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.
The X-Rack is a new modular rack system that incorporates a unique Total Recall capability and it is launched with a mono SuperAnalogue dynamics unit as its first module. This combination make it ideal as a stand alone dynamics processing solution for studio or live applications, or working with the flexible inserts of an AWS 900 to provide a complete SSL channel processing solution for the console.
Speck Electronics, a manufacturer of quality professional audio products, today announced it is shipping the X.Sum. The X.Sum is a 1U analog line mixer that will mix 32 signals with unmatched signal routing, generous amounts of headroom, and a neutral signal path. The X.Sum can be used for external DAW summing, line inputs for external mic preamps, or as a submixer for synths and samplers.
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH is pleased to announce Studio Case 2, the successor to its highly successful Studio Case product. Featuring a brand new version of Steinbergs Cubase SE budget sequencer and special versions of six Steinberg VST instruments, Studio Case II will be available for Mac and PC from September 2005.
TerraTec Producer is now shipping PHASE X24 FW, the professional version of PHASE 24 FW. Featuring a range of connection options and sophisticated FireWire technology housed in a stand-alone aluminum chassis, this device is built to convince.
The new Drawmer Three Sum opens up a whole new set of options allowing the engineer to split
the audio into two or three bands and apply his or her own sonic signature to each part of the audio bandwidth.
Unsurpassed MIDI controlling technology from the true pioneers, Novation, is soon to be available in its most compact format to date. The stylish ReMOTE LE 25-, 49- and 61-key USB controller keyboards include some of the best features of the highly regarded ReMOTE Series, tailored down into a smaller, more portable package.
Digidesign is pleased to announce that the new Surround Panner option for the ICON D-Control worksurface is now available. The Surround Panner brings powerful and convenient panning functionality to the center section of the D-Control console.
Sony is introducing two Hi-MD portable recorders at the Summer2005 NAMM convention. The new MZ-M100 and MZ-M10 MiniDisc-based field recorders are designed for musicians and broadcast professionals, and offer superb sound recording and playback capabilities combined with extensive storage capacity at a practical price.
M-Audio has released the new MicroTrack 24/96 digital recorder. Only about the size and weight of a deck of cards, the MicroTrack 24/96 digital recorder is a mobile 2-channel digital recorder that records WAV and MP3 files to CompactFlash media or microdrives.
New from M-Audio is the Fast Track Pro mobile audio/MIDI interface for use with PC and Mac computers. The Fast Track Pro can be seen as the Big Brother of the Fast Track USB, adding even more professional features. Fast Track Pro is designed to let you record with professional results whenever and wherever you want. A single USB connection gives you access to all the I/O you need for microphones and instruments like guitars, as well as MIDI- and S/PDIF-equipped digital audio gear.