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New Products
in the Pipeline
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Winter Namm 2007
Once again, by my estimate, Roland takes the
lead as the company with the most new and exciting products for our craft.
Roland
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- Complete production solution, from beat
creation and multitrack recording to mixing, mastering and CD burning
- Tight integration of drum machine-style
pattern recording and DAW-style linear recording
- Realtime control of audio pitch and time,
groove quantize, and pattern/song arrangements — great for both studio and
stage
- World-class sound library pre-installed on
the internal hard drive
- Legendary Roland instrument and effects
models onboard, including TR-808, TR-909,
SRV reverb, SDD-320 Chorus,
SBF-325 Flanger, Boss BF-2 and HF-2, and
RE-201 Space Echo
- Three MIDI ports (IN x 1, OUT x 2) for
connecting external MIDI devices
- Color LCD with icon-oriented interface
- Accepts external VGA monitor (optional) and
optical mouse
Tweak:
Well, it looks nicer, but its still a
16 bit sampling engine. Cool FX
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- Multiple forms of advanced synthesis under the
control of a friendly, icon-driven interface
- New AP (Articulative Phrase) SYNTHESIS technology
models the performance behavior and nuance of musical instruments
- Includes Roland’s proprietary Elastic Audio Synthesis
engine plus Vocal Designer, playable simultaneously
- Sound Shaper II offers incredibly easy and efficient
user programming
- Futuristic, high-quality industrial design
- Color touch-screen display with wide viewing angle
Tweak: Do I want one? Color touch screen is cool. No mention of
the D-series card and details on what the new "articulativer synthesis is.
Their website lacks detail.
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- Dual modeling engines allow guitar and amp models to be dynamically
switched, layered and combined.
- New COSM electric, acoustic and
even bass guitar models, and new synth waves such as the famous
GR-300
- Guitar to MIDI converter
for direct connection to keyboards, sound modules, soft synths, computers,
and other MID compatible devices.
- Supports USB audio and MIDI for easy digital recording and sequencing.
- Dual GT-Pro-class effects processor enables unequalled flexible tone
creation.
- Advanced performance controls, including D BEAM, V-LINK, and Ribbon
Controller take guitar performance to a whole new level.
- Simple and intuitive knob based interface and new design support live
performance.
- Graphical Editor software included to support sophisticated sound
making.
- Versatile I/O including USB,
S/PDIF, XLR provide pro connections for virtually every type of music
production and performance on stage to professional studio recording
Tweak: Now we are
talkin'. Putting the guitar to MIDI converter in the box might win me
over. I can't wait to try it!
Edirol division
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Introducing the next generation of EDIROL’s
popular MIDI keyboard controllers. In addition to providing more physical
controls than previous models, the PCR-800 also offers new innovative and
intuitive controls. All three models are solidly built, and optimized for both
music production and live performance
Tweak:
it's about time the Majors got back into the controller market.
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- 6-channel full digital mixer with
24-bit/96kHz internal processing
- 3-band EQ controls (Q & Freq.) with graphic
LCD for precise tone shaping
- Easy-to-use operation with common
analog mixer controls
- 2-piece mixer+module design
- “Room Acoustic Control” for automatic room
compensation
- Built-in pro-quality effects, including COSM
insert effects, reverb effects, and finalize effects
- Flexible analog and digital I/O, including
four high-quality mic preamps
- 18-in/2-out
USB 2.0 audio interface for
computer multi-track recording
- AC adaptor and connection cable (2 meter, 6
ft.) included. Optional DXC-7 Connection Cable (7 meter, 23ft.) available.
- Cakewalk SONAR LE CD-ROM included
Tweak:
Whoah. This surprised me. I thought little digi
mixers were as dead as 2002. Not so when you add an audio interface.
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