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Audio Ease has unveiled some of the new features that will come with Altiverb 7. Check it out :


Pricing and availability TBA.

The Bridge spans the gap between music production and DJing, creating a natural link between Ableton Live and Serato Scratch Live or ITCH. The Bridge provides a powerful fusion of DJ and production tools, opening a world of opportunities for DJing, remixing and live performance.

You can cross the Bridge in either direction:

Ableton to Serato
The Bridge provides Ableton Transport Control (ATC), giving you turntable-style control of your own multitrack productions. Simply drag an Ableton Live Set to a deck in Scratch Live or ITCH and use your turntables, CDJ or ITCH controller to control the transport.

The Marchin' library by AcousticsampleS is a military marching band set made of :

• two 24' bassdrums
• 8 16' toms pitched differently
• 6 15' snares
• one 18' cymbal
• 2,16Go of samples recorded at 24 bits, 44.1khz.
• Custom mapping, you can assign every element to any key from the interface in two different ways.You can even assign multiple elements to the same key.
• Mapping preset that helps you play multiple elements at the same time.
• Variable mapping repetition to play it with both hands.
• Multiple microphone positions and custom mixing of each element, we recorded each one with one stereo pair around 3 meters away plus one for the up side and one on the down side.
• Advanced cymbal action : releasing the cymbal key wil ...

Cakewalk announces the launch of the FA-66 FireWire Audio Interface for Mac and PC.

The FA-66 is a compact, portable 6-in/6-out FireWire 400/800 audio interface designed for mobile recording and performance professionals. The unit has two XLR/TRS combo inputs with phantom powered mic preamps, with one offering Hi-Z for recording electric guitar or bass, plus two RCA inputs – all with zero latency direct monitoring. The FA-66 delivers 4x4 simultaneous performance at up to 24-bit/192kHz sound quality, or 6x6 simultaneous performance at up to 24-bit/96 kHz.

The FA-66 also features MIDI in/out ports, optical S/PDIF I/O, a built-in analog limiter and indicator, and FireWire bus power. Combining premium audio components and solid, compact construction with support for the latest operating ...

Akai Professional announces the iPK25 keyboard controller for iPhone and iPod Touch.

Features :

• 25-key MIDI keyboard controller for iPhone and iPod touch
• Velocity-sensitive, synth-action keys for expressive performance
• Pitch and modulation wheels, octave +/-, and sound-bank buttons
• Stereo RCA line outputs and headphone jack
• USB/MIDI for virtually any MIDI music software or MIDI hardware devices
• Seamlessly compatible with Akai SynthStation Studio app

The iPK25 will be available from pro audio and musical instrument retailers in March 2010. It has a U.S. Retail Price of $199.00 and an estimated street price of $149.00.

Dave Smith has unveiled a keyboard version of the Mopho, his monophonic analog synthesizer. It has all the features of the original unit plus knobs, switches and a weighted keyboard with velocity and aftertouch. On top of that, owners of the Tetr4 synth can connect the Mopho Keys up to it and create a 5-voice synth with the Mopho as the controller.

This keyboard version will be shipping in about two months with a price tag of $800 US dollars.

Picture by Syncro1.