January, 2008 archive

NAMM Update: Roland announced what they call the most powerful and luxurious live workstation in Roland history.
Luxuriate in the details!
The Fantom-G offers an advanced sound engine, the ARX SuperNATURAL expansion bay, a large color LCD, a new audio/MIDI recorder, 88-note Ivory Feel weighted keys (Fantom-G8), 76-note keys (Fantom-G7), and 61-note keys (Fantom-G6).
The Fantom-G’s sound engine [...]

Overloud has announced an update to BREVERB , an algorithmic reverberation Plug-in which faithfully recreates the sound of revered hardware reverbs while keeping CPU load very low.
BREVERB 1.2 will add a standalone mode making it possible to use it on a laptop for live use or as a remote unit in bigger multi-computer studios. A [...]

2008 NAMM Show: TASCAM introduced the DR-1 Portable Digital Recorder.
A pair of microphones is mounted on a variable angle mechanism, which allows the recorder to record from almost anywhere. The unit includes a generous 1GB SD card for hours of recording at MP3 or WAVE file formats. The DR-1 also includes auto gain control and [...]

Numark introduced at the 2008 NAMM Show three bundles designed for laptop DJs:

Total Computer DJ in a Box
Mobile Computer DJ in a Box and
Professional Computer DJ in a Box

Total Computer DJ in a Box is a bundle designed with the beginning DJ in mind. The combination of CUE software and Total Control DJ software controller [...]

Synthogy has announced the release of Ivory Grand Pianos version 1.7, the latest version of their popular and award winning virtual grand piano plug-in. Ivory Grand Pianos 1.7 features compatibility with Apple OS X 10.5 Leopard and 10.4.x Tiger for Universal Binary AU, RTAS, VST and Standalone support. Version 1.7 is available as a free [...]

Tired of Lady of Spain?
Next time you see an accordian player, they’re likely to be plaing Lucky Man, or even some hip-hop.
Roland has announced the FR-2 series V-Accordions. These instruments offer Roland’s Physical Behavior Modeling technology, providing true tone and characteristics of the world’s best accordions, but they are significantly lighter.
They also offer drum [...]

2008 NAMM Show: Roland announced the new E-09W interactive arranger.
The popular E-09 boasts 870 sounds, 70 drum kits, interactive music style including Western, Middle Eastern and Asian, and, 47 Multi-FX, 64-voice polyphony and more.
Roland equipped the board with a built-in 16-track recorder for capturing and developing musical idea.An Easy Mode provides quick, friendly operation while [...]

2008 NAMM Show: Roland anounced the new CD-2e SD/CD recorder.
With high-performance stereo-speaker, stereo mic, and CD-R/RW drive built-in, the CD-2e offers out-of-the-box recording capability. Weighing in at less than 3 lbs (less than most laptops), measuring 2 inches thick, and having the ability to run on six AA batteries, the CD-2e is an extremely portable [...]

Best-named new startup Overloud has announced TH1, a new virtual guitar amp.
Modeled after a wide variety of amplifiers, one of its most unusual features is its ability to “morph” between amps, so the guitar player can “build” his own personal amp. TH1’s Smart Control strip is a row of 8 soft buttons, pots and switches [...]

2008 NAMM Show: Numark announced immediate shipment of Fit For Sound, the first rack-mountable iPod music player to include pro-grade sound delivery, a Universal Dock for iPod, large, easy-to-read buttons, and a remote control with lanyard.
Fit For Sound was designed to meet the needs of both small and large professional venues. Large, easy-to-read controls, RCA [...]