Mediastation X-76 Linux-Based Keyboard Workstation Announced
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February 11, 2004
Lionstracs has announced the Mediastation X-76, a next generation music workstation & performance keyboard based on Linux and AMD's 32bit Athlon or 64 bit Opteron CPUs.
It is designed for live performers, one man bands, disc jockeys, karaoke, multitrack recording and mastering, MIDI sequencing and digital video production.
The sound generation system is based on a combination between DSP and software synthesis:
a total of 256 voices provided by DREAM DSP chips to provide GM/GS sounds.
Besides hardware DSPs a an additive/subtractive softsynth is provided for
synthetic sounds and a software sampler that can stream multi Gigabyte
samples in GIG format directly from disk.
The X-76 provides independent MIDI players with real time transpose, tempo variation, track mute / MIDI CC manipulation mapped to faders and buttons.
A dual deck of MP3/WAV/CDDA/OGG-Vorbis players is provided equipped with high quality
pitchshifting /timestretching engines ideal for DJs that want to perform live
beatmatching.
Video capabilities include DVD/DVIX/MPEG/AVI playback, video editing through the Mainactor software suite.
The architecture is completely open and most of the software empowering
the Mediastation X-76 will be released under the GPL open source license which
allows for royalty-free third party developer contribution and extension of
audio libraries and applications.
Customers get free automated software upgrades delivered by connecting
the keyboard to the internet through a LAN cable.
Prices start from 2990 Euros.
The Mediastation X-76 is expected to be available starting from Q2 2004.
For more information, visit their web site at www.lionstracs.com. | 
