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iRig Mic HD sports a 24-bit audiophile-grade A/D converter, a 44.1/96 kHz sampling rate, and a low noise/high definition pre-amp. It captures pristine audio that will suit the most demanding professional needs on the field or in the studio. Its accurate gain control and signal/level multi-colour LED indicator make it easy to set an appropriate level for any sound-pressure situation, whether it's a loud concert or a quiet, whispering vocal.

Whatever your connectivity preferences may be, Arturia has helped keep BeatStep one step ahead of the competition by thoughtfully providing MIDI, USB, and CV/GATE options. Users can comfortably drive anything from software instruments to suitably-equipped hardware, including instruments like Arturia's own super-selling MiniBrute Analog Synthesizer and MicroBrute

Spark 2 will be available in March and offers news features:

All new graphics :
- Tabbed pages
- Expanded Pattern edit screen
- New mixer
- Enhanced Library page for better data management
Extended REX support :
- REX file playback per pad
- Manipulation of REX File slices.
Modular Drum synth editor :
- Create your own patches
- Edit existing patches
Create custom instrument macro controls modules including :
- Oscillators
- Multimode filters and Karplus strong filter
- ADR envelopes
- LFOs
- Mixers
- RingModulator
- Bode Frequency Shifter
- Spring mass
- CV processor
Song mode :
- NEW 16 song segments
- Song segment triggering from hardware

Ready to support any type of music you play, the FA-06 and FA-08 come packed with a massive sound collection inherited from the flagship INTEGRA-7, a ton of studio-quality effects, and expressive real-time controls, plus onboard sampling with zero load time for instant audio playback from the 16 backlit pads.

The sequencer features simple operation and non-stop loop recording, letting you capture songs and ideas as they come and export them as multitrack data to use with your DAW. Flowing seamlessly into every part of your creative world, the FA series morphs instantly from standalone use to become the command center of your computer music studio, with USB audio/MIDI interfacing, powerful real-time controllers, DAW transport controls, and much more.

NAMM2104 Roland AIRA: The TR-808 revival!

Roland Engineers discuss the initial concept of the TR-808 which was conceived and built in 1980. Although it was designed to create "backing tracks," creative musicians started to use the Rhythm Machine as an instrument and music changed forever. Now the evolution begins again.

NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), commonly called NAMM in reference to the organization's popular NAMM trade shows, is the not-for-profit association that promotes the pleasures and benefits of making music and strengthens the $17 billion global music products industry. association—and trade shows—serve as a hub for people wanting to seek out the newest innovations in musical products, recording technology, sound and lighting. NAMM's activities and programs are designed to promote music making to people of all ages.

Anaheim Convention Center
800 West Katella Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92802

Thursday, Jan 23 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday, Jan 24 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, Jan 25 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sunday, Jan 26 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
*Hall E and Levels 2 & 3
open at 9:30 a.m.

Artifacts from human beeing's speech

Cobweb is a new library that features manipulated speech samples.
Each single sample of the library passed through a sophisticated processing chain in order to remove the original informations of the words.
What's left after processing is the sound that is hidden between the lines. It's an interesting collection of distinctive noises and syllables that don't deny their origin of the human beeing's speech but are also abstract enough to work as source material for odd soundscapes.

Cobweb Live Pack contains 45 carefully crafted Instrument Racks that work as perfect starting points for further explorations in sound.
Cobweb Universal contains a selection of 47 processed speech samples with embedded loop points.

Specifications
Live Pack: compatible with Live 8/9, 45 Instruments, 120 MB
Universal: 47 WAV files with embeded loop points, 125 MB

Cobweb is available to purchase as download for 9.00 Euro