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 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.
Behringer today announced the immediate availability of the TRUTH B2092A high performance active 360-watt studio subwoofer for mono, stereo and surround applications.
Jomox will bring out a small filter box based on the Resonator Neuronium idea. The M-Resonator has a true differential envelope follower and 2 Filters that can be fed back in every way. The filter distorts smoothly.
More info soon soo on Gearjunkies.
Roland recently released the CD-2. Whether your goal is to record audio and make CDs to present a performance or composition for evaluation, to advance your playing skills with the help of High Tech learning tools, to preserve and archive important audio, or to capture unforgettable moments like concerts or public events, the CD-2 will do the job quickly and simply and with professional quality results. The CD-2 records directly to CD or onto popular CompactFlash media (up to 2 GB capacity) for hours of recording time. Once recorded, audio can be edited, processed, and burned to CD.
Dynaudio Acoustic is pleased to introduce a new small yet powerful speaker for post and broadcast production. BM 5A Compact is an active two-way nearfield monitor that provides a solution for uncompromising quality in very small spaces.
When choosing reference monitors for mixing and music production, accuracy is essential. Speakers that sound good on first impression may not necessarily be accurate. What you really need is an honest reference for your mix rather than monitors that have been tweaked or colored to deceptively sound impressive.
TASCAM has released US-2400 version 1.31, a major free upgrade adding new features and improved DAW support. The upgrade includes Soft LCD, an application that displays track names, parameter values and plug-in information on the users monitor.
Digidesign introduced the Mbox 2, a next-generation USB-powered audio/MIDI production system that builds on the performance and simplicity of the original Mbox, Digidesigns most popular personal studio product ever. The original Mbox offered superb sound, a compact hardware design, and easy operation that changed the way songwriters, DJs, studio mixers, and post production engineers created and produced music.
The Lunar Module is an experimental midi controller. Plug it into any synth, keyboard or drum machine with midi input to create sounds not before possible. The controls are photocells which allows the user to control sounds like a Theremin, ( a light Theremin). You use your hands to adjust the amount of light or shadow that reaches each photocell.
In an announcement that unites a world leader in professional audio innovation with an organization that harnesses technology for social good, Australia-based Fairlight today announced its partnership with human rights nonprofit WITNESS. Fairlight and WITNESS will auction a one-of-a-kind, vintage Fairlight CMI signed by legendary musicians and producers, such as Peter Gabriel and Hans Zimmer.
TC Group today announced the complete acquisition of TC-Helicon, world-leading manufacturer of vocal technology products. TC Group previously owned 50% of TC-Helicon, which is headquartered in Canada. By purchasing the remaining 50 % of the shares from IVL Technologies Ltd, TC Group now welcomes TC-Helicon as a full-fledged member of the group, which includes Tannoy, Lab.gruppen, TC Electronic, TC Applied Technologies, and TC-Helicon.
MindPrint launches TRIO USB recording solution. TRIO USB combines all essential outboard components for project studios in just one box – including a high quality audio interface. TRIO USB expands the scope of the innovative TRIO recording and monitoring solution introduced at Winter NAMM. It offers the same channel strip with true analog EQ and Compressor, essential mixing, AUX and DAW inputs and comprehensive monitoring features as found on the original TRIO, but adds USB audio instead of the S/PDIF interface.
The “midiGun” is a novel handheld midi controller. This gunshaped interface was especially designed to remotely control realtime music softwares like Ableton LIVE, Traktor DJ or others.
MV-8000 Workshop Series Now Available – Roland has just released its new 10-volume MV-8000 Workshop Series. Each volume is available as a separate .PDF download, so that you can download them as needed and start creating tracks immediately.