Latest News & Articles
Zoom Unveils R8 Multitrack recorder
Zoom takes the turbocharged design of the R24 and reduces the footprint for a portable, powerful music production solution. Like its predecessor, the R8 combines four production tools in a small, incredibly versatile device. In addition to 8-track playback and 2-track simultaneous recording using SD memory cards, the R8 is a digital multi-track recorder, an audio interface, a control surface and a pad sampler.
VST Expression 2 breaks new ground in Cubase 6
Boasting many new features and enhanced functionality, Cubase 6 has already drawn considerable attention since yesterday’s announcement at the NAMM show. Cubase 6 is the latest incarnation of Steinberg’s award-winning advanced music production system.
Mackie presents redesigned MRmk2 Reference Monitors
Mackie announces a complete redesign of its bestselling line of ultra-affordable powered studio monitors – the MRmk2 Mackie Reference Monitors. Featuring class-leading power with unmatched clarity and definition at its price point, the new series is sure to please those looking for a professional monitoring solution for project studios, edit suites and home theatres alike.
Beauty in software control – Monome ARC
Monome’s Brian Crabtree and Kelli Cain have announced a new product for 2011. It is called ARC and accompanies the companies productline with the same simple, esthetic design as the Monome controllers.
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.
Tascam announces US-200 and US-600 audio interfaces
Tascam has launched two stylish, lightweight, units perfectly suited for mobile musicians and home recording enthusiasts: the US-200 and US-600 USB 2.0 Audio/MIDI Interfaces. Each has a MIDI input and output, and each uses USB 2.0 for high-speed, low-latency conversion. Both interfaces have a ¼” stereo headphone output with zero-latency direct monitoring, switchable in either mono or stereo.
Tascam announces the TA-1VP Vocal Processor
Tascam and Antares Audio Technologies have collaborated to create the TA-1VP Vocal Processor, a single-rackspace processor for live performance, house of worship or studio use.
sE electronics unveils the Egg studio monitor
On the NAMM 2011 shop, sE Electronics unvieils no super cool microphone, no new refection screen but a new set of high-end studio monitors: the Egg.
Gemini unveils FirstMix DJ MIDI controller
GEMINI DJ unveiled its FIRSTMIX DJ MIDI controller at NAMM 2011. The FIRSTMIX is a beginner’s entry to the DJ realm. With a computer and the FIRSTMIX, anyone can begin their forays into DJing!
Gemini shows the CDJ-700 tabletop media player
GEMINI DJ unveils its breakthrough new family of media players at NAMM 2011, the CDJ-700 tabletop media player.
Rane introduces MP25 Club Mixer with USB
Meet the Rane MP25 mixer, satisfying the audio and ergonomic demands of performing DJs, in a 19˝ rack format preferred by nightclubs, with a compact 4U design that drops easily into a mobile rig. It’s the same height as a classic Rane MM 8z, MP 24 or MP 22 series Mixer.
iPad Controls PreSonus StudioLive Digital Mixers
PreSonus has released the first dedicated wireless control software for a small-format digital console: StudioLive™ Remote software for the Apple iPad®. At last, you can have wireless remote control of any PreSonus StudioLive-series digital mixer’s channels, auxes, effects, subs, Fat Channel processors, and more. Not only can these functions be controlled from anywhere in a venue by the front-of-house sound person, but custom aux mixes can be simultaneously adjusted by any performer with an iPad.
iZotope releases Stutter Edit
The first product from the cooperation of iZotope and BT is Stutter Edit. It’s an effect. It’s an instrument. It’s Stutter Edit—an innovative tool for both studio and stage, designed by BT and developed by iZotope.
2nd generation Korg Nano controllers
Compact and convenient, with serious functionality and features, nanoSERIES2 incorporates many user-requested enhancements and offers them up in the same ultra-slim casing as the original nanoSERIES. The size and color of the entire series nicely matches a laptop computer.
Korg Presents new Kaoss Pad Quad
Twelve years ago, the first-generation Kaoss Pad exploded onto the DJ/music scene with touchpad-based effect control. Since then, the overwhelming acceptance and popularity of the X-Y touchpad is evident in many Korg products – Kaoss Pad effects, the Kaossilator Series, our padKONTROL and nanoPAD controllers, even the exclusive M3 TouchView™ display – that are now standards in the scene. To this we add the Kaoss Pad Quad, with new effects, functions, and features that truly stand out from the crowd.