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MM: New USB Control Surface/Interface

March 08, 2003

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At Musikmesse, Edirol announced their new assignable control surface with USB Audio and MIDI - the UR-80.

The UR-80 is an all-in-one studio box for computer musicians, combining a fully assignable control surface, USB audio interface with 24-bit/96 kHz capability, MIDI and the GM2 Hyper Canvas software synthesizer.

The UR-80 control surface resembles a digital mixer, with transport controls, a time wheel and assignable switches for quick access to music software functions. It comes with a Control Map Editor and eight pre-loaded control maps supporting popular sequencers, such as SONAR, Cubase and Logic, plus a variety of soft synths. More control maps will be available for download on the Edirol web site.

The UR-80 features include:

  • 102 assignable parameters via 43 controls
  • Support for any MIDI parameter, including CC,RPN, NRPN and SysEx
  • Comprehensive surface layout for assignable switches for plug-ins and soft synths
  • Up to 24-bit/96kHz recording via USB Audio Interface
  • 2x XLR/TRS combo jack with microphone preamp & phantom power
  • Bundled with HQ-GM2, Hyper Canvas software synthesizer
  • ASIO2.0, WDM, MacOS X compatible drivers, low-latency support.
  • UR-80 Control Map Editor Software Included
  • V-LINK for control of Edirol DV-7PR Real-time Video Presenter

Suggested retail price is $545 with availability in early summer 2003.

For more information, visit their web site at http://www.rolandus.com/edirol.

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