Line 6, those masters of guitar modeling, have delivered their Vetta amp to our doors. This is a whole new breed of modeling amp. Each channel is a complete rig, with your choice of amp models, stompboxes, and studio quality effects. There are over 20 brand new amp models included.
MOTU has announced a new 96k Firewire audio interface they expect to have shipping next year. The 896 is a two rack-space 96 kHz FireWire audio interface for Macintosh and Windows personal computers with 8 channels of 24-bit analog I/O, 8 channels of ADAT optical digital I/O, 8 built-in mic pre-amps, AES/EBU digital I/O, word clock sync, and sample-accurate ADAT SYNC. The front panel provides three banks of 10-segment level meters, 8 trim knobs for the analog inputs, and 8 toggle switches for independent 48-volt phantom power for each analog input. In addition, the 896 provides CueMix(tm) Plus no-latency monitoring of live input with separate front-panel volume control over the monitored input signal. Up to four 896s can be daisy-chained to a single computer for 72 channels of I/O. It will include a complete set of drivers for compatibility with all major audio software on both computer platforms.