The Focusrite Saffire PRO 24 is the latest in Focusrite’s new generation of FireWire audio interfaces. As with all Focusrite interfaces, Saffire PRO 24 is the best sounding interface in its class, attentively designed with recording musicians and the modern home studio in mind.
For a limited time only, Focusrite are running their “Forté4free” campaign, offering their Pro Tools (RTAS and TDM) ISA channel strip plug-in, “Forté Suite”, worth $599, free of charge with every hardware product from their ISA range, including the new ISA One.
Focusrite is proud to announce that the Liquid Saffire 56 is shipping and widely available in stores. The Liquid Saffire 56 is Focusrite’s new flagship Firewire interface. It has generated a great deal of excitement as it marries Focusrite’s celebrated Liquid technology with its new generation of Saffire interface technology (pioneered by the critically acclaimed Saffire Pro40).
CueMix FX has been updated yet again with two new visual diagnostic tools for stereo audio signals: an X-Y Plot and a Phase Analysis. These real time displays join three other recently introduced tools (the FFT, Spectrogram and Oscilloscope) for a total of five powerful new features now available as a free download for all owners of mk3 FireWire audio interface products. Phase and polarity are critical elements of any stereo mix or multi-mic recording session. Find out how you can improve your sound with these advanced, yet easy-to-use tools.
It has been 20 years since Mackie first rocked the foundations of pro audio with the introduction of the CR-1604. Over the course of two decades, Mackie has released countless innovative products that have irrevocably shaped the music industry. Mackie wants to celebrate the past 20 years by asking Mackoids to submit their Mackie stories and photos or Mackie video.
Ultimate Sound Bank has just released Jazzistic, the first add-on soundcard designed specifically for BPM and MachFive. Jazzistic gives you complete access to BPM-compatible kits, patterns, loops and individual sounds, just like BPM’s included library. You will find authentic sounds and instruments entirely dedicated to the artistry of jazz music: drums, double bass, jazz guitar and electric keyboards.
Pilotfish, a progressive industrial design and product development studio based in Munich, Amsterdam and Taipei, today introduced Ondo, a dedicated music editing phone concept. The Ondo concept enables OEMs to visualize a new form of user interaction for mobile phones
Metric Halo has unveiled their new ULN-8, an audio processing converter and interface that features archival-grade converters, enhanced digitally controlled ULN (ultra low-noise, high-headroom) preamps, dedicated analog-domain sends and returns, analog domain 7.1 monitor controller, AES interfacing, and extensive front panel control with metering.
Steinberg is proud to present a new all-in-one production package offering a complete hardware and software solution: Cubase Producer Pack.
Propellerhead Software, makers of the highly acclaimed stand-alone music production system Reason, announces five Producers Conferences to be held on Saturday, May 9th in Stockholm, London, Berlin, New York City and Los Angeles. The Producer Conference offers attendees a direct connection to Propellerhead product specialists, artists, producers and mastering pros.
Hercules, the computer DJ entertainment specialist, unveils the DeeJay Trim 4&6, a USB Audio Interface built for advanced DJ’s who already have a DJ control surface but no audio interface. This professional audio interface not only provides you with an extra USB hub that prevents compatibility issues on some laptops, but also offers a way to preview, talk over and export your mixes. The DeeJay Trim 4&6, recently showcased at Musikmesse 2009 in Germany, will be available in June 2009 for the suggested retail price $249.99.
At the last MusikMesse in Frankfurt Genelec previewed a few new products for thsi year. They introduced the new 1038CF 3-way active monitoring system and an update of the 8020A 2-way active monitor system, appropriately called 8020B. Furtermore they gave us a preview of the 8260A 3-way DSP Active Monitor.
Meet your new oscilloscope. If you own a MK3 MOTU FireWire audio interface, you also now own a powerful oscilloscope, which graphs the amplitude of an audio signal in real time. This allows you to see audio waveforms dynamically, rather than in the frozen state we usually see them as recorded audio. But how can you put an oscilloscope to good use in your day-to-day recording and music-making activity? Watch the new CueMix FX Oscilloscope movie to find out. The CueMix FX Oscilloscope movie is a brief, two-minute presentation that shows the oscilloscope in action and provides several practical examples to get your ideas flowing.
The MusikMesse show is over again, and we’ve spent some quality time in Frankfurt with all the gear lined up ready to play around with. This year’s show was different though, some major players decided not to show and you had to look a bit better to find out what was going on, but there was plenty of new and cool gear to see! Here’s an overview of what we thought was the coolest new gear around.
Lexicon introduced its new I·ONIX U22, U42S, and U82S USB Desktop Recording Interfaces. The I·ONIX Series offers the highest quality hardware and software to provide the user with exceptional recordings. Each model provides all the necessary tools to transform a computer into a professional 24-bit digital recording studio including the USB 2.0 desktop recording interface, Steinberg Cubase LE4 multi-track PC and Mac recording software, Toontrack EZdrummer Lite virtual instrument software, and the new Lexicon Pantheon II VST/AU reverb plug-in.