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SSL announces Duende PCIe
Hot on the heels of the portable Duende Mini unit (launched in Jan 2008 and showing for the first time in Europe), Musikmesse sees the launch of Duende PCIe. Duende puts the legendary SSL sound inside your workstation hardware and makes harnessing the power of the renowned Duende Plug-Ins more integrated than ever.
SSL introduces Matrix project studio console
Revolutionary new console brings together mixing console, router, and workstation control. Solid State Logic, the worlds leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles and provider of creative tools for music, broadcast and post production professionals, proudly announces the release of Matrix at the Frankfurt Musikmesse.
PreSonus introducing StudioLive Digital Mixer
StudioLive is the most powerful and flexible sixteen-channel digital mixer the world has seen, loaded with sixteen high headroom XMAX microphone preamplifiers, built-in 22×18 FireWire recording and playback engine, Fat Channel processing with 4-band EQs, compressors, limiters and gates, DSP effects, six aux buses, four sub-groups, extensive LED metering, talkback and much more.
Is color the new theme at this years Messe?
Only day 1 underway and we noticed some kind of theme this year. Maybe not that many new product innovations but some manufacturers are going colored this year.
New DJAY Software on the block
Algoriddim introduces djay software at the Messe this week. djay 2.0 is taking digital audio players and music mixing applications to the next level with its incredible and innovative new features.
Rob Papen introduces RG guitar plugin
Rob Papen introduced us to RG, a brand new groove plug-in that is far more than just a virtual Rhythm Guitar player.
FAW introduces Circle semi-modular software synthesizer
Future Audio Workshop launched Circle today, a new semi-modular software synthesizer, designed to be easy to use, allowing you to concentrate fully on sound design and performance.
MFB launches MFB-SYNTH 3
This week MFB will launch thier new MFB-SYNTH 3 at the Messe. MFB-SYNTH3 is the semi-modular version of MFBs Synth-II. It trades memory locations and MIDI-control off for 37 patch connectors that allow breaking and modifying the internal routing. Put single MFB-SYNTH3 components under analog sequencer control or let the whole unit interact with your existing modular-synthesizer-system.
Yamaha intros rack version of the Motif XS
Yamaha announced MOTIF-RACK XS Tone generator at this years MusikMesse. The new MOTIF-RACK XS is packed full of inspiring sounds, exciting rhythms and expressive control that spur your creativity to new heights.
Free Your VSTs with SM Pro Audio
SM Pro Audio have three new products at the MusikMesse, the V-Box, V-Rack, and V-Pedal are stand-alone VST plug-in compatible hardware units which the company describe as three of the funkiest standalone VST compatible products ever seen and designed to provide musicians, engineers, producers, and guitarists performance products they can rely on.
TC Electronic introduces Powercore X8 Sonnox edition
TC Electronic has announced the introduction of the limited PowerCore X8 Sonnox Edition, a PowerCore X8 bundled with the highly acclaimed Sonnox Oxford EQ and Sonnox Oxford Dynamics plug-ins.
EKS Otus DJ Controller
Fresh from the Messe, EKS intros their much anticipated Otus Controller for the DJ scene.
Steinberg, Yamaha and FireWire Interfaces
Another co-operation between Steinberg and Yamaha have resulted in two FireWire Interfaces, the MR816 CSX and MR816 X Advanced Integration FireWire audio interfaces. Next to flexible I/O options and DSP-based onboard FX, inclusive the renowned REV-X reverbs, both interfaces offer a software integration and merge with Cubase into a latency-free recording and monitoring environment.
Celemony announces Version 2 of Melodyne plugin
Celemony announces Version 2 of Melodyne plugin at the Frankfurt Musikmesse. The update of the popular audio correction tool will appear in late summer, offering as its most important new feature Direct Note Access. This pioneering technology makes it possible for the first time to detect and edit individual notes within polyphonic audio material. Melodyne plugin 2 will be the first product in the Melodyne family to use Direct Note Access. Customers purchasing Melodyne plugin after the 12th March 2008 will receive the update free of charge.
Focusrite introduce 16 channel version of Liquid Mix
Musik Messe 2008 sees the launch of Focusrites fourth Liquid solution, Liquid Mix 16. Combining the same pool of classic EQ and Compressor emulations with a killer control surface, Focusrite believe that Liquid Mix 16 brings the sound of the priceless and the historically significant, within reach of even the most modest studio owner.