Akai Professional announces the LPD8 laptop pad controller and LPK25 laptop performance keyboard controller. The LPD8 and LPK25 will make their debut at Akai Professional’s booth, number 400, at the Summer NAMM Show held at the Nashville Convention Center, July 17 – 19.
Steinberg is pleased to announce that the new multilingual Knowledge Base is now available to all registered MySteinberg users. Providing answers to frequently asked questions, effective problem-solving tips and other really useful information, the Knowledge Base currently contains all articles in English and German. Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch articles will be added over time to offer the information you’re looking for in your own language.
Another attempt to start a rumour or someone craving for attention. On the Matrixsynth forums we saw the picture below. The Elektron Comprendor! After a closer look it seems to be just another ‘not so good’ photoshop attempt. Furthermore we asked the guys from Elektron: “… Wazzup?” And they clearly stated that this indeed is a hoax! They are working on something new, but the Comprendor is hardly representative for it!
In an effort to cut down on waste, reuse expensive components, and fight the growing disposability of consumer goods, Livid Instruments is pleased to announce the Ohm recycle program. Current owners of the Ohm Classic (a.k.a Ohm36) can send their Ohm control surfaces in to be converted into Ohm64 Models for $349.
Indaba Music JavaFX-powered digital audio workstation has been launched today. The functionality of the DAW allows people, for the first time, to record high-quality uncompressed audio directly to their browser and work both on and offline. The console features advanced web-based mixing and editing tools, real-time effects, and loops – elements that are critical to musicians and that they have paid a pretty penny for in the past. Indaba will also be unveiling a new homepage, community, sessions and studio pages as well as new three new memberships tiers (previously broken down in 2 categories): Basic (free), Pro ($5/month), and Platinum ($25/month).
SPL of Germany have updated the look of the channel strips Track One and Channel One. Both units are now available and join the Frontliner, SPL’s flagship channel strip, to form the new family of SPL designed products.
4 new videos of the Smart AV Tango console with Logic Pro, reviewed at Mercenary Audio have been posted on Youtube. Tango has a combination of Features, Technology, Ergonomics, and Quality that will blow your mind, but not your budget. At an introductory price of US$7,990 Tango is real value for the audio professional and home user alike.
Just when it looked like Focusrite’s Saffire PRO 24 was the most elegantly tailored interfacing solution on the market, along comes the Saffire PRO 24 DSP. The best FireWire audio interface in its class just got a whole lot better.
KRK Systems, the worlds leading manufacturer of powered recording monitors are pleased to announce they are now shipping the R6 passive studio monitor. The R6 incorporates design cues from KRK best selling Rokit line, including radically radiused edges along the front of the cabinet.
Cakewalk, the world leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, today announces the SONAR V-Studio 100 portable music production studio is now shipping worldwide.
Legendary music icon Michael Jackson dies after reports of possible heart attack.
The Los Angeles Times, citing city and law enforcement officials, reported late this afternoon that the singer was dead after being rushed to UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles around 3:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Such a sad loss, especially for his family and for all musicians he inspired with his great music!
Universal Audio is expanding its award-winning UAD platform to laptop users with the release of the UAD-2 SOLO/Laptop, a compact ExpressCard-based DSP Accelerator, now shipping worldwide.
PreSonus is delighted to announce that we have released our new Universal Control version 1.11 software. The installer for this release includes three major components. The first component consists of new 32- and 64-bit drivers for all PreSonus FireStudio-series audio interfaces and the StudioLive 16.4.2 digital mixer. With the new drivers installed, these interfaces now work correctly under 64-bit Windows XP and Vista and will support 64-bit operation in Mac OS X 10.5 and later.
AQI producer Nobuyoshi Sano had announced a new version from the Korg DS10: The Korg DS10 Plus.
Previously available only on DVD, Soundcraft has published its popular Guide To Mixing video series on its own YouTube site, SoundcraftUK. All 18 chapters from this successful tutorial may be viewed online, including sections on microphone placement, setting up a mix and monitor mixing. To complement the video tutorials, a PDF text version may be downloaded from the company’s website.