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Pictures from the new Roland Jupiter-80 leaked
Synthtopia and Roland Clan have the scoop of the new Jupiter-80 that Roland will announce on the upcomming MusikMesse. We, from Gearjunkies, did know the name and that it will be a VA synth, but we did not find any photos, … until NOW!
RME BOB-16 break-out boxes now shipping
RME starts shipping three different BOB-16 breakout boxes – perfect rack solutions for interconnecting multichannel XLRs with the common D-sub connector format. The BOB-16 connects up to 16 XLR inputs and/or 16 XLR outputs (Neutrik connectors) with two D-sub 25-pin connectors. It works like two breakout cables D-Sub from/to XLR. The usual multicore breakout cables are replaced with a 19” rack mount unit, preventing cable chaos, errors and connection problems.
New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday
These are the releases we have encountered this week on the Loops and Samples front. Just like the quality of the audio software we use these days the quality of the content we use (loops and samples) equally matches the high standards of this software. Below is this weeks selection.
Something for the Weekend: Ziggybox – Cigarette Synthesizer
At first glance, Ziggybox looks like an everyday item for smokers, which one could easily find in a living room. However, it is a synthesizer that generates and modulates sounds by placing cigarettes in the notch of an ashtray or by opening a box of cigarettes.
New Vermona products at next weeks MusikMesse
With the VSR-3 – vintage spring reverb and the Retroverb Lancet Vermona will show two new spring reverb units at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt next week.
Apogee announces Mic
Meet Mic, the portable studio revolution continues. Mic by Apogee is the most compact studio quality USB microphone available for iPad, iPhone and Mac. About the size of an iPhone, Mic makes it easy to capture your best take with incredible quality, anywhere your music takes you. Record any sound you can imagine, from vocals to vibraphones, acoustic to lap steel guitars, pianos to percussion and everything in between, and build a track right on your iPad with GarageBand. Mic is also the perfect companion to JAM, Apogee’s studio quality guitar input. Never before has the personal studio been so portable or so powerful. Join the recording revolution with Mic, JAM and GarageBand on iPad.
Access releases new Virus OS v.4.5.
Access Music released a public beta version of OS 4.5 for the entire Virus TI series including the Virus TI Snow. TIOS 4.5 brings several new types of chorus effect to the Virus TI series, ranging from faithful models of renowned vintage chorus and tremolo effects, to the brand new Hyper Chorus. It also adds a authentic rotary speaker simulation and several new mod matrix sources have been implemented.
Moog introduces the PolyTheremin
Moog Music engineers carrying on the legacy of visionary founder, Robert Moog have announced the first major technical Theremin design advance in over 40 years. The PolyTheremin incorporates bleeding edge Iso Directional Inductive Oscillator Technology, to isolate space around five individual pitch antennas thus enabling each to be played simultaneously (finger-by-finger) without interference from it’s companion antennas. This revolutionary concept breaks the long held belief that the Theremin could only be monophonic instrument.
Focusrite Announce Control 2802 with Audient Design
Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd. and Audient Ltd., both of the UK, announce an agreement whereby Focusrite will commence the production and sale of certain Audient product designs. The first product to be released under this agreement is the Focusrite Control 2802 Dual Layer Mixing Console.
V-Station HD app – Another famous synth coming to the iPad?
The trend that the iPad set last year is undoubtedly not slowing down. The iPad will become more and more a musical tool in the studio and beyond. Last year we saw some synths being recreated for the iPad by Korg for example. Just a few days ago we were sent a picture of another ‘famous’ synth being ‘recreated’ as an app. Is Novation taking the plunge in the app market with a V-Station (HD) app? It seems legit as the V-Station was the VSTi version of their hardware K-Station. So with the popularity of the iPad as an instrument (and the improved midi capabilities) it makes sense that the V-Station would be the synth to recreate as an app.
Ableton Live Maximized
Since the release of MAX FOR LIVE a growing and inspired Ableton user community have built thousands of new instruments, effects and extensions for Ableton Live and shared them with others. Even product developers at Ableton and Cycling ‘74 who programmed Max For Live have been amazed by the diverse range of devices that the Ableton community has produced. Now, it’s time to show others and total Ableton community that Max For Live is not just a tool for Geeks and programmers but also the key to a never ending supply of inspiration for all Ableton Live users.
Apogee Duet 2 Audio Interface Released
Duet 2 is built upon 25 years of Apogee Research and Development. Using cutting-edge components and a state-of-the-art user interface, Duet 2 is the most advanced portable recording design available. A full-color OLED display is only the beginning. Duet 2 features balanced outputs, independent speaker and headphone outputs, configurable touch pads and what many thought impossible, improved sound quality. Duet 2 can record from sampling rates of 44.1 to 192kHz.
New TRAKTOR generation DJ Software Now Available
Native Instruments today announced that the TRAKTOR 2 generation is now available in stores worldwide. The new TRAKTOR generation establishes the next level of versatility and ease-of-use with its TRAKTOR PRO 2 software and TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 2 digital vinyl system as well as its two-deck DUO versions.
M-Audio Venom – Gearjunkies Review
M-Audio, part of the AVID company, is a brand we all know from their MIDI controllers and keyboards and audio interfaces (amongst many more products). So it was a big surprise when M-Audio started teasing us with something that looked like a synthesizer. And, at this years NAMM, there it was, the 12-voice Venom VA synthesizer from M-Audio.Time to get it in the studio and try this baby out.
Final maintenance update for Steinberg Cubase 5
Steinberg is pleased to release the final maintenance update for Cubase 5.5 and Cubase Studio 5.5. The update 5.5.3. improves the stability of both VST Bridge and CD Audio import and resolves VST time info issues with host-synced plug-ins. In addition, it removes the wet lock from REVerence if used on group or FX channels and corrects some smaller issues. Please see the version history for details.