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Spectrasonics is shipping the new Stylus RMX
Stylus RMX is a completely new groove-based virtual instrument plug-in for Macintosh and Windows. Stylus RMX is the first product to offer the combined power of Groove Control™ with Spectrasonics Advanced Groove Engine (S.A.G.E.™) technology giving users dramatic new control over groove production and performance.
Spectrasonics’ in-house development team created the new instrument from the ground up, with dozens of new features including the ground-breaking Chaos Designer™, a completely redesigned multi-page user interface, a new core library of sounds, all with a focus on realtime groove creation and performance.
Korg announces the kontrol49
The Korg Kontrol49 is a ner keyboard controller with 49 key standard size.
It had the same features as his litte brother the MicroKorg.
It comes with the wavestation from the Korg Legacy Collection.
Electrix is back
An official announcement on there website: Not to say we were ever really gone – thousands of artists have continued
MOTU announces new portable FireWire audio interface
The Traveler is everything you need to turn your computer into a mobile 24-bit, 192kHz digital audio workstation. Powered by your computer’s FireWire bus, the Traveler gives you a complete, battery-operated studio wherever your recording projects take you.
Terratec announces the Aureon 5.1 USB MK II
Flexible high-quality sound solutions were, until now, in short supply. Owners of laptop computers, in particular, are tired of having their ears assaulted by bad sound. Whether it is for your next multimedia presentation, the most recent film highlights on DVD, MP3 songs, or a thrilling soundstage for your high-end games: with the Aureon 5.1 USB MK II you can enjoy first-class sound over 6 channels. It doesn’t matter when or where – it is truly mobile. On your home PC or on the go. No complicate installation or configuration required-no special drivers or separate power supply.
Classical MIDI works introduces wireless MIDI
MIDI Works proudly introduces the MIDIjet wireless MIDI adapter. MIDIjet connects any two pieces of MIDI gear. It is designed for live performances or any other situation where laying MIDI cables is undesirable.
Leapfrogs Rephrase is released
It gives Leapfrog great pleasure to announce that Rephrase is now released! You can now order your copy of Rephrase directly from their website. There is also a free 14-day demo version available to try. They’ve been working very hard over the last months, and they hope that you will like the result!
Gearjunkies DJ Expo report!
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.
Yamaha launches artist section on its website
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.
Edirol releases Mac OS X Drivers
Edirol has released Version 2.0.1 of Mac OS X drivers for 10 audio interfaces. These new drivers offer improved performance under high CPU loads as well as a further reduction in the already-minimal latency factors. In addition, Edirol has also added an uninstaller for easy removal.
Edirol audio devices with version 2.0.1 OS X drivers for the following products:
-M-100FX
-PCR-1 S.L.I.M
-PCR-A30
-SD-90
-UA-20
-UA-25
-UA-3FX
-UA-5 USB
-UA-700
-UR-80
M-Audio announces new audio MIDI FireWire controller
Ozonic is a completely integrated audio/MIDI FireWire production and performance tool designed to streamline making music with your computer.
Battery 2 – full and demo versions now available
After the release of the BATTERY 2 full version, the demo version for Mac OS X and Windows XP are now available as well. The extraordinarily intuitive and multi-facetted drum sampler has been completely renewed. The extended and customizable cell matrix, multi-mode filters, compressors and much more make BATTERY 2 the ultimate weapon for firing blazing beats.
Steinberg announces Virtual Bassist
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH is excited to announce a new addition to its highly successful VIRTUAL PLAYER range of virtual musicians: Virtual Bassist.
Featuring the talents of the programming team behind Virtual Guitarist and Groove Agent, Virtual Bassist provides all manner of bass guitar phrases, sounds and styles, comments Helge Vogt, Steinberg’s Product Manager for VST Instruments. Steinberg is now in the unique position of offering a whole backing band of intelligent, musically-oriented VST instruments directly within the virtual audio environment, adds Vogt.
Renoise 1.5 Beta1 is released
Renoise is the next generation of music tracker software, combining studio quality sound and virtually infinite expandability with a clear and concise interface putting every parameter and option literally at your fingertips!
EKS announces plug’n’play system for DJ’s
XP10 is the first real plug’n’play system for playing digital audio streams. The features are just state-of-the-art, no existing product comes even close. And all this inside an inch thick controller.