Focusrite announces the new Saffire LE
Focusrite brings its FireWire Saffire power to the masses with the new, even more affordable LE.
Studio Hardware
New Digidesign Keyboard available
Digidesign is pleased to announce that the new Pro Tools Custom Keyboards are now available. Designed for Windows and Mac-based Pro Tools systems, these affordable Digidesign Pro Tools Custom Keyboards let users work faster by providing direct access to primary Pro Tools transport and editing functions.
RME debuts ADI-8 QS AD/DA Converter
At AES RME debuts the ADI-8 QS, a new highly flexible and fully featured 8-channel AD/DA converter. The device combines excellent analog circuit design with outstanding low latency AD/DA converter chips.
The RME Revolution for Stage and Studio: RME Micstasy Preamp
8-Channel Remotely Controllable High-End Microphone and Instrument Preamp with a number of unique features and true innovations that will change recording processes radically.
Novation launch the ReMOTE ZeRO SL
A fantastic new desktop controller with the screen and automapping technology from the award-winning SL range of Novation keyboards.
Kore released to the world
Native Instruments is excited to announce that KORE is now available in stores worldwide. KORE has been specifically developed to increase the efficiency, flexibility and ease of working with software instruments and effects in the studio and onstage. KORE is an integrated system consisting of a host software for VST and Audio Units plug-ins, and a tightly integrated hardware controller that includes a professional USB 2.0 audio/MIDI interface. It can be used both as a standalone instrument host as well as a plug-in within any Audio Units-, VST- and RTAS- compatible sequencer program. Due to the sophisticated bi-directional integration of the controller with the KORE software, all major functions of the system can be controlled without the need to touch or even see the computer that runs
the software.
MOTU 64-BIT Windows audio drivers now available
Are you running an XP Pro x64 system? 64-bit Windows drivers for MOTU FireWire and UltraFast USB 2 audio interfaces are now shipping and available for download. The updated 64-bit drivers include 32-bit emulation, allowing you to freely use 64-bit and 32-bit audio software applications simultaneously.
M-Audio releases universal drivers FireWire- and USB-compatible products
M-Audio, a leading provider of creative tools for computer-centric musicians, is proud to bring support for Apples new Intel-based computers to the companies complete line of FireWire- and USB-compatible peripherals.
Monome starts shipping the … Monome
Monome is a collective community responsible for the Monome, a midicontroller with a grid of internally lit tactile pushbuttons. Each button has an internal light. Monome is a USB controller, with 8 rows of 8 illuminated silicone buttons powered with the mapd software (drum machines, loopers, 1bit video transformers, physics models, virtual sliders, math games, etc.) The controller receives and sends MIDI and OSC thru mapd.
News from Novation?
Novation is cooking up something, and we have a lot of reasons to believe that this could be something really cool… there’s currently not much more that can be said about it, other than to hold your breath for more information from Novation.. check back soon!
Solid State Logic introduces the AWS 900+
Responding to the enormous success of the AWS 900 Analogue Workstation System, Solid State Logic, the worlds leading manufacturer of professional digital and analogue consoles, announces the AWS 900+, featuring new control protocols for a wide range of digital audio workstations including Nuendo, Sonar, Digital Performer and Logic.
MI7 distributes the SSL Duende plugin
If you ever dreamed about owning an SSL mixing console in your (project) studio, but could not afford one (or do not have space for it), now there is Duende, SSLs first entry in the digital workstation world. Based on the DSP technology of the companys famous C-Series digital consoles, Duende is a 19 inch (1-Unit) FireWire (1394A) 400MBit rackmount processor that allows you to use premium-grade, SSL plug-ins directly in your favorite DAW audio software (Cubase SX, Logic, Nuendo etc.) at sample rates of up to 96kHz.
SM Pro Audio announces EP84 Multi-Channel mic preamp
The EP84 is the latest multi-channel microphone preamplifier from SM Pro Audio. Packed with quality features and connectivity options, this sturdy 2RU rack-mountable unit is designed to provide studio users with 8 channels of pristine microphone preamplification. The EP84 is the perfect front end for computer audio systems, stand-alone hard disk recorders, or just about any other analog or digital workstation.
Akai professional announces MPD24 USB/MIDI pad control unit
Designed with the sensibility of a drummer/percussionist, the feature-packed MPD24 offers a vastly superior interface over conventional MIDI keyboard triggering of drum and other sampled sounds.
More new TC Electronic products
Next to the Konnekt audio interfaces TC Electronic today announced the new C300 compressor/limiter/gate/expander, the M350 dual engine rack processor and the PCI version of the PowerCore range, called the PCI Express (PCIe) version.