Allen & Heath has unveiled the Xone:DB4, a ground-breaking fully digital, DJ mixer with a unique Quad FX Core DSP engine, providing 4 FX BPM Loop record engines with channel EQ filters. Other key features are multi-channel USB audio with MIDI, analogue and digital I/O, input source matrix, easy to read OLED display screen, and USB for recalling user set ups.

Universal Audio announces the release of the new UAD-2 QUAD Omni (v5.7) DSP Accelerator Package
The UAD-2 QUAD Omni (v5.7) features:

- Flagship quad-processor DSP Accelerator Card for UAD Powered
- Plug-Ins on Mac or PC (four Analog Devices SHARC)
- Access the world's finest emulations of analog classics: Manley, Neve, Roland, BOSS, dbx, Empirical Labs, EMT, Fairchild, Harrison, Helios, Little Labs, Pultec, SPL, Teletronix and more
- Run large, professional mixes in Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase, Nuendo, Performer and more — without taxing host computer CPU

New features include doubled polyphony with extended SVD engine, built in effects, a built in patch browser, a completely new arpeggiator offering 32 modes, chord hold, MIDI learn, extended LFO features and 32 different bend modes.
The synth ships with a built in library of more than 1500 patches including many original eighties hits patches and famous synth emulating banks including Jupiter-8, Prophet-5,Synthex, Matrix-12, OB-X, Minimoog and Polymoog .

Format: VST windows, VFX Mac/PC (Host patch)
Prices:around $180 (Upgrade starting at $35)

AKAI PRO annonces MPK mini (25 keys), USB software controller with keyboard and drum pads. MPK mini has been unveiled at the 2010 BPM EXPO in Birmingham, England.

High portability and comprehensive software control by melding together the immediate control and grab-and-go convenience of the elders : LPK25 and LPD8.

The MPK mini keyboard is pretty good for quickly entering notes and phrases into a computer and is also velocity-sensitive. Dedicated Octave Up and Down buttons instantly access different pitch ranges and a Sustain button provides further performance options. The MPK mini also has a built-in arpeggiator to create sparkling, staccato leads and driving bass lines in a variety of time signatures and patterns. And Tap tempo !

MPK mini is plug-and-play with Mac or PC and requires no software driver installation or wall power for operation.

MPK Mini

Two years of hard research and 16 amp modelling ! it was a big chalenge for Line6 to prépare this new line of products Pod HD 300 et HD 400 (with 80 FX) and HD 500 (with more than 100 FX and a VDI connector). All of them with a loop recorder and of course, a tuner.

HD amp models deliver superior articulation, tangible touch response and never-before-heard levels of warmth, feel and realism that will inspire your playing on stage and in the studio. Behind the full-bodied tone of every HD amp model is a story that's just as rich.

The following amps were studied during our new HD model development*

* Bogner® Uberschall
* Divided by 13 JRT 9/15
* Dr. Z® Route 66
* ENGL® Fireball 100
* Fender® Bassman®
* Fender® Blackface Deluxe Reverb®
* Fender® Twin Reverb®
* Gibson® E ...