Happy Valentine’s day. We know most of you who read inSync regularly love gear, so what would be better than an inSync full of it. We’re working hard keeping you apprised of new items in stock. So in the spirit of what you love, here’s tons of new stuff in stock at Sweetwater.
The Godin Radiator sets a new price standard for hand-finished guitars and makes a great choice for veteran players looking to add to their collection as well as novice players looking for their first serious guitar. This is an amazingly versatile instrument thanks to the Godin designed single coil pickups, each with its own volume control and master tone. The 24-fret Rock Maple neck may be our most comfortable ever and along with the 24-3/4″ scale and 12″ fingerboard radius, make this an easy playing instrument. Call your Sales Engineer for details!Many of you may not have known this, but Johnny Appleseed was from Sweetwater’s home, Ft. Wayne. He must’ve done some good work because we’ve had the Invasion of the Apples in our warehouse (believe me, this is the kind of invasion we love to see). Two Mac models, the G4/533 and the G4/466 are readily available, and can be custom-configured by our installation professionals to your needs. These G4s are audio AND video ready, with FireWire, USB, AGP video and four PCI slots. Macs and audio are ideal partners, just like you and your Sales Engineer – give us a call!
The E-MU Proteus 2000 is a marvel of synthesis and music-making, and now you can have it any way you want it. The custom Proteus 2000s are configured to your specifications – you start with a stock model and then begin adding the options until you’ve got what you want (we wouldn’t have it any other way). Of course the Proteus 2000 has great features – like 128-voice polyphony, 32 channels of MIDI, 4 internal ROM slots (expand to 128MB of sounds), and 4 realtime controls. The unit has always sounded spectacular, and now you can give it a personalized flavor… call your Sales Engineer to find out more!
The MiniDisc serves a unique role in the audio recording community – they’re a compact, good-sounding, robust recording media that’s great for reference mixes, portability and high definition digital audio at an affordable price. The MDS-JE440 MiniDisc Player/Recorder from Sony, with 80 minute record/playback time, RCA phono I/O (analog) and optical input (digital) gives you the fast track to excellent audio options, without the guilt of feeling like you spent too much. Call and see about the MDS-JE440 – it could be just what the Audio Doctor prescribes for your studio!
Instead of trying to piece together a makeshift electronic drumkit setup, why not have a look at the Yamaha DTXTREME Electronic Percussion System, which comes complete with all the pads you need, AND a tone module stocked full of sounds? The DTXTREME packs 1,000 incredible hi-resolution drum voices. It uses real drum heads, shallower versions of acoustic shells (about 3″ deep) and some cool spatial effects, great touch sensitivity for expression, and the ability to program and “trigger” songs. One of DTXTREME’s coolest features lets you input up to 4MB of sample RAM into the “brain” of the kit and assign your own samples to the pads! DTXtreme Components: DTX2U, (6) TP80S, KP80S, (2) PCY80S, HH80S, RS80, TPCL80, PCY10.
The KBR3D from Motion Sound, a stereo dual sound amplifier featuring a REAL rotary horn channel with a 12AX7 tube for organ, and two stereo hi-fidelity channels. A 3D expander adds additional depth to Stereo piano, synth, and other sounds. All channels, stereo horn microphones and stereo XLR outs for all signals can be used simultaneously; For more on these unique Motion Sound amps call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer.
Yamaha decided their PSR9000 was so feature-laden, it was practically a “pro” synth anyway, so why not add a few more lines to the spec list, and call it a deal? The highlights of the 9000Pro are 76 keys, 126-voice polyphony, 2 expansion slots for any of Yamaha’s PLG boards, 2 gooseneck lamp sockets and the exceptional sound quality of the original.
The System 6000 from TC Electronic gives you the tools to explore the potential of multi-dimensional sound to its fullest! System 6000 combines elements of TC Electronic’s famous M5000; a newly-developed, multi-channel version of VSS technology and state-of-the art mastering technology with a stunning new multi-channel processing platform. experience room/environment simulation at an unbelievable level of realism, with sample rates up to 96kHz. Features three 2-channel A/D/A 24-bit/96kHz analog I/O cards for 6-channel analog operation – ideal for 5.1 surround sound applications. Also available is the TC ICON remote for easy control from a distance.
Recognized as delivering the highest level of performance and reliability in a CD burner, this Glyph 12x4x32 CD burner lets you create a 650MB data or 74 minute audio CD at speeds that will intimidate your other drives. This means less time making CDs and have more time to create. Includes a 25/50 SCSI cable. Give us a call when you’re ready to burn!
The Maximizer from Steinberg, a realtime loudness optimizer plug-in for VST, Direct X, and Wavelab. The Maximizer presents a new approach to increasing the loudness of recordings, without creating any artifacts or noise. Loudness maximization has become a veritable necessity in popular music today – talk a Sales Engineer to get more out of your audio.
Put incredible features immediately at your disposal — analog modeling, realtime sonic manipulation, multi-effects galore (56 at one time!), a 42 band vocoder, FM and ring mod algorithms. Hey, this is a Nova, so it sounds great, and with 2 balanced inputs you can mix that sonic sweetness with any input source. Call or we’ll come to your house and eat all of your food!
The Giga-storage meisters over at Glyph have been hard at work, without question. We’ve gotten practically a truckload of new drives and drive bays from them. Given the highly varied needs of our customers we’ve decided to stock drive bays and drives as raw components so we can custom configure the drive system you need based on your individual needs. Here’s the rundown of some of the pieces we have ready to go for you:
NakedTrip – Rackmount enclosure for 4 Hot-swap SCSI hard drives
NakedDual – Rackmount enclosure for 2 Hot-swap SCSI hard drives
NakedDesktop – Desktop enclosure for 1 Hot-swap SCSI hard drive
9gigHot – 9GB Hot-Swap SCSI hard drive, 10,000 rpm, for Naked HD Rack
18GigHot – 18GB Hot-swap SCSI hard drive, 10,000 rpm, for Naked HD Rack
18GigHot15 – 18GB Hot-swap SCSI hard drive, 15,000 rpm, for Naked HD Rack
36GigHot – 36GB Hot-swap SCSI hard drive, 10,000 rpm, for Naked HD Rack
MASStor18 – 2U Rack w/ 2 Hot-swap 18GB, 15,000 rpm hard drives
Increasing the widespread use of interactive music files, the MT-90S Music Player is a Standard MIDI File-based Music Tutor which features a new compact design and backlit LCD. Its easy operation and unbelievably low price makes it easy for all music learners, educators and performers to learn, teach and play with interactive music disks. Has a microphone input with echo effect for vocal lessons/karaoke performance.