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NextBeat DJ System From Wacom

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The NextBeat DJ system, aimed at professional DJs.

Wacom’s Nextbeat is a fully integrated professional DJ system, incorporating touch sensor controls and innovative live performance functions. It also features a unique wireless portable control unit that docks with the main device:

Nextbeat combines two digital players, a mixer, effector and sampler in a single lightweight and compact unit. Wacom’s DJ device will be presented at the Winter Music Conference from 24-28 March 2009 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, and the Musikmesse from 1-4 April 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany.

The nextbeat DJ system is scheduled for release across Europe and Japan in Summer 2009.

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BigSeq2

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Ten effects in six blocks, each with its own step sequencer, modulation sequencer, and time base.
The gate and modulation sequencers for each effect block run on their own time-base, allowing different time signatures and step times for each effect.
Each block has several parameters which can be altered via the modulation sequencer for that block.
The effects blocks can be re-arranged in any order.
Each sequencer has three independent modes of operation: forward, reverse, and random step. In addition, each of the twelve sequencers can be completely randomized at regular selectable intervals, for interesting modulation and gating possibilities.
The included effects are VCA, pan, multi-mode filter, fuzz, sine warp, delay (with chorus and flanger modes), frequency shifter (also providing ring mod and phasing), sample rate reduction, bit depth, and our own “Error” effect.
MIDI Learn on all published parameters for external hardware control. (VST only.)

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Hypercyclic

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A free LFO-driven MIDI arpeggiator, gate effect and step sequencer for mangling MIDI input chords.

Supported platforms are Windows (standalone, vst), Mac (standalone, vst, au) and Linux (standalone, vst).

Details:

Two tempo-synced LFOs can be used to modulate various parameters to create interesting rhythmic effects and chord variations. A unique feature is the ability to modulate the sequencer step size itself, which is useful for creating glitchy stuttering effects.

The sweetspot for hypercyclic is the narrow border between chaos and regularity. Or, in other words, how to induce a certain pleasant randomness, yet forcing everything to align again on the bar or beat boundaries.

The product is further complemented by a groove function for playing slightly off the beat. The groove parameters can also be modulated over time by the LFOs, adding to the rhythmic variation.

The main use for hypercyclic is to generate midi that can be recorded and/or sent to other plugins. However it also features a simple built-in synth for testing purposes.

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Roland Fantom VS is part of SONAR 8

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The VS-700R also includes the Roland Fantom VS hardware synthesizer which adds to the full complement of inspiring synthesizers that are included in SONAR 8. The Fantom VS operates as a hardware VSTi instrument with complete access over all parameters accessible via a dedicated software plug-in interface and editor within SONAR.

Because the Fantom VS is DSP powered within the VS-700R I/O, it offers zero latency and CPU loading. SONAR V-Studio 700 provides even more hardware synthesis capabilities with an onboard ARX Expansion Slot. Just like with the Fantom VS, when you plug in an ARX Series Expansion Board you get a second hardware VSTi instrument that integrates seamlessly into SONAR’s workflow. Each ARX expansion board has its own dedicated custom graphic interface and powerful editor.

The ARX-01 Drums and ARX-02 Electric Piano expansion boards powered by Roland’s SuperNATURAL™ sound technology are currently available. A new board, the ARX-03 Brass, will be available March, 2009.

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Commodore C64

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A free application, brings the old-school 8-bit sound of the Commodore C64 to your iPhone and the iPod Touch.

Description:

Enjoy game classics such as ‘Commando’, ‘Arkanoid’, ‘The last V8′ or listen to the music of ‘Rob Hubbard’, ‘Martin Galway’, and many others. Sid Player gives you access to an excerpt of the High Voltage Sid Collection (HVSC) consisting of over 35.000 songs from 1138 authors.

Thanks to the unique sound aesthetics, Sid music is now considered an art of its own and there’s a constant flow of new creations. A Sid file occupies only few kbytes, thus you can quickly download C64 music via EDGE or UMTS and listen for hours.

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M1Active 520 USB

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M1Active 520 USB - a set of studio monitors with USB audio connectivity.

M1Active 520 USB is a pair of active, bi-amplified, two-way reference monitors that are designed to reproduce frequencies from 20,000 Hz all the way down to 56 Hz, covering nearly all frequencies audible to human ears. You can send audio directly from your DAW via USB to the speakers, for low noise, low-distortion signal flow.

The M1Active 520 USB monitors are designed around a five-inch polypropylene low-frequency driver and a one-inch silk dome high-frequency driver. The low-resonance bass-reflex cabinet features beveled edges to reduce edge diffraction and a tuned port for bass extension.

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NLog Synth for iPhone

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Substractive sound algorithm with classic analog waveforms. Professional 44.1 kHz Stereo CD quality with internal high performance realtime floating point engine.

Sound editing features:

2 Oscilators with sine, square, sawtooth and triangle waveforms
Pulsewidth modulation, frequency modulation and ring modulation
Noise generator
Filter with cutoff and resonance control
3 Envelope generators
2 LFOs
Rich set of modulation parameter
Stereo delay with cross-feed
32 factory sounds and 96 user editable sounds

Keyboard:

sliding octave control
dynamic velocity from vertical position
optional after touch modulation

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Roland D-550

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Features:

16 voice polyphony (32 partials with 2 per voice), or 8 voices (using 4 partials per voice in Dual or Split Mode)
Oscillators: Digital (Linear Arithmetic Synthesis) ; PCM,
LFO :  (3 x 2 tones = 6 LFOs)
VCF/VCA FILTER: low-pass-resonant; ADSR envelopes
61 note keyboard with velocity and aftertouch
64 patch memory

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Beat Sequencer BoomBap

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According to its creators, Boombap is designed to make programming a basic “90’s” style hip hop drum beat pattern quick and easy. iPhone Touch and iPhone.

Features:

A total of 85 super punchy kick drums
Crunchy snares, crispy hats & percussion sounds
16 step switches for editing sounds on a sequence
Auto-quantizing so recorded hits always fall on time
Save and load your sequences
Record button to add sounds to a drum loop
Eight drum kits, and ten pads
Close the app and start where you left off
Creating a pattern only takes a few seconds

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Motu BPM

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Complete rhythm production center for Mac and Windows
Combines state-of-the-art rhythm programming technology with playable virtual instrument operation inspired by the classic drum machines of the 80’s and 90’s
Provides complete creative control, from recording and programming individual samples to building and arranging entire songs
Includes a comprehensive, expertly produced urban sound and loop library for urban, R&B, pop, rock and other music styles
Combines drum machine programming, sampling, loops, synthesized drum sounds, multi-sample instrument sounds, mixing, effects processing, song arranging and asset browsing in one streamlined window
Plug-and-play support for hands-on pad controllers such as the Akai MPD32 controller
Exclusive SP1200 Emulation mode faithfully reproduces the unique characteristics of the classic sought-after E-mu SP1200
State-of-the-art environment for laying down beats as quickly as your mind can “hear” them

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