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Korg Chairman Tsutomu Katoh Passes

Korg company founder and Chairman Tsutomu Katoh passed away Tuesday morning in Japan, after a long fight with cancer.

President Seiki Kato noted in a statement, "Since he founded Korg Inc. in 1963, Mr. Katoh has led our company with great talent, vision and leadership. He was loved and respected by all the employees and Korg family members, and he made a huge contribution to the lives of countless musicians around the world."

Korg USA President Joseph Castronovo stated, "...His passion and professional goals were one and the same: to provide innovative tools for musicians to help them grow their craft. And those goals remained the same throughout his life and career. He will be deeply missed."

A funeral service will be held March 24 in Japan.

TASCAM's DR-07mkII improves on one of the best-selling portable recorders ever with adjustable microphones, clear sound quality and a great new design. The stereo recorder features a pair of adjustable condenser microphones.

The built-in cardioid pattern mics can be moved from an XY position, for tight imaging, to an AB position, for a wider ambient sound. Choose the best sound depending on the source and environment.

From now until midnight on Sunday 20th March Time&Space's offering 40% off ASK Video tutorial DVDs and downloads, including the bundles!

Tutorials include:

- Live 8, Reason 5, Record 1.5, WaveLab, Kontakt 4, Cubase 5, Pro Tools 8, Logic Pro 8, Absynth 5, Battery 3.

This offer even includes ASK Video's range of mixing and mastering tutorials plus the first of their Studio Concepts series which takes you through a complete journey of the fundamentals of audio recording.
Prices start from: £16.17 / €19.18 Until midnight on Sunday 20th March

Neo DJ FX is a complete collection of sound FX's for Dance genres and Film, Game, TV / Post & Cinematic use.

Includes 645 MB of cutting edge loops and samples, like harmonic and enharmonic Synth Atmos, Dopplers, Rising and Falling Drones, Swishes, Impacts, Metallic Hits and electro-cyber crackles and noises inspired by the hit-movie "Transformers".

This 24-bit sound effect collection contains 38 Seamless Noise and 55 (both harmonic and enharmonic) Synth Atmosphere loops plus the following one-shots: 42 Combined FXs, 30 long Cymbals, 20 special Doppler sounds, 51 Rise/ 52 Fall Drones, 50 Swishes, 48 thundering Impacts, 30 metalic Hits and even 20 great electro-cyber crackles and noises, recreated from the famous Transformers movies.

For the quick and easy usage we attached all sounds as software sampler presets for Kontakt, HALion, EXS24, Reason NN-XT and sfz samplers.

Following a relaxing weekend in the country we're back with a bang with two superb sample packs for your ears. Kick-starting with the fantastic Meat Katie, a man who made it bigs in the Nu-Skool Breaks scene then swiftly coined the genre 'Tech Funk' a gut-rumbling mish-mash of electro, breaks and techno. He returns to Loopmasters to deliver his second collection of greatness 'Tech Funk Producer Vol.2' Second up we have Tech House Styles featuring an inspiring selection of samples to help you craft the next big thing.

Tech House Styles will no doubt prove to be one of the best Selling Tech House sample packs of the year, as it contains a huge palette of inspirational Loops, Melodies, Chords and One-Shot samples for producers looking for current sounds to take their productions to the next level. In addition this pack will be very useful for Minimal, Mainroom and Techno producers.

ESI deliver versatile and robust 49-key aluminium case keyboard

Following the release of their new 25-note keyboard controller in the Autumn, German audio hardware specialist ESI has released the KeyControl 49XT.
Boasting an aluminium case, plug n play capability with no extra power supply required, the KeyControl 49XT is particularly perfect for use on the road and live on stage.

RRP: £111.00 / €129.00