New AKAI products at this years MusikMesse
Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, will be showcasing new products at Musikmesse.
STUDIO
Cakewalk VS-700C V-Studio Console available for SONAR 8 Producer
The centre-piece of the SONAR V-Studio 700 production system is now available separately as a control surface for SONAR.
Cakewalk announces SONAR V-Studio 100
SONAR V-Studio 100 provides a compact yet feature-rich music production studio that enables musicians to create, record, produce, and perform music – with or without a computer.
Cakewalk SONAR REAC recording system driver update
Cakewalk has announced an update to the Roland Ethernet Audio Communication (REAC) driver for the SONAR REAC Recording System. The new driver includes full support for Vista x64 operating systems and SONAR 8 Producer, making the SONAR REAC Recording System one of the most powerful and versatile systems available today.
Cakewalk announces Rapture 1.2 update
Cakewalk, the world’s leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, today announces a free update for the Rapture wavetable synthesizer. The free Rapture 1.2 Update will be available to registered Rapture customers late April, 2009 at www.cakewalk.com.
Unity Audio intros The Rock Monitor
Years in the making, The Rock! Since 1995 Unity Audio Ltd has been synonymous with distributing professional monitor brands, we have seen and heard it all over the years. Finally, we have decided to design and manufacturer our own range of professional monitors from scratch to overcome other the shortcomings found in most commercially available monitor systems and will deliver what true professionals expect. A brutally honest tool on which you can base the most critical decisions without a second guess or hesitation.
ProSoniq Reverse Engineer Your Music
sonicWORX • Pro uses the latest advances in Digital Signal Processing to split audio signals into their components allowing you to view and edit audio based on the actual sounds present within the mix.
AnaMod introduces the AM670 Stereo Limiter
AnaMod will demonstrate the AM670 Stereo Limiter (Anamod Audio) at the 2009 Frankfurt Music Messe in Frankfurt Germany.
Teenage Engineering OP-1 Display Test
Yesterday we introduced you to the OP-1. A combination between a controller and a synth, at this moment in full development by Teenage Engineering. The video below shows the display development test. According to Teenage Engineering themselves: “This is how the display will look like on the OP. It’s got extremely high PPI, the contrast is crazy, and according to myself, the gfx is bananas!” Watching the video we think they aren’t far off.
RME introduces FireFace 400 USB
The Fireface UC (USB Compact) uses the USB 2.0 high-speed bus and has been uncompromisingly optimized for highest performance under Windows and Mac OS. Based on a newly developed RME Hammerfall core the Fireface UC provides revolutionary ultra-low latencies even with multiple channels, removing current restrictions of typical USB audio interfaces by specially developed transfer methods.
TC-Helicon announce VoiceTone Synth
VoiceTone Synth brings together a collection of extreme exotic and contemporary sonic effects, including jagged HardTuneTM effects, classic Vocoder effects, a voice-controlled synthesizer and vocal distortion and megaphone effects. Now vocalists or anyone looking to add a modern edge to their live performances and studio productions can dial-in these effects instantly with the press of a footswitch.
Thermionic Culture introduces Little Bustard at MusikMesse
Thermionic Culture have released the Little Bustard, their second valve summing mixer which has been designed to complement the Fat Bustard valve summing mixer by increasing the number of inputs channels. Or the new 19” 2u Little Bustard can be used independently by itself as a stand alone mixer.
Thermionic Culture Vulture Anniversary Limited Edition
To celebrate Thermionic Cultures 11th anniversary, Thermionic Culture have announced the Culture Vulture Anniversary Limited Edition. The Anniversay model will be based on the companies current standard Culture Vulture but it has far more radical possibilities, in particular for guitar and bass applications. The production will be limited to 80 units and will have the front panel finished in Thermionic red instead of black.
Jeroen Breebaart updates Red Phatt Pro compressor plugin
Jeroen has updated his Red Phatt Pro VST compressor/expander plugin to version 1.0.1.
Poor man’s SSL mixing deck?
I found on Gearslutz a picture from the SSL X Desk, a small 19 inch, 8 channel analogue mixer. Lets hope this desk will make his appearance on the MusikMesse next week.