I just sat in on the KRK press conference and saw their breakthrough room correction box they’re calling Ergo. The desktop unit is not speaker-dependent so you can use them with your current setup and the DSP is resident in the box making it truly independent of a host computer. It not only corrects your audio room zombies but offers switching and separate correction of two sets of speakers, has a headphone out switchable between two sources and a large analog speaker level controller. The MAP is $599.
It’s 10am and I think I’ve already seen 4, 227 products. The behemoth that is Digidesign just finished their press conference, and between Digi, M-Audio, Sibelius and the other partners in the group, there were new products for every market segment, ranging from Pro Tools upgrades to music apps for schoolkids.
Prez Dave Lebolt talked about the company’s breadth of products that now reach everyone from entry-level to top-end, giving customers options to upgrade all the way as they grow. The big push at this show is music creation: Pro Tools 7.4, for example, features a hot new tool called Elastic Audio, which lets users time stretch and fit vocals, drums, etc, without compromising sound quality. Speaking of Elastic Audio, don’t miss our hot Power Tools tips column next month, to learn more about this powerful tool.
They also showed a new Virtual Instruments “Box set,” offering a bunch of VI plug-ins, at a $400 discount. We also checked out the MBox 2 micro, a portable PT LE solution on a USB key. The Mbox 2 mini is also sold in Digi’s new entry-level Pro Tools Presonal Studio bundles, featuring PT LE, plug-ins, and a bunch of other goodies, starting at $495. M-Audio showed their flagship new Profile 2626 firewire I/O, with 26 ins and out and an onboard DSP mixer. Check it out-it’s sweet…
We also checked out Venue updates, Sibelius upgrades, headphones, speakers, digital console pianos and more.
And for the entry ENTRY level, Sibelius’ Groovy app lets kids age 5 and up place sound modules in a cool animated environment, and even compose…
After all that, I missed the Torque after-party press conference, but Markkus from Remix is on deck to tell you all about it…
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I just sat in on the KRK press conference and saw their breakthrough room correction box they’re calling Ergo. The desktop unit is not speaker-dependent so you can use them with your current setup and the DSP is resident in the box making it truly independent of a host computer. It not only corrects your audio room zombies but offers switching and separate correction of two sets of speakers, has a headphone out switchable between two sources and a large analog speaker level controller. The MAP is $599.
