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M-Audio has released new drivers for both Windows and Mac for many of their interfaces. The drivers for Windows offer support for XP SP3 and Vista (32-bit), while the Mac drivers offer support for 10.5.3 and 10.4.11.
Head over to M-Audio to see if your interface has got updated.
The Airpiano MIDI interface has been all over the web recently and since all I do is ride the waves I thought I should post about it too. I like interfaces like this.
Or perhaps I should say, I like instruments like this, the kind that breaks new ground and lets musicians, composers or just whacked out sound designers do something in a new way. It has a lot of similarity to Rolands D-beam found on a number of synths from said company.
But I would say the roots can be traced back to far older instruments. Perhaps you’ve heard of the Theremin?
Blue wants you to buy their microphones so badly they’ll pay you. Purchase a Dragonfly microphone between July 1st and August 31, 2008, from an authorized Blue retailer within the US and Canada and you’ll be eligible to receive a $200 rebate from Blue. The offer is additive, so if you purchase two you’ll get $400 cash back.
… And I’m semi-interested. But first things first - have you heard of Receptor? It’s a box made by Muse loaded with plug-ins, sort of a hardware plug-in deal. I’ve kept an eye on it since I heard about it the very first time. Since then things have happened and you can get pretty cool workstations with it.
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M-Audio has announced the availability of a new driver (1.7.2) for KeyStudio 49. This new driver supposedly enhances overall performance and offers several bug fixes. The update is available for Mac computers running OS X 10.5.3 and 10.4.11. The driver also automatically updates the KeyStudio 49i firmware to version 1.31.
With this latest driver release, KeyStudio 49i is also compatible with Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4.2 software on systems running Mac OS X 10.5.3.
And somewhat introduced in the dark I must say. As with the D-Control ES this is mainly just a darker colored version. Some claim that these are better on your eyes. I find it annoying that almost no controllers these days have proper channelstrips. D-Command at least have a ‘channelstrip section’.
If you’re looking to get one of these, or are not yet on HD but looking to make the jump, perhaps the ICON bundles on Digidesigns website can be of interest.
So finally Digidesign and M-Audio (and Avid) have announced that all version of Pro Tools, including LE, HD and M-Powered are Leopard compatible with the release of 7.4.2. This is a free update for registered users of 7.4. But I think I’ll stick with Tiger just a little bit longer.
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Does these things look cool or what? They’re cheap too so lets hope the quality holds up. There are three products announced so far in the Nano series:
Much more info available here on Korgs website.
Price you ask? I hear 50-60 GBP each. If they don’t fall apart when you touch them Korg could sell a ton of these.
CME have released version 1.8 firmware for the world’s first 3 axis MIDI controller, the BitStream 3X. The new firmware ads new features and enhances its functionality.
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Here’s the latest in Leopard news (from Digidesigns website):
Over the last several months, we have been working closely with Apple on fine tuning Pro Tools for OS X Leopard 10.5.3. Now that Apple has released version 10.5.3 we can enter the final stages of performance testing and quality assurance before making fully qualified versions of Pro Tools HD, LE and M-Powered software available to our customers.
As a convenience for our customers who may wish to begin their transition to Apple’s latest Leopard release as soon as possible, pre-release versions of Pro Tools 7.4.2 will be made available in the next few days. While the pre-release versions of Pro Tools 7.4.2 have passed core internal testing requirements, the process for manufacturing fully qualified Pro Tools software normally takes up to several weeks to complete depending on performance and stability.
