There’s an online petition asking Apple to save the FireWire port on Mac laptops. More than 6,000 people have already signed the petition. Here’s the text of the petition: To: Apple Inc. We all love your products, Apple Inc.! But your recently refreshed line of consumer notebooks lacks the possibility to plug in digital audio… Read More Petition Apple To Save MacBook FireWire Ports
Cakewalk, in collaboration with Roland, has introduced SONAR V-Studio 700, the flagship product in its “next generation” V-Studio line of Cakewalk branded hardware and software solutions. SONAR V-Studio 700 includes: SONAR 8 Producer + the full version of Rapture The VS-700C V-Studio Console The VS-700R V-Studio I/O The Integrated Roland Fantom VS hardware synthesizer Direct… Read More First Look: Cakewalk Sonar V-Studio 700
Mackie has introduced a new line of mixers, designed for computer music production, the U.Series Production Mixers. Mackie U.Series provides flexible connections and a simple user interface. in a nutshell, Mackie is introducing a new line of simple mixers for people that don’t need the bells and whistles, but do want great sound. “The keyboardist, DJ… Read More Mackie Intros New Line Of Budget Computer Audio Mixers
M-Audio may not get that Internet thing – but they have some sweet gear. They’ve also just released new drivers for the KeyStudio 49i keyboard and the MobilePre USB audio interface. KeyStudio 49i Driver version 1.7.2-4 offers several bug fixes and performance enhancements, as well as support for Mac OS X 10.5.4. The update is… Read More New Drivers for KeyStudio 49i and MobilePre USB
TASCAM has announced three recording bundles designed to offer everything you need, besides your computer, to record high-quality audio. TASCAM’s hitting several different price points, to appeal to different budgets and meet different requirements: The Track Pack T1 combines the US-122L audio interface with a dynamic microphone, headphones and Cubase LE4 recording software. Track Pack… Read More Tascam Intros Three Track Pack Recording Bundles
Behringer has introduced the U-CONTROL UMA25S Keyboard controller – a MIDI controller with on-board USB audio interface. The on-board USB audio interface accepts mic or line signals; headphones with boom microphone included. The UMA25S operates on DC, battery or USB power. The UMA25S ships with energy/XT2 Compact BEHRINGER Edition DAW software plus over 100 plug-ins.… Read More Behringer Introduces the UMA25S Keyboard Controller
T.C. Electronic has introduced the Desktop Konnekt 6 FireWire audio interface, which looks like it’s well spec’d out and nicely laid out for a relatively inexpensive audio interface. Features: High resolution meter Tracking reverb level control Direct monitor control with input/DAW control DIM switch for convenient speaker dimming Instant scene recall Separate headphone level control… Read More TC Electronic Intros New Audio Interface
2008 Summer NAMM Show Update: Yamaha announced Audiogram 6 and Audiogram 3, two new Computer Recording Systems (aka digital mixers) designed to easily turn your computer into a tool for recording and editing audio from virtually any microphone, instrument or audio device. The Audiogram Series bundle together a hardware interface with audio inputs and outputs,… Read More Summer NAMM Update:Yamaha Intros AUDIOGRAM Computer Recording Systems
Allen & Heath has unveiled a sweet new DJ mixer/controller – the new Xone:4D performance DJ controller. Evolved from the revolutionary Xone:3D, the Xone:4D has an updated feature set, combining a professional analog DJ mixer with 105 MIDI controls, and a new 96 kHz/24bit 20-channel USB 2.0 soundcard. Features: The mixer section is based on… Read More Allen & Heath Launches Xone:4D DJ Controller
M-Audio has released a new FireWire driver for Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2. This driver update is available immediately for the following devices : FireWire 1814 FireWire 410 FireWire Audiophile FireWire Solo NRV10 Ozonic This driver does not support ProjectMix I/O or ProFire Lightbridge.
