Roland has announced the Juno in a stage version at the London International Music Show.

Designed from the ground up for live performers, Juno Stage is a 128 voice expandable synthesizer which features an extra-large display, USB backing-track functionality, a Click output for drummers, dedicated performance knobs, hands-free patch select, instant master MIDI control functionality, and much more.

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Korg unveils the brand new nanoSeries devices which are designed to meet the needs of artists who like to make music on the go but don't want to make any sacrifices in the control department. The range features three compact products: nanoKEY, nanoPAD and nanoKONTROL.

nanoKEY : 25 velocity-sensitive keys, transmitting either as MIDI notes or (via a separate mode) Control Change (CC) messages. Octave shift (natch). Pitch, modulation.

nanoPAD : 12 trigger pads and an X/Y touch pad with roll and flam mode.

nanoKONTROL : 9 faders, 9 knobs, 18 switches, transport controls, MIDI notes, 168 CC messages. There are even attack and decay times for the switches, allowing them to work as faders, filter controls, effects settings, etc...

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Sonoris Audio Engineering has announced the release of its Sonoris Equalizer and Sonoris Linear Phase Equalizer VST effect plug-ins.

Sonoris Equalizer features :

- 7 filter bands.
- Lowpass and highpass filters up to 48 dB/octave.
- Peaking and shelving filters.
- Stereo, L, R or MS processing and monitoring.
- No pre-warping effects, that is, correct response up to Nyquist.
- HQ mode with upsampling for an even more accurate response.
- Soft Engage technology on all filters to prevent pops and crackles.
- Mousewheel support.
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PeSonus has finally announced the avaibility of its FireStudio Lightpipe, a 32 input, 32 output, 24-bit/96k lightpipe to FireWire computer recording system for professional-quality digital audio recording.

Compatible with both Windows and Macintosh computer systems, the FireStudio Lightpipe allows you to convert up to 32 channels of ADAT or SMUX optical lightpipe input/output via FireWire providing a multi-channel computer interface for digital mixers, AD/DA converters or ADAT recorders.

Features :

- 24-bit/96K FireWire (IEEE 1394) interface
- Word Clock I/O
- MIDI I/O
- JetPLL Jitter Elimination Technology
- Balanced TRS Stereo main outputs with volume control
- Headphone amplifier with volume control
- Dual SMUX for 16 channels at 96k over ADAT
- Fast-acting LED input metering
- 34 x 4 mixer matrix
- Mac OSX, Windows XP and Vista32 compatible
- Works with Cubase, Logic, Nuendo, Sonar, Digital Performer and many others.

The FireStudio Lightpipe is available now at a list price of $699/€669.

Ableton Live Lite 7 M-Audio Enhanced edition has arrived, with some impressive new features. And for registered Live Lite users, it's free.

Ableton Live Lite 7 now sports up to eight tracks, more effect instances, an enhanced audio engine, 64-bit mix summing, multiple time signatures, new and improved devices, side-chaining, refined MIDI timing and more.

And if you've ever thought about upgrading to the full version, now's a great time to do it. Ableton is giving Live Lite users an additional 50 EUR/USD off the price of upgrading to Ableton Live 7 and Ableton Suite.