Edirol Corporation announced the MA-20D speakers. The MA-20D's are desktop reference monitor speakers equipped with 2-way bass-reflex enclosures, front bass and treble control knobs, and 2 independent volume source controls. Each MA-20D is 20-Watt mono-amplified. The MA-20D's are lined with a wood grained cabinet finish, and equipped with headphone jack, SPDIF, and Stereo Mini input connections. They are magnetically shielded. Suggest retail price is $295.

Open Labs announced at the 2003 Winter NAMM Convention eKo, the world's first open platform musical keyboard workstation and the OpenSynth hardware and software reference platform.

After the 02R96, the DM2000 and the DM1000, the small mixing board form Yamaha has also been revamped.
In this new release, 24 analog & digital inputs (expandable to up to 40) 24 bit/96kHz, a new host interface, ADAT, new internal effects in 32 bit (from the DM2000), surround capabilities (3.1, 5.1, 6.1), cascading, and a 320x240 pixels screen.
The 01V96 will be available in april 2003 for $2,499.

Applied Accoustics Tassman the modular synthetizer software based on physical modeling will be available the 1st of February for OS 9 and X 10.2

The Tassman version 3.0 will be available from their online store on February first for $499, a 100$ rebate is ready if you prebook your copy. If you buy tassman 2.1 now you are entitled for a free 3.0

7 great news from Native Instruments.