How do you get thousands of man-hours recording and hundreds of megabytes of data for orchestral sounds into an affordable and easy to use package? Simple, the E-MU Virtuoso module. This 128 voice module packs the very best of E-MU’s new orchestral sounds into a single rack space module with 24-bit sample playback quality. Many of you may remember their old Proteus 2 from 8 years ago. It set the standard then, and the Virtuoso will set the standard now.
Data Sonic has an excellent PC program that provides computer control over several Roland VS recorders. The VS Pro software is also available in versions that provide scoring, sequencing, and audio editing.
Mezzo has announced that their Mezzo archiving system (version 3.7) is now compatible with MOTU’s Digital Performer 2.71. Mezzo provides a “smart” backup and archiving environment that pays particular attention to the unique concerns of people doing music and video on their computers.