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The ROKIT RP10-3 offers Glass Aramid Composite 10-inch low and four-inch mid frequency drivers for excellent transient response and accurate vocal reproduction. The tweeter waveguide design provides amazing detail and imaging by optimizing directivity and improving phase response. The KRK High Efficiency Tri-Amp triple amplification system provides discrete, low-distortion power expertly tailored to maximize the performance from each component speaker, while the three-way crossover systems ensure smooth and accurate frequency response appropriate to each component.

The cabinets are capable of delivering a clean 140 Watts RMS with a signal to noise ratio of 98dB and a T.H.D. rating of .08-percent. This amount of power yields up to 110dB music and 113dB maximum sound pressure levels to accommodate a wide range of listening levels for high dynamic tracks for all genres of music.

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today are happy to announce three professional signal processing plug-in bundles which make up the newly introduced Yamaha Vintage Plug-in Collection: Vintage Channel Strip, Vintage Open Deck and Vintage Stomp Pack. The plug-ins of this unique collection have previously only been available as VCM add-on effects for high-end Yamaha digital mixers, but are now for the first time available in VST 3, VST 2.4 and AU plug-in formats for multi-instance use within digital audio workstations.

- Vintage Channel Strip (EQ 601, Compressor 260 and Compressor 276)
- Vintage Open Deck (four legendary tape recorders: Swiss '70, Swiss '78, Swiss '85 and American '70)
- Vintage Stomp Pack (Dual Phaser, Yamaha Phaser and Max 100).

The JUPITER-80's expressive, organic approach to synthesis makes a new world of sound design possible with multilayered SuperNATURAL textures under the control of a full-color touchscreen and creative hands-on controllers. Experience the metamorphosis of a legend with the all-new JUPITER-80!

Some features:
- Powerful integrated SuperNATURAL synthesis engines designed for legendary vintage synth sounds to realistic organic acoustic sounds and more
- Single Tone is equivalent to the performance of powerful single synthesizer—stack four of these to create a mind-blowing "Live Set"
- Tone Blender tweaks multiple parameters of tones in realtime for complex, emotive sonic movement during performance
- Fast, friendly operation with intuitive front panel and color touchscreen optimized for live performance
- 76-note semi-weighted synth keyboard, and 256 polyphonic voices (varies according to sound-generator load)
- USB-memory Song Player/Recorder for backing tracks or quick idea capture
- Easy integration with computers via built-in USB-MIDI/Audio interface

The first desktop POD featuring revolutionary HD modeling
POD® HD represents a giant leap forward for amp modeling. It is the only desktop multi-effect to boast 16 state-of-the-art Line 6 HD amp models, 100+ modern and vintage-styled M-class effects, and a collection of essential digital and analog ins and outs. POD HD is the most up to date version of the original, time-tested lineage of Line 6 desktop direct-recording devices.

Amp Models:
Fender® Twin Reverb®, Hiwatt® Custom 100 (DR103), Supro® S6616, Gibson® EH-185, Fender® Bassman®, Fender® Blackface, Deluxe Reverb®, Divided by 13 JRT 9/15, Dr. Z®Route66, Vox® AC-15, Vox® AC-30 (Top Boost), Marshall® JTM-45 MkII,
Park 75, Marshall® JCM-800 (2204), Bogner® Uberschall, Mesa/Boogie® Dual Rectifier®,ENGL® Fireball 100

Best Service presents Forest Kingdom. Developed by Eduardo Tarilonte - the renowned producer of "Epic World" and many other highly regarded libraries - Forest Kingdom is a unique sample library inspired by Nature. It is the sound of forests and jungles, the sound of Mother Nature herself in one sample library!
Forest Kingdom is a 7 GB library with more than 200 patches and 7.500 individual samples (44Khz-24bits) that includes flutes, harps, percussion, fantasy creatures, voices and sonic landscapes.
Thanks to Best Service ENGINE 2 sample player, you will enjoy a beautiful, intuitive and easy to use interface. No sample player is required.
Deep in the forest you'll find:
Real instruments playable in real time - deeply sampled, true legato and portamento, round robin and multiple ornaments with key switches.
Price 199€, 175£

Compared to standard console designs, Neos' operational voltage is increased fourfold. More power results in higher overall performance: • more than 30 dB input overload resistance • 125 dB dynamic range, 100 dB S/N ratio
Why is most award-winning audio mixed analog?
Common digital specification is 24 Bit/96 kHz. 24 Bit provides sufficient dynamic resolution, but in mixing, 96 kHz is far from being sufficient on the time scale. A resolution adequate to our hearing capabilities would require sample rates of around 500 kHz. Therefore, those small signal structures carrying spatial and localizational information are lost in digital mixing – while analog equipment overshoots these demands.