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Steinberg and Yamaha announce Cubase AI4

Yamaha plans to ship this version of Cubase with the Yamaha Motif XS8 synthsizer (Street Price: $3,199.00) as well as other members of the Motif XS lineup.

Futuremusic.com says the new Motif lineup “will reportedly ship to dealers in the Spring of 2007″

For more check out their press release: http://www.steinberg.net/1242+M52087573ab0.html

Reason Producers Conference

If you’re in SanFran and using Propellerhead’s Reason this might be worth checking out. It’s free for registered users of Reason, or $99/person.

Where: Recombinant Labs, San Francisco.
http://recombinantmedia.net

When: Saturday, November 18th. 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

http://www.propellerheads.se/procon/

Line 6 spruces things up

Line 6 is now shipping the TonePort KB37. The MSRP price is $414.99 and the street price is about $299.

In addition to recently adding the KB37 to its lineup, Line 6 updated their Gearbox software to version 3. (See release notes here) Gearbox will work with the following Line 6 hardware: GuitarPort, PODxt, PODxt Pro, PODxt Live, TonePort UX1, TonePort UX2, TonePort KB37, TonePort DI-Silver, TonePort DI-Gold.

Cubase 4 will offer competitive upgrade program

New Features in Cubase Studio 4

New Features in Cubase 4. Street Price is around US$799. This is an increase from SX3 pricing.

There is a feature comparison betweeen the two versions.

Steinberg is offering a crossgrade for around US$439, which includes the following competitive products:
- Adobe Audition, US $349
- Apple Logic, US$999
- Cakewalk Sonar
- MOTU Digital Performer
- Sony Vegas
- Sony Vegas + DVD US $524.96, Acid Pro
- Pro Tools
- Magix Samplitude; Classic: $299.99, Master: $499.99, Professional: $999.99
- Sequoia
- Ableton Live (Full Version Only) Box: USD 599.00, Download: US$499.00
- Propellerheads Reason (Full Version Only)
- Sibelius
- Coda Finale (Full Version Only)
- Tracktion (Full Version Only) US$149.99

M-Audio intros Session

This new software, which is aimed at casual musicians, taughts ease of use.  It offers both loop-based composition (includes 2GB) as well as the ability to record music directly to your computer.  Session software is included with M-Audio’s Fast Track USB.  The company plans to include Session with other products as well.

For more: http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Session-main.html 

Reason & ReWire get update

Propellerhead anounced the following two product updates: Reason 3.0.5 and ReWire 1.7. The focus of these updates appears to be Intel Mac compatibility and ReWire performance enhancements.
http://www.propellerheads.se/