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Haken Audio Announces Software Update for Continuum and Release of Custom Stand
Thu, 08 Jul 2010 – 17:48:59 +0000 UTC | No Comment
Haken Audio Announces Software Update for Continuum and Release of Custom Stand

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Haken Audio announced today that Version 4.07 firmware is now available for download for Continuum Fingerboards with built-in sounds. This release adds these new internal sounds: Slide Wind, Metal …

Griid, a modular touch control system for Ableton Live and iPad, announced at Sonar 2010
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 – 17:34:42 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Sonar International Festival 2010 /Music Industry Newswire/ — Liine announce Griid, their modular touch control system for Ableton Live and iPad, at Sonar International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art, 2010. Taking the stage …

Euphonix MC Control v2 for Artist Series – Now Shipping
Mon, 17 May 2010 – 21:23:02 +0000 UTC | No Comment
Euphonix MC Control v2 for Artist Series – Now Shipping

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Euphonix, now part of Avid, announced last month their new v2 edition of the MC Control, popular with users of Apple Logic, MOTU Digital Performer, and Steinberg Cubase …

Haken Audio announces Continuum Fingerboard Firmware Version 4
Fri, 12 Feb 2010 – 18:47:25 +0000 UTC | No Comment

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Firmware version 4 continues to extend the expressive possibilities of the Continuum Fingerboard, the unique musical instrument from Haken Audio. Major software additions in this release include expanded internal …

Announcing Launchpad – a new dedicated controller for Ableton Live
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 – 19:22:53 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Ableton is very happy to announce Launchpad, a new dedicated controller for Ableton Live, co-developed by Novation and Ableton. Launchpad features a multicolor, 64-button grid for launching clips, as …

Cakewalk announces update to SONAR V-Studio 100
Wed, 22 Jul 2009 – 14:47:43 +0000 UTC | No Comment

BOSTON, Mass. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Cakewalk’s SONAR V-Studio 100 music production studio is taking the recording world by storm offering, as it does, a compact and easy to use solution for a whole variety …

Cakewalk announces SONAR V-Studio 100 – The second product in the V-Studio line
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 – 16:22:50 +0000 UTC | No Comment

FRANKFURT – Musikmesse /Music Industry Newswire/ — The second product in the V-Studio line – an all-in-one recorder, mixer, interface and DAW controller. SONAR V-Studio 100 provides a compact yet feature-rich music production studio that …

Native Instruments announces TRAKTOR DUO and TRAKTOR SCRATCH DUO
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 – 20:08:22 +0000 UTC | No Comment

BERLIN, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments just announced TRAKTOR DUO and TRAKTOR SCRATCH DUO, two new DJ solutions that bring the quality and creative functionality of the acclaimed TRAKTOR PRO platform into a …

Native Instruments announces TRAKTOR PRO and TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 – 23:58:44 +0000 UTC | No Comment

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Native Instruments has just announced TRAKTOR PRO and TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO, the next versions of its groundbreaking digital DJ solutions with MIDI and time-code control. Based on years of software evolution, …

Cakewalk Announces SONAR V-Studio 700
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 – 17:08:46 +0000 UTC | No Comment

San Francisco, Calif. — AES: Cakewalk, the world’s leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, announces SONAR V-Studio 700, the ultimate solution for music production. SONAR V-Studio 700 …

Jazzmutant Lemur Control Surface V2 Firmware Announced
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 – 17:35:46 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Bordeaux, France — With the groundbreaking Lemur controller Jazzmutant have revolutionised the way in which performers can now interact with light, video and sound. The Lemur offers an unrivalled package of intuitive features beneath a …

BEHRINGER SX Series Mixers – Next Generation Analog Studio/Live Consoles
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 – 19:07:51 +0000 UTC | No Comment
BEHRINGER SX Series Mixers – Next Generation Analog Studio/Live Consoles

BOTHELL, Wash. — BEHRINGER updates its EURODESK line of mixers with the new SX series of recording and live sound consoles. First to arrive are the SX2442FX twenty-four channel and SX3242FX thirty-two channel mixers. The …

CME Updates BitStream 3X MIDI Control Surface Firmware
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 – 16:36:21 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Beijing, China — CME, makers of the BitStream 3X MIDI Controller, have released version 1.8 firmware for the unit, adding new features and enhancing its functionality. As the world’s first 3 axis MIDI controller, CME …

Nocturn: The First Small Footprint Intelligent Plug-In Controller
Sun, 20 Jan 2008 – 19:27:35 +0000 UTC | No Comment
Nocturn: The First Small Footprint Intelligent Plug-In Controller

Novation NocturnHIGH WYCOMBE, UK — Novation has announced the worldwide launch of Nocturn, their latest MIDI controller. Novation’s most affordable hardware controller to date, Nocturn promises to unleash the full potential of all your favourite instrument and effect plug-ins. Featuring the latest Automap Universal 2.0 software, exclusive to Novation controllers, Nocturn provides automatic, instant and intelligent control of all automatable plug-ins within every major sequencer, including Pro Tools.

Grandmaster Flash Switches to Traktor Scratch, Moves from Vinyl to Digital DJ System
Thu, 13 Dec 2007 – 20:00:28 +0000 UTC | No Comment

BERLIN, Germany — Native Instruments and legendary hip hop artist Grandmaster Flash just announced a collaboration based on Flash’s recent decision to switch to TRAKTOR SCRATCH, finally making the move to a digital DJ system after three decades of pioneering vinyl DJing.

Steinberg and Euphonix Update Nuendo EuCon to 3.2.2
Tue, 06 Feb 2007 – 20:40:02 +0000 UTC | No Comment
Steinberg and Euphonix Update Nuendo EuCon to 3.2.2

Nuendo EuCon adapterHAMBURG, Germany — Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today announced an update to the Nuendo EuCon adapter module to version 3.2.2. The new version adds full MIDI functionality as well as numerous other enhancements, further empowering audio post professionals using Euphonix hardware to control Nuendo.