There’s an online petition asking Apple to save the FireWire port on Mac laptops. More than 6,000 people have already signed the petition. Here’s the text of the petition: To: Apple Inc. We all love your products, Apple Inc.! But your recently refreshed line of consumer notebooks lacks the possibility to plug in digital audio… Read More Petition Apple To Save MacBook FireWire Ports
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0BouY-tfFE This is a cool video demo via audiolemon of an interesting DIY touchscreen drum machine project. The audio & video are a little raw, but you can see this project has potential. Here’s a high level explanation of how this was put together:
Apple pissed off a lot of musicians today, by introducing a new line of sexy MacBooks with no FIreWire ports. Here’s the port lineup for the new MacBooks: MagSafe power port Gigabit Ethernet port Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps) Mini DisplayPort Audio line in Audio line out Kensington lock slot Yep –… Read More Apple Kills Off FireWire With New MacBooks
Cakewalk, in collaboration with Roland, has introduced SONAR V-Studio 700, the flagship product in its “next generation” V-Studio line of Cakewalk branded hardware and software solutions. SONAR V-Studio 700 includes: SONAR 8 Producer + the full version of Rapture The VS-700C V-Studio Console The VS-700R V-Studio I/O The Integrated Roland Fantom VS hardware synthesizer Direct… Read More First Look: Cakewalk Sonar V-Studio 700
JazzMutant has announced the upcoming release of a new firmware for their Lemur multitouch-screen controller. The version 2 firmware update offers a host of new object features. Workflow improvements, scripting additions and other features allow the controller to be used with some of the most popular software applications around, with Ableton Live users, in particular,… Read More JazzMutant Lemur Update
Music Marketing is now shipping the Professional C6 and C6x computers, compact Windows audio workstations. If you’re a Windows user, the MusicXPC’s offer compact machines specifically tuned for music production. The Professional C6 and C6x machine come with a one year warranty and are available at $1,699 and $1,999 at music retailers across North America.… Read More MusicXPC Shipping Compact Windows Music Computers
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D.St-Amand has created some very cool looking designs for DIY MIDI controllers and is documenting his designs and work building them on Flickr. “I think that this is my very best channel layout! No wire, no front panel screw. Only one PCB will be made for the number of channel required, 2, 4 , 6… Read More Amazing DIY Controller For Ableton Live
Namba Gear has announced the Shaka Laptop Messenger Bag – designed to provide an optimum carrying solution for up to a 15″ laptop computer along with personal items. The bag features lockable zippers for the laptop compartment, a thick shoulder pad which softens and redistributes bag weight, and a carry handle. The Shaka Laptop Messenger… Read More Laptop Messenger Bag for Musicians and DJ’s
If you’re doing audio work on Windows, Rain Recording may have just released your dream machine. They’ve introduced the ION 64, a true 64-bit computing platform designed for audio and video production. Powered by two AMD Opteron Quad Core processors, the ION 64 has eight processor cores, up to 64 gigabytes of RAM, and room… Read More Rain Recording Intros Eight Core 64-BIT Audio Workstation
