Moog Guitar Model E1 :

Since its introduction at the Summer NAMM tradeshow in 2008, the Moog Guitar has received numerous industry honors including Guitar Player Magazine\'s 2009 Reader\'s Choice Award, Electronic Musician Magazine\'s 2009 Editor\'s Choice Award, 2008 Summer NAMM \"Best In Show\" honors, a 2008 “Best of What’s New Award” from Popular Science magazine and a 2009 Mix Foundation TEC Award nomination. More importantly, it has inspired players to new creative heights, and opened the door to totally new forms of expression with a guitar.

Introducing the next step in the evolution of The Moog Guitar: The Model E1.

The Model E1 is the production model of The Moog Guitar. It uses the same innovative electronics and pick-ups as the original Paul Vo Collector Edition, with some exciting new changes. It’s available in three new finishes; Butterscotch, Candy Red and Black, and now sports chrome hardware, a solid alder body and a choice of fixed or tremolo bridges.

Celebrate 30 Years of FOCAL !:

The Focal tradition... Since its foundation, Focal-JMlab has grown to become one of the world main hi-fi loudspeaker companies.

Headquartered in Saint-Etienne, France, it is now internationally recognized as a world leader in the design and manufacture of specialist drive units for hi-fi loudspeakers. It is also pre-eminent in the design and manufacture of specialist loudspeaker drive units for car-audio and pro-audio; and in the creation of highly advanced, complete hi-fi loudspeaker enclosures priced from 125 Euros to 65,000 Euros and 99 euros to 2,750 Euros for car-audio. Marketleader in France, it exports over 73% of its output mainly in Europe, North America and Southeast Asia.

The company key strength is its complete integration and quality control of the loudspeaker manufacturing process, from the design of drive units, cabinets and crossovers, to the assembly of the finished product. Focal-JMlab maintains an intense, continual programme of research and development into drive-unit technologies. Numerous patents have been registered in the past few years.

Focal-JMlab currently employs over 200 people in modern facilities of 12,500m2 (134,550 ft2), that concentrate production, R&D and management in the same site. The strengthened turnover of the Focal Audio Group reached 31.3 million of Euros in 2008.

The passion of sound

Even if you cannot explain a listening session but rather live it, Focal has decided to open a great book in which each Internet user can write his or her story: the pleasure experienced when listening to one of the brand’s product, or the discovery of a music track that becomes wonderfully real through its reproduction. In brief, you are invited to tell about the thrill, the passion, the feelings... Focal-JMlab invites you to put in words the moments of pure pleasure you have experienced and maybe shared.

A website dedicated to the 30th anniversary

With words, images, animated or not, you can now express on the web this unique feeling that the music loversknow well. Some VIPs (or rather the brand’s supporters) will share their personal or professional experiences. But everybody can add a story on the website and win one of the 30 gifts offered by Focal-JMlab. The most beautiful stories will then be rewarded. You will also have the possibility to vote for your favorite story. The name of the winners will be revealed at the end of the year 2009...

Focal-JMlab\'s 30th anniversary website link: http://30th.focal-fr.com Opening date of the website: already open! Go and have a look...

Earthworks - The Pinnacle of Drum Microphones:

The Drum FullKit™ is the ultimate set of High Definition drum microphones. It includes microphones and mic accessories for each element of the drum set, and comes housed in two attractive high-impact carrying cases. The custom foam insert for each case makes it easy to store your drum microphones and related accessories when they are not in use. The high-impact case will also protect the microphones and accessories while you are traveling or touring. The cases can be dropped without damaging either the case or the microphones. To hear recorded samples of a drum set miked with 9 conventional microphones and the FullKit set of microphones, click here. You will be impressed! The Drum FullKit™ System has 1 DP25/C snare microphone, 4 DP30/C tom microphones, 5 RM1 RimMounts™, 9 LevelPads™, windscreens to mike one snare, two mounted toms and two floor toms. It also includes 2 SR25s for overheads, 1 SR30 for hi-hat, 1 SR30 for kick drum and a KickPad. There are foam windscreens for each microphone and 2 SRW2 Stainless Steel vocal windscreens if on occasion you would like to use the 2 SR30s for vocal microphones. The Drum FullKit™ System comes housed in two attractive high-impact road cases.

Rhodes MK 7. The return of the King !:

Rhodes Returns Rhodes Returns Rhodes Music Corporation has commenced the manufacturing and shipping of the iconic Rhodes electro-mechanical keyboard to domestic and international markets from its factory in Long Beach, Calif. Evolving form a piano invented by Harold Rhodes during World War II designed to provide a keyboard that injured serviceman could play while in bed, the Rhodes piano features unique functionality: unlike the action in a conventional piano, where each key causes a corresponding hammer to strike sets of strings, in a Rhodes the hammers strike the tines, instead. The distinctive sound became a favorite of many musicians from the mid-1960s onwards, with a number of notable players embracing the instrument (Joe Zawinul, Stevie Wonder, Chick Corea, Donald Fagen, and Herbie Hancock, to name but a few).

Metric Halo ULN8:

Simply the best - of everything! Building upon the experience gained with the Mobile I/O 2882 and ULN-2, we set out to design an integrated product to literally provide the best performance in each of its component sections while still providing all of the benefits of tight integration in a single field-capable package. The ULN-8 is the result of that development program.

The ULN-8 incorporates a number of new Metric Halo Audio technologies including:

192k sample rate support for both Analog and AES Inputs and Outputs
New DC-coupled, zero phase distortion, servo balanced Line Inputs and Outputs
ULN-R next generation remote controlled preamp technology. The Mic Pres in the ULN-8 build upon the audio performance pioneered by the ULN-2 preamp design with the additional benefit and technological innovation of full clickless remote control of the ULN Mic pre. This is accomplished with a sophisticated gain switching mechanism which incorporates Metric Halo \\\"zero-cross\\\" technology.
Fully clickless remote controlled Monitor outputs. All ULN-8 analog outputs incorporate Metric Halo clickless remote technology allowing for flexible monitoring applications from stereo to 7.1 surround.

Earthworks brilliance:

Earthworks was formed by David Blackmer, the brilliant inventor and founder of dbx™, where he invented new technologies in VCAs and true RMS detectors for companders and compressors. At Earthworks his passion focused on inventing new technologies for microphones, preamplifiers and monitor speakers. These new advanced, patented technologies provide Earthworks with the ability to manufacture the “next generation” of professional audio products that will significantly outperform any other quality professional audio equipment on the market.

Those who use Earthworks microphones, amplifiers and monitor speakers refer to them as “stunning,” “most impressive” and “life changing.” This is because Earthworks advanced technologies provide a dramatic increase in audible quality. Reviews of Earthworks products in the press have been superlative. We are much more excited by the excellent results people achieve when using our equipment.

Earthworks is a New Hampshire, U.S.A. based company that is dedicated to quality and sonic excellence. Each Earthworks product is made with great care, meticulous attention to detail and a strong emphasis on quality. We pride ourselves in making only the very best in professional audio equipment and it is all made right here in the U.S.A.

Open Labs DBeat:

Open Labs is proud to announce DBeat.

More than 7,000 high-quality sounds.
Pre-loaded with Riff, GURU.
Compatible with Serato Scratch Live™, Traktor™, Pro Tools™, Reason™ and more.
12 inch Touch Screen, trackball and iPod-compatible cradle.
Bump MP™, Mix/Edit, and DJ Controls.
Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB hard drive, dual-layer DVD burner, and FireWire, USB, DVI Video and Ethernet ports, Internet ready.
26\"L x 14\"W x 5\"H and weighs approx. 20lbs.
One year of Open Labs Gold Support Services.

Coldplay goes surround with Dangerous:

Edmeston, NY - September 9, 2009 - Multi Grammy Award winning, Mix Engineer Michael H. Brauer recently mixed Coldplay\'s \"Strawberry Swing\" from Viva La Vida specifically for a theatrical release with a new art-concept video. Could this be the best idea ever for getting high-resolution surround audio into the ears of the public? Brauer mixed the song at his room at Electric Lady Studios, NYC using the Dangerous Music Monitor ST-SR surround monitor controller. While the new video debuted at London\'s Odeon Theater in July, playing before major movie releases, Coldplay is set to release \"Strawberry Swing\" as a single digitally on September 14. The band is currently on a US tour.

Brauer noted, \"The SSL J in my new room at Electric Lady doesn\'t have the 5.1 monitoring panel. I was concerned how I would mix surround without it until I discovered that Dangerous offers the ST-SR. It\'s exactly what I was looking for. It offers everything I need from the SSL panel and more. It sounds great and works like a charm!! Hats off Dangerous dudes!\"

The stylish chalk-drawn video was created by art collective Shynola, who also directed attention-grabbing videos for Radiohead, Stephen Malkmus and Beck. It took a year after the release of Viva La Vida to finish the stop-motion video, Brauer mixed the surround version of the song in one day. A trailer of the \"Strawberry Swing\" video can be viewed on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEQpZcqxNDs

Michael Brauer has mixed Parachutes, X&Y, and Viva La Vida for Coldplay. He has also mixed albums for Bob Dylan, John Mayer, Rolling Stones, Grandaddy, James Morrison, Paul McCartney, The Kooks, KT Tunstall, Athlete, New Radicals, Tony Bennett, Ben Folds, and My Morning Jacket. Recently Michael has mixed albums for The Fray, Regina Spektor, Colbie Caillat, Mat Kearney, Howie Day, and The Doves.

The Dangerous Monitor ST is the centerpiece of the most flexible monitor control platform available. Studios working in stereo can start with the Monitor ST and later expand to surround sound control for film and TV work by adding the SR expansion unit with no equipment redundancy or obsolescence. ST is a fully expandable remote control-based monitor controller and source switcher with four inputs and speaker switcher for 3-pairs of speakers and subwoofer, and includes integrated cue and talkback systems, with an onboard headphone power amplifier, all in one rack space. With the cat-5 connected remote control unit, included with the Monitor ST, engineers can configure and control an entire system from the comfort of the studio\'s sweet spot.