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Waldorf Kyra
Virtual-Analog
Synthesizer
Waldorf Music has released the Kyra, a 128-voice FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)
processing-powered virtual-analog (VA) synthesizer.
The Kyra features 32-times oversampled hardware sound generation and 96 kHz
floating-point sound processing, providing 128 voice channels. As a truly multitimbral in-
strument, it features eight independent “parts” with up to 32 notes per part, each effectively
being a complete synthesizer with sound sources, filters, modulators (EGs, LFOs, and MOD
Matrix), a multi-effects unit, and a USB 2.0 connection. It can exchange MIDI information, as
well as send the audio from each stereo part to a computer as eight stereo 24-bit streams
at 96 kHz (with 48 kHz down sample mode available) and one stereo audio return from
the computer supporting a single 24-bit stereo audio stream from the host DAW. The only
other resource they share are the four balanced, stereo output pairs using 32-bit DAC run-
ning at 96 kHz sampling rate connected to four internal stereo busses and the pool of 128
hardware voices. Each part has a dedicated multi-effects unit comprising nine stereo effects
modules with dedicated audio stream via USB.
For more information, contact Intellimix Corp.: 514-457-9663, [email protected],
www.intellimix.com.
Danelectro Eisenhower
Fuzz & The Breakdown
Gain/Boost Pedals
Danelectro has introduced the Eisenhower
Fuzz and The Breakdown Gain/Boost, part of
a new line of vintage-inspired stand-alone
pedals that are made to look like they’ve
been on a pedalboard for decades with their
aged cases and road-worn controls.
The Eisenhower Fuzz is based on a
classic octave fuzz pedal, but with amped
up gain and simple Volume, Fuzz, Bass, and
Treble controls, with a dynamic range that
extends from a mild crunch and subtle
grind to over-the-top compressed “splatty
fuzz.” Like The Breakdown, the Eisenhower
Fuzz has silent switching, true bypass, and a
large status LED. Controls are again kept to a
minimum and with just a two-band EQ.
The Breakdown is an effective gain/
boost pedal with a large status orange LED
and a simple off-set, two-control layout.
The Volume control is also a master for the
six-position Break-Up rotary control, which
ups the output from subtle to mild grit from
positions 1-3 and intensifies from 4-6, push-
ing the amp’s front end with high output
without colouring the tone of the guitar.
For more information, contact D’Addario
Canada: 905-947-9595, info@daddariocanada.
com, www.daddariocanada.com.
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