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Pro Tools Instrument Expansion Pack
Digidesign will introduce and reveal the new Pro Tools Instrument Expansion Pack at this weeks NAMM. Thanks to the AIR Users blog we have the details for it.
Ultrasone Debuts Edition 8 Palladium Headphones
Ultrasone announces the release of its latest special edition headphone – Edition 8 Palladium. Based off the design of the original Edition 8 headphone, these new special edition headphones incorporate lavish accoutrements to create the best sounding and most elegant pair of Ultrasone headphones to date.
EKS Unleashes Otus RAW
EKS, creators of the world’s most innovative and fully configurable DJ controllers, is proud to announce the debut of their latest innovation – Otus RAW. Designed to work as a single or dual deck controller, EKS’ Otus RAW will contain many new features that were requested by professional DJs from around the world. Otus RAW is also designed to fully utilize the possibilities offered by today’s and tomorrow’s DJ software.
Infrasonic releases M49 USB MIDI Controller
Infrasonic M49 is the ultimate tool for your sound creation with various controllers and easy operation. M49 freely maps eight knobs to popular DAWs and software instruments. The circled LED turns on with each tweak, giving you more of a distinguished sense of control.
Massive Threat New Kore Powered instrument
The creator of MASSIVE has developed an instrument packed full of the edgy, dynamic sounds of contemporary electronic music, taking its cue point from the dark, brooding atmosphere and raw, aggressive digitalism of dubstep, wonky and future garage. Building on MASSIVE’s reputation for producing sounds that range from brutal to warm and creamy, MASSIVE THREAT is an essential KORE Instrument for the free KORE 2 PLAYER or KORE 2 that can also be used directly in MASSIVE.
E-MU LONGboard 61 and SHORTboard 49 now available
E-MU® Systems has announced that its new E-MU LONGboard 61 and SHORTboard 49 keyboards are now shipping. These completely new instruments combine great feeling 61-note or 49-note MIDI controller keyboards with a 128-voice professional sample-based instrument with 32-bit effects and a world-class 64MB sound set.
Updates for Stanton System 3 Controllers
Stanton’s much anticipated update to its SCS.3 Serato ScratchLive (SSL) preset is now available. The SCS.3 Serato ScratchLive V2 preset gives you unmatched control over SSL, no matter whether you own a single SCS.3d or the whole SCS.3 system.
Looperlative LP2 mini looper debuts on the WinterNAMM 2010
The Looperlative LP2 is a new mini looper who will make his debute on the Winternamm 2010.
Jomox annouces M Brane11 Analog Membrane Modeling
Two analog T-bridge oscillators become electronic membranes. Why? Because they can be coupled. And because their dampening can be controlled. Then add a little noise, add a little envelope, and the brand new electronic percussion synthesizer of Jomox is ready.
Doepfer DIY Synth Kit
At NAMM we’ll start a new product line: a low cost DIY kit to build a full-fledged analog synthesizer. The kit is made of a pc board that includes all that is necessary to build a standard analog synthesizer.
V-Plugs releases Echo Trip
V-Plugs is proud to announce the release of Echo Trip – a new flexible echo plug-in that offers an accurate emulation of various classic echo units, along with countless modern unusual echo effects. Echo Trip uses advanced physical modeling techniques in order to reproduce the sonic qualities and artifacts generated by tapes, tubes, and mechanics. Among the classic echo units that were investigated during the development process you can find Space Echo, Echoplex, Oil Can, Memory Man and many others. Each nuance of these enchanting machines was carefully learned and implemented, and even the distinct noise that each unit produces was integrated within Echo Trip for an authentic analog sound and feel!
ARTURIA announces version 2.0 of the Prophet V
Arturia announces that the Prophet V, the reproduction of the Prophet 5 and the Prophet VS has been updated to version 2.0.
Peavey Introduces New PV Series Mixers
Peavey has added two new, feature-laden mixers to its long-running PV Series, the PV® 6 USB, and PV® 8 USB. The PV® Series has long been the benchmark of performance and value in audio, and these new PV® mixers reinforce this legacy. With exclusive Peavey reference-quality microphone preamps—featuring an astonishingly low THD (total harmonic distortion) of 0.0007%—these new mixers are equally useful in project studios or live- and program-music mixing situations.
Doepfer Dark Time sequencer [Update]
Not completely official but we came across this rendering of a hardware sequencer by Doepfer called Dark Time. We assume that Doepfer will introduce this machine at this weeks NAMM in Anaheim.
URS releases public beta of new Phat C plug-in
The URS Phat C is a multi purpose analog sounding compressor for individual tracks and buses. It replicates not one but many hardware compressors . Its Input Stage adds saturation to color and effect the compressor’s response to different program material. The six saturation models recreate vintage harmonics and soft clipping that effect transients before compression. Our combination of saturation and compression produces a fat sound with attitude! Phat C.