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Cakewalk announces new line of Powered Monitor Speakers

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Cakewalk, the world’s leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, announces a new line of powered stereo monitor speakers. The Cakewalk MA-7A Stereo Micro Monitors and MA-15D Digital Stereo Micro Monitors provide an affordable means to deliver high quality sound. Both sets of monitors are perfect for use in a range of settings from the home recording studio, a classroom or media lab, the college dorm room, or your living room media center.

Studio Hardware, Studio Software

Focusrite introduces Saffire PRO 24 DSP

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The Focusrite Saffire PRO 24 DSP is Focusrites latest 16 In / 8 Out FireWire audio interface, featuring real-time DSP-powered tracking and mixing solutions tailor-made for the modern home studio environment.  Alongside DSP-powered Compression and EQ for latency-free tracking and ‘comfort’ reverb, is VRM; a Virtual Reference Monitoring technology that lets you hear your mix in different environments, through different speakers and from different positions, all just using headphones.

Studio Hardware, Studio Software

Cakewalk announces update to SONAR V-Studio 100

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Cakewalk’s SONAR V-Studio 100 music production studio is taking the recording world by storm offering, as it does, a compact and easy to use solution for a whole variety of studio tasks. It integrates a 24-bit/96 kHz USB 2.0 audio interface together with a DAW controller, digital mixer and SD recorder, and also comes bundled with a fantastic software suite called the VS Production Pack. This includes a powerful set of high quality instruments and effects for Mac and PC plus SONAR VS for PC users just getting in to digital recording.

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Akai announces RPM8 studio monitors

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Akai Professional announces their RPM8 reference production studio monitors specifically intended for use with the company’s MPC music production workstations and production controllers. The RPM8 monitors will make their debut at Akai Professional’s booth, number 400, at the Summer NAMM Show held at the Nashville Convention Center, July 17 – 19.

DJ GEAR, Studio Hardware, Studio Software

MOTU BPM 1.04 is now available

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BPM version 1.04 is now available as a free, downloadable update for all registered BPM users. Version 1.04 includes optimizations and enhancements, plus significant new features introduced in versions 1.02 and 1.01, including new Step Sequencer shortcuts and abilities, MIDI beat clock sync, MIDI modulation, expanded Metronome controls, One Shot pads, slice creation in audio files that don’t yet have slices, and the ability to load sliced loops onto pad banks. For complete details, see the PDF documentation included in the 1.04 updater download.

Studio Hardware, Studio Software

New Steinberg knowledge base up and running

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Steinberg is pleased to announce that the new multilingual Knowledge Base is now available to all registered MySteinberg users. Providing answers to frequently asked questions, effective problem-solving tips and other really useful information, the Knowledge Base currently contains all articles in English and German. Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch articles will be added over time to offer the information you’re looking for in your own language.

Studio Hardware

Elektron Comprendor – No comprende!

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Another attempt to start a rumour or someone craving for attention. On the Matrixsynth forums we saw the picture below. The Elektron Comprendor! After a closer look it seems to be just another ‘not so good’ photoshop attempt. Furthermore we asked the guys from Elektron: “… Wazzup?” And they clearly stated that this indeed is a hoax! They are working on something new, but the Comprendor is hardly representative for it!

DJ GEAR, Studio Hardware, Studio Software, VIDEOS

Scratching with your coffee table … kinda!

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Ok, it is not really a coffee table, it just looks like one! No, it is the Microsoft Surface controller/display/thingy. VectorForm, a Microsoft Surface Partner have developed a fun DJ tool for the novice on Microsoft Surface. Vectorforms DJ application started simple, and grew from there. There’s even an iPhone app. Now they have added some features like scratching into the 2.0. version. Via Skratchworx.