New in stock at Sweetwater Sound: 24-bit/96kHz recording is the new paradigm and the Solo from Sea Sound is one of the most impressive systems we’ve seen in the low cost computer card/interface market. It has an excellent hardware interface with mic preamps and headphone amps, plus a host of other controls. There are some serious folks who’ve been around for a while driving this company so it’s no surprise the Solo is a winner. Retail price $699.95.
E-mu has released version 2.0 software for the Audity 2000. It adds a ton of great new functionality to what was already a great instrument. Once you bring your machine up to version 2.0, all future upgrades will be able to be done with Internet downloads. 2.0 upgrades are best handled at E-mu (details are at their Audity upgrade page). They are throwing in an Xtreme ROM upgrade for only $149 (a $249 value) to take some of the sting out of having to ship your unit in to them.