Roland is proud to announce that the V-Combo VR-700 Stage Keyboard is now shipping.

Features :

• Roland's Virtual Tone Wheel and COSM technology provide authentic organ sound
• Dedicated harmonic bars, rotary-speaker simulation, and amp models, including Active Amp Enhancer
• 76-key waterfall keyboards offers smooth glissandos, fast action, and provides enough keys for splits
• Full organ simulation with Split function, plus pedalboard capability (optional Roland PK-25A, PK-7A)
• Essential ensemble sounds (with tone remain function) onboard, including 88-key multi-sampled pianos, EP, strings, brass, synth pads, and more
• Full polyphony in the organ section, 128-voice polyphony for the ensemble section
• WAV/AIFF/MP3/SMF playback function for backing tracks
• Built-in rhythm patterns for practice and play-along performance
• Store user and system settings onboard and to optional USB memory
• Versatile I/O, including professional XLR outputs


The V-Combo VR-700 is now available with a suggested retail price of $2,329.

Apple has updated Logic Pro and Logic Express to version 9.1.1.

Issues addressed include:

• Improved stability of the 32-Bit Audio Unit Bridge.
• Compatibility with Novation's Automap feature in 64-bit mode.
• Compatibility with Euphonix Eucon protocol in 64-bit mode.

For the first time in Europe, Two Notes Audio Engineering will be presenting its new product, the VM-202, at the upcoming MusikMesse.


The Torpedo VM-202 is a dual-processor guitar/bass cab simulator. It handles both analog (line balanced/unbalanced) and digital signals (S/PDIF, AES/EBU).

 Plug in your bass/guitar pre amp (or other instrument with a line output) and benefit from our exclusive tube stage simulator, along with the acclaimed Torpedo algorithm. You can play 2 cab + microphone simulations simultaneously and reproduce a multi microphone miking process.

Please come and meet the Two Notes team at booth C48, Hall 4.0, and try out the products.

SONiVOX has released a new Grand Piano Virtual Instrument called Eighty Eight.

Conceived and designed as an exceptional virtual embodiment of a Steinway CD 327 grand, Eighty Eight affords piano and keyboard players alike the opportunity to experience a world-class grand piano from the relative comfort and proximity of their digital audio workstation.

Exhaustively sampled and expertly voiced, Eighty Eight was recorded within the same acoustic confines as the SONiVOX Symphonic Collection, utilizing the same recording philosophy of the simplest signal chain with the highest quality A/D converters and mic pre's.

The Eighty Eight package also provides a wealth of additional instruments, pads, and textures which, when taken as a whole, supply the composer a considerable arsenal of tools ...

Shuriken has released BitTest, a free bitcrusher VST effect plug-in for Mac OS X.

BitTest converts your data to 8 bits, then you can turn the bits off (the top row) or invert them (the bottom row) individually. That is you can individually flip and invert the bits.

BitTest is available for free at :