Bass Pod Hits the Floor
Line 6 has announced a new Bass POD XT Live version of the popular Bass POD XT. The bass guitar amp/effects modeler has 28 amp, 22 cabinet, and 4 mic models, 50 studio/pedal effects, Variax Bass Digital connection, dedicated stompbox on/off footswitches, combination volume/expression/wah pedal, chromatic tuner, USB I/O, headphone out, biamp outs, and an aux input for a CD or MP3 player or drum machine.
New In Stock At Sweetwater
The brand-spanking new Mackie CFX16mkII and CFX12mkII mixers arrived in our warehouse today. Featuring 16 or 12 channels respectively, four buses, 32-bit digital effects, and a 9-band graphic EQ, these mixers are ideal for live-sound applications.
Yamaha has supplied us with the MagicStomp EB, which contains all the cool features of the MagicStomp II tailored for acoustic and electric basses. Features include 99 factory presets, 99 user presets, 63 effects algorithms, 24-bit digital conversion, USB interface, and a headphone out.
Newly arrived from Edirol are the MA-7A compact desktop monitors. These little dynamos feature a 3″ full-range speaker, subwoofer output, 7 -watts of power, dual source inputs, and a built-in bass enhancer circuit.
Software education gurus Course Technology have shipped us five new products for Reason and Cubase users:
- Reason 3 Power! – an intermediate-level Reason 3 tutorial with close-up explanations of all functions.
- Reason 3 Ignite! – an intro-level Reason tutorial with dozens of examples and screenshots.
- Reason 3 CSi Starter – Cool School Interactus Starter Class for Reason 3; a 2.5-hour DVD tutorial, where a pro guides you through the software.
- Cubase SX 3 CSi Starter – Cool School Interactus Starter Class for Cubase SX 3; a DVD featuring dozens of Cubase SX 3 movie tutorials.
- Cubase SX 3 CSi Master – Cool School Interactus Master Class for Cubase SX 3; a DVD with five hours of Cubase CX 3 movie tutorials.
Also new in stock is the Parker Southern NiteFly guitar, which features a swamp ash body and solid maple neck finished in a beautiful vintage butterscotch. Two vintage-style Seymour Duncan single-coils and a Fishman piezo in the bridge provide Parker’s trademark tonal diversity… and the whole thing only weighs six pounds.
Good Vibrations
Written any great Theremin music lately? If so, get over to the Ether Music 2005 site, where there’s a composition contest going on. The Ether Music conference takes place in Asheville, North Carolina from August 4-7.