MACHINEDRUM OS UPGRADE – The best just got better!
Users of Elektrons Machinedrum synthesizer and arranger can now enjoy an overall feature boost. Elektron offers an upgrade to the new OS1.20. The OS is now available from the Elektron Machinedrum webpage free of charge for all current users.
This update adds an additional 117 Preset Patches, 118 Preset Patterns, 17 Preset Rhythm Kits and 9 Preset Samples. This update also adds several new features including the Sample Machine Gun function.
Sunday november 14th we were present with our very own stand at the Dj Expo, held in the Auditorium of the Eindhoven University. An expo showcasing all the latest Dj gear and electronic music production gear (Hard- and Software). It started at an very early hour to built the stand and getting everything set up for the opening at 09.30 am. For entertainment we had set up a three turntable Dj setup. Over the whole of the day we had invited around 15 Dj’s to do 30 minutes sets, which we broadcasted live on the internet.
With more than 3,500 musical artists endorsing its products, Yamaha Corporation of America boasts one of the largest artist rosters in the industry. To showcase those valued relationships, Yamaha has launched a new section on its Website devoted to its affiliated artists.
Access Music is excited to announce the new VIRUS Total Integration (TI) Line of synthesizers, leading the world in a completely new direction with musical instrument and pro-audio convergence. TOTAL INTEGRATION uses innovative technology to greatly expand the VIRUS Synthesizer, resulting in an advanced stage/standalone instrument, while simultaneously extending the product capabilities with a suite of compelling studio integration features.
Demonstrating its commitment to worldwide customer support, Roland Corporation US has now made product manuals available online. From Quick Start Guides, to Owners Manuals and Applications references www.RolandUS.com now offers it all.
We understand how important it is to have this information readily available to our customers, said Roland Director of Product Management and Marketing. Hopefully, due to the intuitive nature of our products, most of our customers will never even have to consult their product manuals—but for those who do, the resources are just a few keystrokes away.
Effective immediately Roland Corp. US will offer online manuals for the current Roland product line. The company intends to post manuals for legacy product in the near future.
Roland is proud to announce that the
Fantom-Xa is now shipping. Roland’s Fantom-X series has redefined the
cutting-edge of sample-based workstation technology. For musicians who want the famous sound and power of a new-generation Fantom, but desire a more cost-effective way to Fantomize their rigs, Roland proudly announces the Fantom-Xa — a multifaceted sampling workstation with an affordable price tag!
Roland proudly announces it is now shipping the Juno-D — the most competitively priced and full-featured synthesizer in its class. Hundreds of radio-ready sounds are packed into the Juno-D’s jet-black metal chassis, along with a world-class array of expressive multi-effects, realtime performance controllers, and tools for groove creation and composition.
Roland is now shipping the DR-880, a rhythm-programming powerhouse that’s loaded with world-class drum, percussion, and bass sounds from Roland’s famous SRX library. It also includes a stunning collection of original waveforms. From rich, sparkling studio drums and deep-dish electronic kits to standard and exotic percussion instruments, the DR-880’s sounds can be played and programmed as is, or customized with powerful tools such as independent compressors and EQs for the kick and snare, and a compressor and selection of COSM amp models for the bass.
Only three months have passed since Focusrite’s acquisition of Novation, yet so many improvements to Novation have already been made; Fantastic news for the thousands of Novation customers, present and future, worldwide. Not only have unit prices been reduced across the board, including the latest addition to the family, the fabulous X-Station, but the now expanded Research and Development team are also busy working on updates, software giveaways and new product development.
Moog Music announces the Etherwave Pro, a fully professional
theremin with unexcelled tone and response. Its features and portability
make it ideal for both stage and studio use. It is the latest development
in Moog Music¹s fifty-year history of building high quality Theremins. Bob
Moog calls it his best sounding theremin ever. ³The Etherwave Pro will set
a new standard for design and workmanship for electronic instruments.²
After the Boreas, Akai presents the DS1000 a topclass 24 bits/192 Khz sampler, 256 MB of RAM,
a hard disk, 36 filters and an multi-effect 4 channels
The price is a shock: around € 4800 incl vat
More specs you will find on the DS1000 product page.
This new version of the MPC2000XL is called MPC2000XL-MCD
The MCD stands for Multiple Card Drive
Roland news: the new Fantom XA, where the A stands for Advantage
Macbeth Studio Systems has introduced the latest in its line of modern analog synthesizers, the M5 Analogue Synthesizer.
The M5 combines features found on several synth classics, including the Minimoog and the Roland SH-101. It’s patchable, but has internal default routings that also lets it be used without any patch cords.