Yamaha release new Powered Monitor Speakers, the MSP10 STUDIO. They take over the famous NS10 and take Yamaha monitor performance to new levels with state-of-the-art materials and design as well as high-performance built-in biamplifications.

Technical specs :
- Frequency response : 40 Hz à 40 kHz (-10 dB)
- Maximum Output Power : LF: 120 W à 400 Hz, THD= 0.02%, RL= 4 ohms
- HF: 60 W à 10 kHz, THD= 0.02%, RL= 8 ohms for a max level of 110 dB
- Hum and Noise : 98 dB

Controls: TRIM Switch
- LOW: 3 positions (0 dB, -1.5 dB, -3 dB à 50 Hz)
- HIGH: 3 positions (+1.5 dB, 0 dB, -1,5 dB à 10 kHz)
- LOW CUT Switch (80 Hz): ON/OFF with the Subwoofer SW10

For systems requiring extended bass response that only a subwoofer can provide, the SW10 Powered Subwoofer is a perfect match for the MSP10 systems

Yamaha revealed a whole new family of mixers. The MGs range from a simple 10:2 to a 32:4:2 with digital effects, six models in all. Their aim is to be aggressively priced (no need to tell you who in Germany is in competition ;) while leaving all the features on for users and proves Yamaha commitment to analogue mixers. Prices from $138 to $1,250

1. Unix OS Free BSD 5.0 is now available.
2. Six months after the appearance of version 4.7, it was integrated in Jaguar.
3. So.... ?!?

The big music labels find their sales dropping as more and more people have the means to burn CDs. Microsoft proposes a solution: Windows Media Data Session Toolkit, which was unveiled at the 37th Phonographic Industry Show on the Côte d'Azur, France.

RME just released the final version of its MacOS drivers for the Hammerfall cards.