It’s now easier than ever to set up your own little disc duplication service. Microboards has dramatically lowered the price of professional duplication systems in recent months. The new in stock DSR1200 series duplicators offer a great value by providing very high performance with a “no-frills” design. You can duplicate just about any disc with one button push. Each unit comes with a 12X CD reader and is available in a 1 to 4 writer tower or a 5 to 8 writer tower. The maxed out 4 slave tower, model DSR1204 (allows you to duplicate 4 discs per pass) costs under $2400.
Fire up the band. It’s time for the December Website of the Month award. This month’s deserving winner is Hearnet.com, a very informative site devoted exclusively to hearing – the loss of and the care of, with a focus on the entertainment industry (that’s us, guys). There is a lot to be learned on this subject and as professionals we should be learning how to take care of this most important instrument.
Robot Software has released a new breed of XG editor for the Yamaha MU128 that will support the extended voices and effects of the SW1000XG, MU100, and MU90. It is available for the Macintosh PPC platform. A 30 day trial version can be downloaded from their website.
