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Cakewalk offers new monitors, audio interfaces for Mac users
By Jim DalrympleJuly 30, 2009, 1:28 pm PT
Music hardware and software-maker, Cakewalk, on Thursday announced five new products for Mac using musicians, including two sets of monitors and three audio interfaces.
The MA-7A Stereo Micro Monitors and MA-15D Digital Stereo Micro Monitors were designed for a home recording studio, a classroom or media lab, the college dorm room, or your living room media center, according to Cakewalk.
The MA-7As are seven watt per channel powered monitors with front and rear Stereo 1/8-inch line-in, plus RCA (L/R) inputs. This allows you to connect two devices at the same time, like an iPod and a computer. The monitors also have a 1/8-inch headphone jack and controls for volume, bass and treble.
The MA-15Ds are a bit more powerful with 15 watt per channel capability. They also have an 1/8-inch Line-in and RCA (L/R), as well as a 1/4-inch headphone jack. These monitors come with controls for bass, treble, and volume 1 and 2.
Cakewalk also unveiled three new audio interfaces: the UA-25EX, UA-4FX, and UA-101.
The company said all three interfaces were designed to allow users to “quickly and easily connect and capture audio.” All three products were designed in conjunction with Roland.
The UA-25EX comes with the ability to record 24-bit/96 kHz audio. The bus-powered unit also comes with XLR/TRS combo jacks and a Hi-Z input, designed for guitars. Other features include a built-in compressor/limiter and optical I/O.
The UA-4FX is bus-powered and capable of recording audio at 24-bit/96 kHz. This unit includes Roland’s COSM tube MIC preamp simulator and 14 built-in effects including Chorus, Delay, Reverb, Enhancer, and a Multi-band compressor/limiter. It comes with a 1/4-inch input with Hi-Z and an XLR input with phantom power.
Finally, the UA-101 allows you to record and monitor 6 channels simultaneously at 24-bit/192kHz or all 10 channels simultaneously at 24-bit/96 kHz. It comes with XLR/TRS combo inputs with Hi-Z option for electric guitar; six 1/4-inch TRS balanced inputs; 10 1/4-inch TRS balanced outputs; S/PDIF Optical I/O with Digital Sync Indicator; Headphone out; and MIDI I/O.
The monitors will be available in August and the audio interfaces will be available in September.
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Cakewalk offers new monitors, audio interfaces for Mac users
By Jim DalrympleJuly 30, 2009, 1:28 pm PT
Music hardware and software-maker, Cakewalk, on Thursday announced five new products for Mac using musicians, including two sets of monitors and three audio interfaces.
The MA-7A Stereo Micro Monitors and MA-15D Digital Stereo Micro Monitors were designed for a home recording studio, a classroom or media lab, the college dorm room, or your living room media center, according to Cakewalk.
The MA-7As are seven watt per channel powered monitors with front and rear Stereo 1/8-inch line-in, plus RCA (L/R) inputs. This allows you to connect two devices at the same time, like an iPod and a computer. The monitors also have a 1/8-inch headphone jack and controls for volume, bass and treble.
The MA-15Ds are a bit more powerful with 15 watt per channel capability. They also have an 1/8-inch Line-in and RCA (L/R), as well as a 1/4-inch headphone jack. These monitors come with controls for bass, treble, and volume 1 and 2.
Cakewalk also unveiled three new audio interfaces: the UA-25EX, UA-4FX, and UA-101.
The company said all three interfaces were designed to allow users to “quickly and easily connect and capture audio.” All three products were designed in conjunction with Roland.
The UA-25EX comes with the ability to record 24-bit/96 kHz audio. The bus-powered unit also comes with XLR/TRS combo jacks and a Hi-Z input, designed for guitars. Other features include a built-in compressor/limiter and optical I/O.
The UA-4FX is bus-powered and capable of recording audio at 24-bit/96 kHz. This unit includes Roland’s COSM tube MIC preamp simulator and 14 built-in effects including Chorus, Delay, Reverb, Enhancer, and a Multi-band compressor/limiter. It comes with a 1/4-inch input with Hi-Z and an XLR input with phantom power.
Finally, the UA-101 allows you to record and monitor 6 channels simultaneously at 24-bit/192kHz or all 10 channels simultaneously at 24-bit/96 kHz. It comes with XLR/TRS combo inputs with Hi-Z option for electric guitar; six 1/4-inch TRS balanced inputs; 10 1/4-inch TRS balanced outputs; S/PDIF Optical I/O with Digital Sync Indicator; Headphone out; and MIDI I/O.
The monitors will be available in August and the audio interfaces will be available in September.
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I just got a pair of Behringer MS20 studio speakers. 2 x 20 watts with an integrated 24-bit/192Khz D/A converter for about $120.
All i needed was a mini-toslink to normal-toslink adapter and now I’m enjoying all-digital HD audio.
Not a solution for the recording set, but it’s a huge step up from every pair of speakers I’ve ever had…