Announced at NAMM 2011 in January, Universal Audio today shipped their UAD-2 Satellite DUO and QUAD FireWire DSP Accelerator Packages. As the newest members of UA’s award-winning UAD-2 Powered Plug-Ins platform, the UAD-2 Satellite family combines DSP acceleration with the plug-and-play simplicity of FireWire 800/400 — perfect for modern, Intel-based iMacs and MacBook Pros.
Apogee Electronics is pleased to announce JAM, a studio quality guitar input for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and Mac. Featuring PureDIGITAL technology, JAM enables musicians to practice, record and rock out with ultimate tone using the guitar amps and effects in Apple’s GarageBand software on iPad 2 or Mac. No configuration necessary, just plug in and play and experience the legendary sound quality of Apogee for $99.
Apple today introduced iPad 2, with an entirely new design that is 33 percent thinner and up to 15 percent lighter than the original iPad, while maintaining the same stunning 9.7-inch LED-backlit LCD screen. iPad 2 features Apple’s new dual-core A5 processor for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics and now includes two cameras, a front-facing VGA camera for FaceTime and Photo Booth, and a rear-facing camera that captures 720p HD video, bringing the innovative FaceTime feature to iPad users for the first time. Though it is thinner, lighter, faster and packed with new features, iPad 2 still delivers up to 10 hours of battery life that users have come to expect.
Apple today updated the industry-leading MacBook Pro family with next generation processors and graphics, high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology and a new FaceTime HD camera. Featuring the very latest dual-core and quad-core Intel Core processors, the entire MacBook Pro line is up to twice as fast as the previous generation.
Camel Audio is proud to announce availability of Dubstep and Arp Dimensions, two highly-affordable additions to its ‘powered by Alchemy’ range of sound libraries, each allowing users to tweak the sounds using the performance controls and remix pad included in the free Alchemy Player software instrument plug-in.