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13Jul/110

Cycling74 Max/Msp 6 – code generation, GPU programming, new features

Cycling74 Max Msp 6

The company Cycling74 announced Max/Msp 6 which will arrive fall 2011. Prices have been lowered, starting from $59 for a student 12-month license. Upgrade prices for existing Max5 users will be $199, if there will be a "max for live" upgrade fee is not known at the moment.

Main news are:

  1. Performance: code generation, HTML5 and a new 2d Graphics API in Javascript has been announced.
  2. Quality: "output gaps" should not be audible anymore when working on running patches, as well as "an advanced toolset for high quality rendering 3-D objects" has been announced. Jitter comes with a new physics engine and better support for 3D model and animation files. Better support for cameras and lighting, as well as a new "materials" systems have also been introduced.
  3. Workflow: a new attribute monitoring and editing workflow, as well as a "new project feature, where you can see all the patchers, code, and media files you’re using" has been announced.

You can read the full announcement at the Cyling74 website, as well as read the @cycling74 twitter feed for more recent updates.

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14Mar/110

Gem SK 760 88 880, EMU, Akai, Roland synthesizer RAM 16MB Modules (for a total of 32MB) – HOWTO: which modules to use

As various people were asking me which modules to use for their old retro synthesizers, here is an update on that issue. Lots of those RAM are hard to find, but if you know what to search for you can easily order them in the internet.

(1) 30pin SIMM Modules, 16MB

Roland FANTOM-S S88 MC-909 MV-8800 ROLAND FANTOM-S ROLAND FANTOM-S88 ROLAND MC-909 ROLAND MC-808 ROLAND MV-8000 ROLAND MV-8800 ROLAND FANTOM X6, X7, X8, XA, XR ROLAND JUNO-G E-MU ESI-32 E-MU E64 E-MU EIV AKAI MPC3000 KURZWEIL K2000 KURZWEIL K2000R GEM EQUINOX GEM GPS-PS2500 GEM WK4 GEM WK6 GEM WK8 GEM SK76 GEM SK88 GEM SK760 GEM SK880

Make sure you get RAM that have the speeds from 50ns to a maximum of 70ns. 80ns SIMM modules are not recommended for synth upgrades!

(2) Apple RAM 30pin

Roland FANTOM-S S88 MC-909 MV-8800 ROLAND FANTOM-S ROLAND FANTOM-S88 ROLAND MC-909 ROLAND MC-808 ROLAND MV-8000 ROLAND MV-8800 ROLAND FANTOM X6, X7, X8, XA, XR ROLAND JUNO-G E-MU ESI-32 E-MU E64 E-MU EIV AKAI MPC3000 KURZWEIL K2000 KURZWEIL K2000R GEM EQUINOX GEM GPS-PS2500 GEM WK4 GEM WK6 GEM WK8 GEM SK76 GEM SK88 GEM SK760 GEM SK880

Apple RAM 30pin work very good in the GEM Synthesizers, as well as in other older synths that take 30pin RAM SIMM modules, as they have the same specs.

If you are searching for old SIMM, SIPP or 72pin RAM, you can also drop us a mail, since we have lots of old memory modules that we collected. We are not a business but would be willing selling those.

   
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