Numark, the world’s leading manufacturer of products for the DJ market, announces that its NS7 premium performance controller will be available worldwide on March 24, 2009. Numark developed NS7 in strategic partnership with software developer Serato.
Cakewalk today announces availability of free updates for SONAR 8 Producer, SONAR 8 Studio, and SONAR V-Studio 700. The updates are now available as free downloads for registered SONAR 8 and SONAR V-Studio 700 customers at www.cakewalk.com/SONAR83 and www.cakewalk.com/VS700_11, respectively.
Elysia announce the Museq – the musical equalizer – as their third major product. The basic idea behind this analog EQ is the combination of premium sound shaping capabilities with optimally matched parameters which enables the user to find the desired results fast and precisely.
Spectrasonics has released Stylus RMX version 1.7 featuring an innovative and completely new capability called Time Designer which intelligently transforms RMX audio loops into different time signatures and features the ability to Groove Lock the feel of any groove to another all in real time.
Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces the release of MPC5000 OS 2.0, a new operating system for its flagship MPC5000 music production workstation.
Native Instruments today announced that Maschine is now available in stores worldwide.
As of 2009, Apogee Electronics will no longer develop products for the Microsoft Windows platform. Apogee has made this decision in order to focus all research, development, and support resources on the Apple platform with its unparalleled power and stability. Apple offers a wide range of affordable, powerful desktop and laptop solutions ideally suited for music creation and audio production.
Chameleon Labs announced they are shipping the new 7602 MKII Mic Pre/EQ and the 7802 Stereo Opto Tube Compressor.
KRK Systems today announced the availability of the R6 passive studio monitor.
Mackie today announces Vista support for the Onyx FireWire Card and adds Vista 64 support for all FireWire devices. Users of Mackie FireWire interfaces such as the Onyx Satellite, d.Pro Series DJ Mixers and now the Onyx FireWire card can now enjoy support under the Windows Vista operating system. This update not only adds compatibility, but includes feature updates from the previous build. The following FireWire interfaces are compatible with Mackie Audio Driver V1.1.0: Onyx FireWire Card, Onyx Satellite, u.420, u.420d, d.2 Pro, d.4 Pro and TAPCO Link.FireWire.
Allen & Heath ships the first batch of the new iLive-T digital mixing systems today. Launched last month at NAMM 2009, the British manufacturer has been overwhelmed as distributors have placed orders months in advance to cope with demand.
Audio Kontrol 1 is now bundled with an extended software package that includes a pick from the companys range of acclaimed software synthesizers at no further cost.
Now shipping! The Future Retro Orb ($550 USD) is a compact, single-track, step-based digital sequencer-the first in a new line of XS-ories designed to control and complement the company’s XS semi-modular synthesizer, as well as control other analog CV/Gate or MIDI synthesizers and 303 clones.
The Pleasurize Music Foundation is launching a wide-ranging initiative for ending the “Loudness War” being waged by successive music releases. This initiative aims to introduce a dynamic standard through several phases.
Monocircuit Audio proudly presents: Kick-Pack! A brilliant pack of 117 mono kicks that are something else than usual! Weird and unheard kicks from machines that everyone is aware of – Monocircuit Audio Kick-Pack!