Koblo Releases Studio 9000 Virtual 'Synth
Rack'
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January 17, 2000
Complete with new features, Studio9000, consisting
of the Vibra9000, Gamma9000, Stella9000, Vibra6000 and Vibra 1000, is
an innovative virtual 'synth rack.' In a short time, Koblo not only developed
drivers for Cubase, Logic, Vision, and Digital Performer, but were also
the first to integrate with Digidesign's new technology, 'Direct Connect,'
making it possible for their synths to run with ProTools 5.0.
The development history of synths has moved from pure to virtual analogue,
e.g. Clavia's Nord Lead and Access Music's Virus. The next step in the
evolution chain will be the move of synths into the main CPU of the music
workstations, exactly like it happened with the sequencers, tape recorders,
and mixing consoles.
Developer and Project manager, Max Groenlund states, "Our products have
so many advantages over the hardware solutions. Besides the outstanding
sound quality, the integration with the environment is outstanding as
well. We are making it possible for producers to simply turn on their
computer, open up their project, and all routing, MIDI settings, and presets
are recalled."
Some improvements include playback of 16, 24, and 32 bit samples, importing
Sample Cell keymaps, AIFF and Sound Designer II sound files, and Gamma9000
now also has seperate output on the different drum tracks.
During the last few months, the Koblo organization has been totally restructured
as well. "Koblo's business organization is growing rapidly to suport sales
of a revolutionalry new product that is in strong demand. We have partnered
with Digidesign as the worldwide distributor of our products and expect
our support and marketing capabilities to grow very dramatically as a
result. Koblo can then devote more time to working on our world-class
synth products, like the Studio9000 version 2.5," adds marketing manager,
Jeanette Scarborough.
The Studio9000 is available though Digidesign,
as well as directly off of Koblo's website.
For more information go to www.koblo.com.
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