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Open Labs, designer and developer of computer based music production solutions, is proud to introduce the Timbaland Special Edition MiKo keyboard workcenter.

Building on the standard features of the MiKo LX, an all-in-one portable studio powered by Windows XP that is capable of running virtually any Windows XP compatible software including a variety of DAW software, virtual instruments (VSTi), virtual effects (VST) and other music applications, the Timbaland Special Edition is dressed in an all-new Arctic White Chassis. The Timbaland Special Edition MiKo upgraded to 4GB of RAM features E-MU new Proteus X2 Streaming Sound Module V2.5 with over 7,000 instruments, including the new Ensoniq Urban Legends Sound Library that contains the sounds from Ensoniq's ASR/EPS/MR/ASR-X/ZR instruments. ...

Are you ready for Spring? Enjoy all the Flux plug-ins at a very special price, Flux offers a -20% discount on the Spring Pack during February.

The Spring Pack includes the following plug-ins : Pure Compressor, Pure DExpander, Pure Expander, Pure DCompressor, Pure Limiter , Epure and Solera.

Here it is, our last review for January!

"This update is more than essential" says our reviewer, -i snor

To know why, read his words, see his screen captures and listen to his sounds, in this complete review of the 7.4 update.

McDSP will be running a special on the Classic Pack HD and Native bundles for the month of February. Classic Pack HD will run for $995 and Classic Pack Native will run for $495. The Classic Pack includes Analog Channel, CompressorBank, MC2000 and FilterBank.

For more information, please visit their web site.

NUSofting has just released Broken Drum Machine (BDM), a virtual instrument inspired by a combination of several old school beat boxes and the circuit-bending culture around the "toy" Casio and Yamaha keyboards of the 80s.

BDM is a plugin instrument designed for the musicians who love chaos and usually find the unpredictable behaviour of an uncontrollable sound machine stimulating and inspiring. It offers four drum pads in the style of an old beat box- one each for Bass Drum, Snare, Hi-Hat and Stick. Each pad features the usual suspects for shaping the synthesized sound, including tone, decay, pitch, pan and gain.

On top of the standard controls comes the broken factor - each pad features its own sliders for chaos and chance. Chaos sets the amount of variations to the original sound, and chance is the probability algorithm for the chaos to occur. By varying and automating the chaos and chance sliders, you can achieve an infinite range of wild and unpredictable sounds, similar to creating glitches and bleeps by manipulating an analog circuit.

BDM is available for Windows as a VSTi. Until the 15th of February, 2008, BDM can be purchased at the special introductory price of $44.90.

Story & Clark Pianos announced that it's all-new acoustic piano line would come standard with PNOscan , which features MIDI and USB ports, effectively creating a bridge between the world of traditional acoustic pianos and today's leading-edge technologies.

PNOscan, the only retrofit optical recorder on the market, was introduced last fall. Providing full recording and playback capabilities, it uses 88 optical sensors to track the movement of every key as it is played and translates the sound for output via MIDI and USB ports.

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