If you’re looking to enter the world of synthesis as a guitar player, Roland’s GI-20 should be on your wish list! As a GK-MIDI interface, it detects the signal from any electric or bass guitar that is equipped with a GK-2A (guitar) or GK-2B (bass) pickup, letting you trigger samples and synths from your guitar!
News You Can Use
SWEETWATER EXCLUSIVE BREAKING NEWS!!!
In an exclusive “sneak peek” at Sweetwater, Digidesign unveiled the newest addition to their ground-breaking Pro Tools line! The Digi 002 Rack is an exciting 2U rack version of the best-selling Digi 002, sporting ALL the same ins and outs of its cousin as well as convenient front panel control that includes input gain for channels 1-4, monitor and headphone levels, and more! Perhaps best of all is its convenient “plug-and-play” capabilities with FireWire connection and rack-friendly mounting. CALL TODAY AND BE AMONG THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY TO OWN ONE!
Sweetwater’s Gear Giveaway!
What would you say to a couple of the most versatile, reliable, feature-rich PA speakers ever made? What if they were FREE? If you sign up for Sweetwater’s May Gear Giveaway, a pair of Mackie’s marvelous SRM-450s could be yours! Built to withstand what ever you can throw at them, the 450s have taken care of power with a 2-way, BiAmped system that feeds just the right amount of juice to drive the speakers. This means you’ll NEVER have to worry about lugging around a rack full of HEAVY power amps again! Sign up for Sweetwater’s Gear Giveaway and take your stage show to a whole new level of sound!
Software Update
The Reason 2.5 update is good news to anyone with an interest in music production in general and heavy-duty effects processing in particular. And if you are a registered Reason 2.0 user, the news is beyond good. Because for you, this update is completely free. That’s correct, all you have to do is to wait for an email from Propellerhead Software telling you that the update is available and Reason 2.5 is all yours.
Reason 2.5 adds the following:
• RV7000 Advanced Reverb: A professional stereo reverb unit with the finest sounding algorithms around.
• BV512 Digital Vocoder: A multi-talented 4 to 512-band vocoder with the power to equalize.
• Scream 4 Sound Destruction Unit: An advanced distortion device capable of everything from tape saturation to total destruction.
• UN-16 Unison: A classic effect designed to fatten and widen any sound.
• Spider Audio Merger & Splitter: A small and indispensable utility for audio signal path scientists.
• Spider CV Merger & Splitter: A handy signal path routing utility for CV and Gate experimentalists.
