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The Vortex is the first keytar to include a MIDI-assignable accelerometer. Now, you can get out from behind your keyboard stand and be just as visual as guitarists and singers with an instrument that will respond to your motion.

You'll be able to create incredible volume swells, amazing pitch bends, vibratos, filter cutoffs and more by tilting the Vortex's neck in the heat of the moment during live performances.

Yamaha debuts new apps for iPad and iPhone that help keyboard players get the most out of their instruments: NoteStar, a digital sheet music application for iPad.

Song Chords, an application for iPhone that provides interactive songs with built-in chord charts, Page Turner, an application for iPad with wireless page-turning ability for the Yamaha EZ-220 keyboard and Scale Tuner, an application for iPad and iPhone that allows users to change the tuning of a compatible Yamaha keyboard.

Tascam has launched the US-125M, an USB audio interface with Mixer functionality. It combines a mic, instrument and line source with a computer audio signal and it feeds the mix to your computer via USB. The US-125M provides up to 16 bit/48 KHz audio resolution and is ideal for broadcasting over the Internet.


Some features:

- Microphone input (balanced XLR/TRS on rear or unbalanced mini jack on front) with switchable limiter and Signal/Overload indicator
- Guitar input (standard phone jack)
- Stereo line input (RCA)
- Stereo audio input from computer via USB
- Stereo audio output to computer via USB or directly to RCA output jacks
- Monitor output(RCA)and headphones output(mini-jack)with level control
- Zero-latency hardware monitoring.

Muse Research Announces MUSE OS2.0 for the RECEPTOR2+PRO and PRO MAX models.

They launche a Receptor VIP (Virtual Instrument Player) , new chassis, new audio I/O, and new front panel design, new OS and host environment.

Muse Resaerch also announce Receptor Komplete 8 for all Receptor 2 models.

Nomad Factory has announced a comprehensive new effects plug-in suite designed for premium quality processing, flexibility, and unprecedented ease-of-use.

MAGMA is an advanced plug-in suite that features 50 unique "single-rack" audio processors, each with a friendly and familiar interface, which can be "mounted" into a user-customizable rack interface. Categories include Dynamics, Equalizers, Modulation, Reverbs, among others, with more currently in development.

Mastering Essentials is a new tool designed specifically for Acoustic Mixcraft Pro Studio 6. By licensing elements from Ozone, iZotope‚s flagship mastering suite, Acoustica is delivering a basic mastering solution approachable for musicians of any level.

Mastering Essentials Key Features:
- Valve EQ module: high-quality 4-band EQ
- Room Simulation (Reverb) module: controls for reverb and stereo widening, including a vectorscope for visualizing the stereo spread of the audio
- Tube amplifier module: Bass Compression, a Tube Limiter, and Tube Saturation components
- Over 80 presets, including presets for general use, special FX, audio enhancement, restoration, and over 40 different genre presets.

Mastering Essentials is available from iZotope for third-party and OEM licensing for Mac or Windows applications.