Yamaha has had huge success with their S80 keyboard and controller. Now they’ve released the S30 to an anxious crowd. The S30 is identical to the S80 in every way except is has only 61 unweighted keys and one expansion slot.
Datasonics has developed PC software to operate the Roland VS series digital recording systems. They have basic packages available, or packages that include sequencing and notation. You can order directly or your Sweetwater Sales Engineer will be glad to order a package for you.
Dolby Labs has been posting a series of very informative papers to their Web site about recording and mixing for mutichannel audio and DVD formats. With the promised release of DVD-Audio hardware (at least from Panasonic) in July the whole issue of multi-speaker and DVD production is about to become a major concern of anyone doing audio work.