Under the title Kore Days World Tour, Native Instruments has initiated a tour at local distributors World Wide. The KORE Days kick off from May 8th at NIs top dealers worldwide. Each participating store will host an event in which KORE will be presented in detail by selected product specialists. All aspects of KORE will be covered, from creating new sounds and using the Sound Browser to using KORE in a sequencer or live on stage.
Are you running an XP Pro x64 system? 64-bit Windows drivers for MOTU FireWire and UltraFast USB 2 audio interfaces are now shipping and available for download. The updated 64-bit drivers include 32-bit emulation, allowing you to freely use 64-bit and 32-bit audio software applications simultaneously.
Responding to the enormous success of the AWS 900 Analogue Workstation System, Solid State Logic, the worlds leading manufacturer of professional digital and analogue consoles, announces the AWS 900+, featuring new control protocols for a wide range of digital audio workstations including Nuendo, Sonar, Digital Performer and Logic.
If you ever dreamed about owning an SSL mixing console in your (project) studio, but could not afford one (or do not have space for it), now there is Duende, SSLs first entry in the digital workstation world. Based on the DSP technology of the companys famous C-Series digital consoles, Duende is a 19 inch (1-Unit) FireWire (1394A) 400MBit rackmount processor that allows you to use premium-grade, SSL plug-ins directly in your favorite DAW audio software (Cubase SX, Logic, Nuendo etc.) at sample rates of up to 96kHz.
So what was new at the MusikMesse of this year? It must be said that this edition of the MusikMesse didn’t introduce as many new gear as the 2005 edition did. The only product that really ‘took the cake’ was undoubtedly the new Moog. For weeks and months there was the buzz on the internet what Moog would come with, … the Little Phatty. It was the last product the late and great Boob Moog worked on.
Next to the Phatty there was the new KORE from Native Instruments. Again with an extensive pre-Messe publicity coverage, the Kore got unveiled at the MusikMesse after being announced at the WinterNAMM earlier this year in Anaheim, USA.
The list below covers just a small selection of the gear that we think were the most interesting, and stood out the most.
The EP84 is the latest multi-channel microphone preamplifier from SM Pro Audio. Packed with quality features and connectivity options, this sturdy 2RU rack-mountable unit is designed to provide studio users with 8 channels of pristine microphone preamplification. The EP84 is the perfect front end for computer audio systems, stand-alone hard disk recorders, or just about any other analog or digital workstation.
Next to the Konnekt audio interfaces TC Electronic today announced the new C300 compressor/limiter/gate/expander, the M350 dual engine rack processor and the PCI version of the PowerCore range, called the PCI Express (PCIe) version.
The ADI-6432 is a 64-channel bi-directional MADI – AES converter. The compact device (19″, 2U) supports 64 channels at up to 48 kHz, 32 channels at up to 96, and 16 channels at up to 192 kHz, all at 24 bit.
RME will introduce the little brother of its Fireface 800 – a device that has revolutionized the world of FireWire audio interfaces.
RMEs new MADI converter will be presented on the Frankfurt Musikmesse. This highly practical device, a new item in RMEs Premium Line series, converts MADI digital audio streams from optical format to coaxial and from coaxial to optical.
Revolutionary Liquid Multi-channel Firewire Mix Processor!
MI7, the new concept for distribution of media and music production products and solutions, headquartered in Malmö, Sweden is pleased to announce the signing of a partnership agreement with Portuguese distribution company Visound, effectively making Visound part of the MI7 pan-European network.
MBF announces on there website two new products: the Step64, a 64 staps sequencer and a new filter the MultiFilter.
New Macintosh Universal Binary driver update! Now use TranzPort with your new Intel-based Mac. Frontier Design have been busy adding to TranzPorts broad support making it what they say is the most efficient tool for all of todays DAW environments. A new Macintosh Universal Binary driver update is now available. This update allows users to fully integrate TranzPort with new Intel-based iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro systems, while still remaining compatible with existing G4 and G5 computers.
Digidesign is pleased to announce the D-Show 2.0 software upgrade for the VENUE live sound environment.