Roland takes it to the next level with their VS-1880. Aside from the great editing and effects you’ve come to expect from VS products, it sports 18 tracks, 24-bit converters, a 28 channel mixer, 288 virtual tracks, and enhanced CD burning modes that makes producing your CD’s much easier. Man, if only I’d had one of these 15 years ago.
Cycling ’74 has acquired Max; the object oriented programming environment for real time music and multimedia. Max had been licensed to Opcode Systems since 1990, but Cycling ’74 has been the sole sales and support channel for it since Opcode announced a restructuring in 1999.
Alesis has added audio demos of their Q series expansion cards to their Web site. You’ll need an MP3 player to use them. They’ve also added demos for their DG-8, digital grand piano.