Tascam has announced the DR-1, a new portable digital recorder that captures hours of music using built-in mics to its 1GB SD card. It includes unusual functions such as overdub capabilities.

Features :

- Portable, Handheld Recording
- Included 1GB SD card media
- Built-in High-quality Stereo Condenser Microphone
- Variable Angle Microphone Mechanism with A/B Configuration
- 48 or 44.1kHz / 24-bit Recording Resolution
- MP3 and WAVE file Recording and Playback
- Switchable Low Cut Filter
- Analog Auto Gain Control
- Analog Limiter
- Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery
- USB 2.0 Connection to Computer
- Built-in Tuner and Vocal Cancel Features
- Overdub Feature to record narration, singing or instruments over an existing recording

The DR-1 will be available at a retail price of $299.

SM Pro Audio has exhibited several products at this NAMM show : the new HP6E multi-channel headphone amplifier, the PR8DS remote controllable multi-channel microphone preamplifier and their iNano passive volume control.

The HP6E is a high-quality, powerful, flexible, and reliable six (6) channel headphone amplifier housed in a sturdy 1RU 19" standard rack-mountable metal chassis.

Features :

-10 TRS inputs, 5 stereo channels
- 6 class A headphone amplifiers
- Auto sensing switch mode power supply
- Built in flash memory for last state memory recall
- Mix control for each amplifier output
- Nominal output @ 32Ohm 600mw per channel
- Frequency response @100mw output 20Hz-20kHz +- 0.3 dB
- THD @300mw less then 0.02%


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Universal Audio today announced new plug-in partners and forthcoming additions to the UAD DSP Platform for Mac and PC. Valley People, Sound Performance Lab and Empirical Labs (Fatso plug-in mid-late 2008 !) join Roland and Neve as the latest companies to sign licensing deals with UA to develop future plug-ins.

UA also announced improved 2008 world-wide retail pricing on select UAD products. The following UAD bundles now offer even greater per plug-in value:

UAD-1 Ultra PAK (PCI) moves from US$1199 to US$999 street price
UAD-1e Expert PAK (PCIe) moves from US$999 to US$749 street price.

Digidesign continues to expand and improve its groundbreaking D-Show software with the new D-Show 2.7 software. The latest upgrade provides hardware support for the new VENUE Mix Rack, and several new software enhancements for VENUE users to improve monitor-mixing workflows, provide system lock capabilities, and give engineers better visual insight into their mixes.

The VENUEPack 3.0 comes included with VENUE Mix Rack and FOH Rack (with Impact, Reverb One, ReVibe, Smack!, BF-3A, le Bundle Pultec, Slightly Rude Compressor, Bundle Classic Compressors, Bundle MoogerFooger, Focusrite d2 and d3, and bundle TrooTrace Audio Analysis).
The updated VENUEPack Pro 3.0 includes the bundle JOEMEEK, Fairchild 660 and 670, bundle Voce, Eleven and Line 6 Echo Farm. VENUEPack Pro 3.0 comes included with FOH Rack (in addition to VENUEPack 3.0), and with any D-Show Mix Engine card purchase.

Steinberg has also announced a new lighten version of Cubase 4 called Cubase Essential 4.

Features :

• 64 audio tracks, unlimited MIDI tracks, 44 included VST3 and MIDI plug-ins, 16 VST instrument slots, full latency compensation
• Integrated HALionOne sampling instrument with over 100 playable instruments including waves from the Yamaha Motif synthesizer
• Built-in Amp Simulator for instant guitar recording with 14 amps and 10 speaker simulations with a new, easy-to-use interface
• AudioWarp real-time time stretching and pitch shifting with formant correction for natural-sounding transposition and full tempo matching
• Arranger Track with pattern-based arranging tools stores up to 16 different arrangements for on-the-fly reordering of song sections, expe ...