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Feb 16 2012, 8:00 AM

Arturia SEM V Update

Arturia has released version 1.1 of their Oberheim SEM V virtual instrument. The new version features: Polyphony parameter to limit the polyphony of the plugin Faster preset management 20 new factory presets from... Read more »
Feb 16 2012, 8:00 AM

Nord Piano 2 Update

The Nord Piano 2 has been updated to OS version 1.02. This version contains bug fixes and is recommended for all Nord Piano 2 owners.
Feb 8 2012, 8:00 AM

Motif to the Max!

A message from Sweetwater's Director of Product Optimization, Daniel Fisher, about an awesome reason to purchase a Yamaha Motif before March 15, 2012: All of us at Sweetwater are willing to go that extra mile to... Read more »
Feb 6 2012, 8:00 AM

Korg SV-1 88

Looking for an 88-key gigging piano? Korg's new SV-1 88 comes in at an amazing price, and offers Korg's R3 weighted action, 36 instruments, amp modeling and effects, 80-note polyphony, onboard EQ, and eight... Read more »
Feb 3 2012, 8:00 AM

Roland BK-5

The BK-5 arranger keyboard from Roland provides an amazing array of nearly 1,200 sounds, Musical Assistants, instant recording to USB, tons of built-in effects, onboard stereo speakers, and much, much more. 128-note... Read more »
Feb 2 2012, 8:00 AM

Nord Piano 2 HA88

The 88-key Nord Piano 2 HA88 stage piano has a hammer-action keyboard and is loaded with over 1,000 high-quality instruments; built-in phaser, wah, flanger, chorus, and delay effects; and also includes a 3-band EQ... Read more »
Feb 2 2012, 8:00 AM

Peavey MuseBox

Peavey has teamed with Muse Research to create the MuseBox, a dedicated synth, sampler, and effects processor that runs VST effects and virtual instruments with zero latency. Mics and instruments can be routed... Read more »
Feb 1 2012, 8:00 AM

Alesis Vortex

Keyboardists of the world, step up to the front of the stage! The Alesis Vortex is said to the first "keytar" strap-on keyboard with USB capability with support for Mac, Windows, and even iOS (with the optional... Read more »
Feb 1 2012, 8:00 AM

Fender Pawn Shop Excelsior

Among the new amps released by Fender at NAMM was the Excelsior, a vintage-looking amp with incredible vibe. The Excelsior puts out 13 watts of 6V6 power through a 15-inch Special Design speaker, and has a brown... Read more »
Jan 27 2012, 8:00 AM

Roland FR-1X

Roland's V-Accordions are amazingly popular, and the new FR-1X promises to be the most popular yet, with light weight, new functionality, advanced bellow pressure sensing, a USB port for saving and loading data, WAV... Read more »
Jan 27 2012, 8:00 AM

Nord Drum

"Synthetic, sample-free percussion." That's what the new Nord Drum promises...and delivers! With four high-sensitivity inputs and MIDI, you can drive the Nord Drum analog drum synthesizer from a wide range of... Read more »
Jan 26 2012, 8:00 AM

Akai Pro MPC Studio

Akai was showing all three of their new MPCs, which take advantage of the awesome power available in today's computers. The MPC Studio is a slimline design with real MPC pads, four touch-sensitive knobs, an 8-gig... Read more »
Jan 23 2012, 8:00 AM

Nord CD2

The Nord CD2 Combo Organ is a dual manual organ with independent sets of drawbars per manual, a new left-hand preset section for hands-on control, an ergonomic tilted upper manual, redesigned key click, and... Read more »
Jan 23 2012, 8:00 AM

Casio XW-P1

Remember when Casio was making the very cool CZ-101, CZ-1000, FZ-1, and other now-sought-after, innovative synths and samplers? Well, at NAMM 2012, Casio synths were back! The XW-P1 is a 61-key monophonic... Read more »
Jan 20 2012, 8:00 AM

Arturia MiniBrute

After years as a leading developer of virtual analog modeling synths, Arturia hit the NAMM show with a powerful 100% analog synthesizer, the MiniBrute. Ths compact synth has 25 keys, three oscillators, a sub... Read more »
Jan 20 2012, 8:00 AM

Samson Graphite 49

Samson enters the USB MIDI keyboard controller market with the 49-key Graphite 49. This compact keyboard has a semi-weighted action with aftertouch, pitch and modulation wheels, nine faders, eight encoder knobs, 16... Read more »
Jan 13 2012, 8:00 AM

MPC Studio

Last week, we announced the brand-new Akai Professional MPC Renaissance and hinted that more new members of the MPC family were on the way. Today, we've got the MPC Studio for you to check out. The most streamlined... Read more »
Jan 6 2012, 8:00 AM

Next-generation MPC

The newest member of the Akai Professional MPC family is the MPC Renaissance, which fuses legendary MPC-style hardware and production with the processing power of your computer. Features include: Vintage Mode... Read more »
Jan 6 2012, 8:00 AM

Moog Minitaur

Want the classic bass sounds of the legendary Moog Taurus pedals? One way to get them is to pick up a Taurus — we have a few of the limited edition Taurus 3 reissues left if you act quickly! Or, you could grab... Read more »
Dec 29 2011, 8:00 AM

Arturia Updates

Software synth mavens Arturia have released a trio of new versions of their popular modeled vintage synthesizers and virtual instruments, including: Spark 1.4 — a major update to the Creative Drum Machine with... Read more »
Dec 16 2011, 8:00 AM

Moog Updates Cluster Flux

Moog Music has released version 1.4 firmware for the Cluster Flux. The new version supports additional MIDI control change (CC) messages: CC79 — Enable Mod Wheel to LFO Amount CC80 — Pitch Bend Amount... Read more »
Dec 15 2011, 8:00 AM

Welcome XILS-lab!

We are pleased to welcome XILS-lab virtual instruments to the Sweetwater family! XILS-lab has three different software instrument versions of rare classic analog synths: XILS3 — Based on a classic matrix-based... Read more »
Dec 8 2011, 8:00 AM

Kronos 1.5

Korg has released Kronos version 1.5.0 system software. The new version includes many new features and fixes. There are also seven additional user banks of programs, wave sequences, and drum kits; support for USB... Read more »
Dec 1 2011, 8:00 AM

Moog Modular V 2.6

Arturia has announced the release of version 2.6 of Moog Modular V2. The new version adds 64-bit VST and Audio Unit compatibility, Pro Tools 9 and Pro Tools 10 support, Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) support, and improved... Read more »

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