Fantom-XR Sample Tools Expansion Kit Available at www.RolandUS.com
Roland is proud to announce that owners of the Fantom-XR rack can now add Version 2-functionality to their rack with the FAN-XR-UP1 "Sample Tools Expansion Kit," available at www.rolandus.com. New features include an onboard Multisample Editor, a Sam

Music-Industry Pioneer Peavey Awarded for Lifetime Achievement in Music
Guitar Player magazine has honored Peavey founder and sole owner Hartley Peavey with its inaugural manufacturer's Lifetime Achievement Award in celebration of his achievements in musical instruments and amplifiers during his first 40 years.


DVForge Releases The Clips Mounting Clips For The iPod Shuffle
DVForge, Inc. announces the April 6th shipping date of its new The Clips set of three different mounting clips for the iPod shuffle. "The number one issue we have heard about from iPod shuffle owners is the frustrations involving using the stri

VOX Amplification USA Annouces Tonelab™ Tour CD
VOX Amplification USA introduces ToneLab™ Tour, a free CD that provides an in-depth audio introduction to the ToneLab and ToneLab SE amp and effect modelers. It offers an audio tour of each product, multi-genre demos by VOX Product Specialists, quote

New VL-X5 Studio Monitors Premiered
Tascam, the company that invented home recording with the release of the Portastudio, has announced the VL-X5 home studio monitor system. These powered speakers feature 5-1/4" woofers, silk-dome tweeters and a 60+30-watt bi-amplified active power amp

New Sabian Vault Crash is Powered by the Sound of Silver
The first model introduced by SABIAN into its new Vault range of cymbals and sounds is the Vault Crash. Hand crafted from SABIAN B20 Bronze, this thin yet extremely robust model is designed to deliver powerful and punchy front-end attack with bright,

DVForge Releases JamPod Guitar Amp Module For iPod
DVForge, Inc. announces the April 8th shipping date of its new JamPod plug-in guitar practice amp module for the iPod and iPod mini. "We have talked with many of the millions of guitar and bass players who own iPods," said Chuck Leonard, DVForg

Mew MD-CD1 From Tascam Combines CD Playback and Minidisc Recording
New from TASCAM, the MD-CD1 combines CD playback and MiniDisc recording in a single rackmount unit designed to save rack space and installation budgets. Like all of TASCAM's products designed for fixed installation, the MD-CD1 is a reliable player de

AmpliTube™ Live +LE - Windows® and MacOS®X Amp Simulation
IK Multimedia is proud to announce the shipping of the new AmpliTube™ Live as a stand alone application for Windows® XP as well as MacOS® X. Plus, as a huge extra value, each AmpliTube™ Live box includes now the AmpliTube™ LE plug-in for every format

DVForge Releases JamPlug FM Plug-in FM Transmitter For Guitar
DVForge, Inc. announces the April 8th shipping date of its new JamPlug FM plug-in FM music transmitter for electric guitar or bass guitar. "With so many musicians in our customer list, it is inevitable that we will sometimes come up with fun li

TASCAM DV-RA1000 High-Resolution Audio/DSD Master Recorder Announced
The new TASCAM DV-RA1000 recorder is a professional solution for recording high-resolution stereo audio to inexpensive DVD media with impressive recording times. The new recorder is capable of audio recording at up to 192kHz/24-bit, and even features

Sabian Adds 17" and 19" HHXplosion Crashes for a Bigger Blast of Simmering Tone
The latest additions to SABIAN’s line-up of award winning* HHX cymbals are 17” and 19” HHXplosion crashes. These larger models, with solid, heavily hammered raw bells and deeply dimpled surfaces, deliver big, loud, and explosive responses loaded with

TASCAM Announces DM-3200 Digital Console
The DM-3200 is an all-new 48-channel professional digital console from TASCAM, boasting an impressive list of specs competitive with consoles twice its price. Based on the DM-24 in operational ease-of-use, the DM-3200 adds more busses, more effects,

Denon DJ Exhibits DN-D6000 Professional Dual CD/MP3 Player
Denon DJ is showing the new rack-mountable DN-D6000 Professional Dual CD/MP3 Player. The ongoing expansion of Denon DJ’s acclaimed line of Dual CD/MP3 Players further underscores the company’s position as the preeminent manufacturer of high quality,

dbx® Offers Zonepro™ 1260 &1261 Digital Zone Processors
dbx® Professional Products, a Salt Lake City-based manufacturer of professional signal processing products and a division of Harman International, is exhibiting the ZonePro™ 1260 and 1261 Digital Zone Processors. Along with the previously released Zo

New Sabian HHX Synergy Hand Cymbals Boost Player Potential
SABIAN has introduced HHX Synergy Hand Cymbals. Featuring a special ‘Touch Response’ design, this professional pairing is cited by the award-winning* cymbal company and renowned percussionists Dennis DeLucia, Rich Viano, Raynor Carroll and Bob Becker

TASCAM Re-Releases CD-RW2000 and CD-RW402
Back by popular demand, the TASCAM CD-RW2000 and CD-RW402 have been re-released for installation in systems that require CD recording. The CD-RW2000 is a professional CD recorder with balanced XLR inputs and outputs, AES/EBU and S/PDIF digital connec

Sabian's New Vault Artisan Ride is a Super-Premium Cymbal
SABIAN has introduced the Artisan Ride to its new Vault collection. Cited by the award-winning company as ‘the ultimate traditional cymbal… a limited-availability, super-premium model that highlights SABIAN’s position as the world’s finest cymbal mak

Korg USA Offers Limited Time TRITON Extreme/Legacy Collection Promotion
Korg has begun an exciting promotion that offers customers a real “Extreme value.” From January 1 until July 31, 2005, anyone who purchases a new 61, 76, or 88-key TRITON Extreme from an authorized U.S. dealer is eligible to receive the award-winning

dbx® Exhibits New Flagship DriveRack® 4800 System Processor
dbx® Professional Products, a Salt Lake City-based manufacturer of professional signal processing products and a division of Harman International, is showing the new DriveRack® 4800 System Processor. The dbx DriveRack 4800 provides incredible versati

Propellerhead Now Shipping Reason 3.0
Propellerhead Software announced the availability of version 3.0 of Reason. The brand new sound bank, the Combinator device, the new inspiration-boosting sound browser and the new Remote technology turn Reason into a powerful workstation for both mus

Win a hand made Aylward Gypsy Jazz Guitar
Our great friend Steve Royall from www.hotclub.co.uk is offering everyone the chance to win a Aylward Gypsy Jazz Guitar by way of a competition that will be drawn on the 10th July at L’Esprit Manouche 2005. If you were to order this guitar today, yo

Budda Amplification Appoints John Millar to Chief Executive Officer
Budda Amplification, an Award-winning manufacturer of high-end guitar amplification and effects processing, proudly announces the appointment of John Millar to Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Millar, who holds an MBA from the prestigious Haas School of

Edirol Introduces Driver Support for 64-bit Recording Applications
Edirol Corporation today announced beta 64-bit drivers for several devices in support of the latest hardware and software for Windows-based computers. Audio devices now offering direct support of 64-bit processing include the world’s first and most p

Introducing the Squier® Master Series!
Squier design has reached a new level with the introduction of the new Master Series guitars. With a total of 5 different models - two of which have been designed by Fender’s top designers and builders - these guitars have a sophisticated style and m

Native Instruments Releases TRAKTOR DJ Studio 2.6
NATIVE INSTRUMENTS today released TRAKTOR DJ Studio 2.6, the next version of its award-winning professional DJ software. This update has the power to fuse two of the most advanced digital DJ platforms into one complete solution - by making TRAKTOR DJ

The Songwriting Workshop - Raw Materials Part 2
As with any endeavor, the more knowledge that you have about a subject the better. The same goes for music composition. The more that you understand the inner workings of music, the better your ear is trained, the better you are at playing your

Behringer Sued for Cloning Renowned Boss Guitar Effects Pedals
Leading electronic musical instrument and equipment manufacturer Roland Corporation ("Roland") has sued Behringer International GmbH and its subsidiaries ("Behringer") to enforce Roland's trade dress, trademark, and other intellectual property rights

Peavey Named 'Manufacturer of the Year'
North American musical instrument and sound reinforcement retailers have honored Peavey with four Music & Sound Awards, including Manufacturer of the Year for 2004. The 19th annual Music & Sound Awards, presented by Music & Sound Retailer magazine, a

Aphex Systems Introduces New Model 230 Master Voice Channel
Aphex Systems is now shipping their exciting new Model 230 Master Voice Channel. Combining several of the company’s proprietary technologies in preamplification, dynamics processing, psychoacoustics and more, the Model 230 is now shipping to Aphex de

ESP Guitars Celebrates Its 30 Year Anniversary
ESP Guitars is celebrating its 30th year in business throughout 2005. The milestone is being celebrated with a new 30th anniversary logo, special performances from the company’s top artist endorsees, and more.

“ESP is thankful to everyone

Peavey Teams with 2005 Zippo Hot Tour to Find New Talent
Peavey proudly announces that it has joined forces with Zippo Manufacturing to sponsor the 2005 Zippo Hot Tour, a five-round unsigned band competition culminating in a 10-city national tour. Zippo Hot Tour is the only nationwide music competition whe









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