MOTU is now shipping two new bus-powered USB MIDI interfaces for Mac OS 9 and X :

- MIDI EXPRESS 128 : 8 MIDI IN, 9 MIDI OUT, 128 MIDI channels and compatibility with all Macintosh. Price $249
- MICRO LITE MIDI : 5 MIDI IN, 5 MIDI OUT and delivers 80 MIDI channels to a Mac via high-speed USB connection. Price $149

Both the MIDI Express 128 and Micro lite are now shipping and join the 4x6 micro express interface/SMPTE synchronizer ($295), the 8x9 MIDI Express XT interface/SMPTE synchronizer ($395), and the MIDI Timepiece AV interface and universal AV synchronizer ($595).

Clavia is pleased to announce the release of the rack mountable table top version of the Nord Lead 2X- the Nord Rack 2X! The original Nord Lead/Rack and Nord Lead 2/Rack 2 are among the most popular synthesizers ever built. The Nord Lead 2X and Rack 2X has the same characteristic sound and functions as the Nord Lead 2/Rack 2, except for some very nice improvements:

X-tra polyphony: The Nord Rack 2X comes with 20 voices polyphony.
X-tra memory: The Nord Rack 2X comes with a large internal memory holding 4 x 99 user Programs, 100 user Performances and 4 x 10 user Percussion Kits plus 6 x 99 factory Programs and 3 x 100 factory Performances! The Nord Rack 2X is 100% patch compatible with the Nord Lead 2 and Nord Rack 2 which means that you can transfer sounds directly between the models ...

All the mLAN fans, this web site is for you. It is supposed to keep you up to date on all the updates concerning this technology. Its tech documentation and its forums will help you understand its ins and outs.

No, we're not talking about 15,000 years in existence, nor the $15,000 the webmaster has stashed in his pockets with Active Member dues, but the fact that MacMusic membership has reached 15,000 people! This represents great news, demonstrating our ability to entice more and more people to join the best Mac and Music lovers' community.

For those of you that don't realize just how significant this milestone is, we shall provide a few comparisons:
- 15,000 is equal to the global population of Indian elephants, or the number of homeless people in San Diego. (sad, no?)
- 15,000 is equal to the number of miles it would take to travel between L.A. and San Francisco 40 times (or L.A. and New York 5 and a half times).
- Altogether, we have 112 miles of cables.
- We could have formed 3,00 ...

LinPlug Virtual Instruments announce the upcoming release of the RM IV VSTi Drum Machine. The RM IV is a fully professional, highly flexible, easy-to-use, Macintosh VST drum machine that combines analog-style percussion synthesis with a fully-featured percussion sampler.

Built using LinPlug's enhanced high-quality audio engine, the RM IV features 18 velocity-sensitive Drum Pads that can be used to trigger any of 11 different Audio Generator Modules. The instrument features a modular design that currently includes 10 percussion synthesis algorithms, as well as a fully-featured percussion sampler. The Sampler module provides single-sample, multi-sample, velocity-layer and velocity-crossfade support, at up to 32-bit resolution.

The instrument also includes an AHDSR-controlled multi-mod ...