Roland unveils Jupiter-50 Synthesizer

Roland has announced Jupiter-50 Synthesizer, the second release in its contemporary generation of Jupiter family keyboards. Four separate sound engines can be stacked together to create classic fat synth tones and massive voices. The lightweight, streamlined design also makes it an essential keyboard for players everywhere.

Inside, Roland Jupiter-50 comes with a sound engine that is the sonic equal of its big brother, containing all of the SuperNatural synthesizer and acoustic tones found in the Jupiter-80. Users can even import Jupiter-80 sound data into the Jupiter-50 or utilize powerful onboard multi-effects and reverb for studio-quality sound processing.

Cakewalk announces Sonar X1 Expanded

Cakewalk today announces Sonar X1 Expanded, providing new capability for Sonar Producer customers. Sonar X1 Expanded provides Sonar Producer users with additional functionality to extend an already impressive toolset and take their productions to new heights along with new delivery options.

Cakewalk announces PC4K S-Type Expander / Gate Module For Sonar X1 Producer Expanded

Cakewalk today announces The PC4K S-Type Expander / Gate Module for Sonar X1 Producer Expanded customers. The PC4K S-Type Expander / Gate Module is crafted by the Cakewalk DSP team and rounds out the legendary, vintage-style, ProChannel modeling. The PC4K S-Type Expander / Gate Module features a classic design providing gate function to remove unwanted sound from a signal and upward expansion, employed by countless engineers to expand the dynamics of vocals and instruments. The PC4K S-Type Expander / Gate can be toggled between Gate and Expander mode, has standardized Threshold, Ratio & Range controls, and switches to enable Fast Attack and side chain input.

Cakewalk Sonar X1 Producer‘s ProChannel console strip already provides a number of options to get pro-studio sound in the box. Its highly musical EQ, PC76 U-Type/classic FET and PC4K S-Type bus compressors, tube saturation, and flexible drag & drop routing make it a powerful Sonar X1 asset.

Cakewalk Sonar X1 Expanded delivers fully modular capability to the ProChannel providing flexible customization options. ProChannel strips can be customized to have any combination of installed modules available on any channel. Favorite combinations can be set as default for tracks and busses.

Cakewalk releases Sonar X1 Production Suite

Cakewalk today announced the availability in October 2011 of Sonar X1 Production Suite their most powerful professional music production suite on the Windows platform.

Boss releases FB-2 Feedbacker / Booster

Boss announces FB-2 Feedbacker/Booster, the latest addition to its famous lineup of compact pedals. Combining an adjustable tone/gain boost with the ability to kick in a natural cranked-amp feedback sound at will, Boss FB-2 is a unique stompbox that gives guitarists a world of new expressive possibilities. Booster pedals have become extremely popular with guitar players in recent years. Many different types are available, ranging from straight-up gain boosters to tone enhancers that boost treble or midrange frequencies. Using the latest BOSS technology, the FB-2 incorporates the most sought-after booster types – as well as their unique sound characteristics and sensitivity to playing dynamics – all in one convenient and affordable pedal.

Roland releases R-26 Portable Recorder

Roland today announces R-26 Portable Recorder, the mobile provider of six simultaneous channels of pro-quality audio recording to SD/SDHC media. With two types of built-in stereo mics, XLR/TRS combo inputs, USB audio interface functionality, and much more, Roland R-26 Portable Recorder is perfect for solo and ensemble music recording, environmental sound capture, broadcasting and audio/video production.

Boss releases RC-300 Loop Station

Boss today announced new flagship model in its industry-leading lineup of real-time phrase loopers as the press release says – RC-300 Loop Station. The new release from Boss comes with multitrack loop phrases, three hours of stereo recording time, built-in effects, enhanced real-time control options, usb, and much more.

Roland annnounces SPD-SX Sampling Pad

Roland announced today the availability for october 2011 of SPD-SX Sampling Pad – The Ultimate Percussive Sampling Instrument as they say. Roland SPD-SX Sampling Pad is a multi-pad percussion instrument with 2 GB of onboard sampling memory and three powerful effects engines. The SPD-SX mark the end of popular SPDS the industry-leading sampling pad.

The SPD-SX gives drummers, percussionists, and other musicians a simple, portable, and affordable way to add sampling to any performance setup. The generous 2 GB of built-in memory provides more than three hours of CD-quality sampling in stereo, which can be captured via the stereo mic/line input or imported through USB. Roland SPD-SX Sampling Pad features new Multi-Pad Sampling, a quick and easy way to capture, truncate, and assign samples to pads by simply striking pads at the appropriate start/end points of a particular sample.

Boss announces BC-2 Combo Drive Compact Pedal

Boss introduces BC-2 Combo Drive a new compact pedal that enters in their overdrive / distortion category. Boss BC-2 Combo Drive Compact Pedal brings Btitish Combo Amp Tone in a convenient stompbox.

The dual-speaker “top boost” combo amp drove the sound of the British Invasion in the 1960′s, and remained a favorite of many prominent rock guitarists throughout the 1970s. Rediscovered by a new generation in the ’80s, the amp’s sweet, wide-ranging tones – which fall squarely between vintage American combos and high-gain British stacks – continue to be an essential part of music styles from indie rock to country.

Press Release | Roland ships Cube-XL Bass Amplifiers

Roland is now shipping the new CUBE-XL BASS Amplifier series, a significant update to the bass amp segment of the million-selling CUBE amplifier family. Equipped with cutting-edge features, construction, and sound quality that far exceeds others in their price class, the CUBE-XL Bass Amplifiers offer bassists of all levels the very best in portable and affordable amplification.