs. For semi-pro bedroom DJs and bars and completing the rekordbox™ enabled CDJ line-up, Pioneer recently announced the new CDJ-850, available from August 2010. Video below shows us more on what to expect from the CDJ-850.
The Tube-Tech PE 1C is the Pultec style equalizer. The design marked the birth of Tube-Tech 25 years ago and was created as an exact replica of the original Pultec design. Today, the PE 1C is a vintage classic still in production and can be found in professional recording studios all over the world.