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In celebration of the great response Livid have had this past year for the Ohm controller with hundreds of users now in over 35 countries, they are giving away an Special Edition Ohm package.
KARMA Developer Stephen Kay has now made it possible for M50 owners to have the same KARMA functionality as the higher-end Korg M3 and OASYS, with the release of KARMA M50 Software for the Korg M50 ($199). Running on your PC (Mac/Windows), the software provides you with all of the inspirational and interactive KARMA features, grooves, and KARMA-fied Combis and Programs of the M3. The only difference is that the KARMA engine is provided by the computer, not built-in to the keyboard.
Ueberschall announces three upcoming soundbanks. Electrolines and Synthlines as Liquid Soundbanks, and Dancehall Madness Vol. II as Elastik Soundbank.
The intended release date of July 31th of SCOPE XITE-1 (and SCOPE 5) will be delayed. Sonic Core attach great importance to optimal and stable operation of the hard- and software. For this reason they decided to do more testings and optimisations before the release. Sonic Core are sure that to act in the interests of their customers.
The evil alliance brings you the worst of both worlds, a collaboration between de la Mancha and Runagate, musicians, VST fanatics/developers and sideways thinkers.
MOTU recently introduced Volta at this years WinterNAMM. It is a virtual instrument plug-in that allows users to play and automate modular synthesizers, or any hardware equipped with control voltage (CV) inputs, from their favorite host audio workstation software.
All European customers who have bought Cubase 4 or Cubase studio 4 between December 1, 2008, and March 31, 2009, (GB/DE version) or April 30, 2009, (FR/IT/ES version) are eligible to obtain a Grace Period Update to Cubase 5 and Cubase studio 5 at a special price.
Another bit of news that got snowed under in this years NAMM news rush is this little thingy. Allthough Akai announced the MPK25 officially at this years NAMM, we came across this picture on the Failed Muso blog. It seems that there will be another addition to the MPK series with the MPK88!
SoniqWare PE-1 is a seven bands stereo linear phase parametric equalizer with analog-like fully decramped frequency response, graphical editor, and exclusive shape controls. Designed to provide enhanced sonic clarity and versatility for tonal shaping, mixing and mastering applications.
Last year A Designs released the Hammer, which is a Dual Mono three band Tube EQ engineered with an ingenious filtering system that allows the even harmonics to flow thru the 12AT7 tubes filtering out unwanted noise. At this years NAMM Peter Montessi of A Designs Audio discusses the forthcoming Nail compressor, which is still in development as he discusses the Nail with Brad from Redwagonstudio.
Cakewalk, the worlds leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, announces a new line of four cable-based interfaces designed to easily connect musical instruments and other components to a computer.
M-Audio steals the show with advanced new MIDI controllers, groundbreaking software and more.
Alesis, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional audio equipment and studio electronics, announces M1 Active 520 USB and 320 USB studio monitors with USB audio connectivity. M1Active 520 USB monitors will be on display at the 2009 NAMM Show in Anaheim.
Official video from Ableton at Youtube…