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Sound Army<br />
Casio’s WK-7500 keyboard puts an army of sounds at players’ fingertips.<br />
The 76-key instrument comes loaded with 800 tones that range<br />
from vintage pianos to a Chinese erhu. The WK-7500 also has 250<br />
preset rhythms, including rock, Latin, jazz and classical. Plus, it has a<br />
17-track sequencer that can save song files to an SDHC card or as an<br />
audio recording. Casio’s free Data Manager 6.0 software can convert<br />
those songs into a WAV file for burning onto a CD. More info: casio.com<br />
Portable<br />
Interface<br />
Apogee Electronics<br />
has released Duet<br />
2. The portable<br />
audio interface features<br />
a top-panel,<br />
full-color highresolution<br />
OLED<br />
display; balanced<br />
outputs, independent<br />
speaker and<br />
headphone outputs;<br />
and configurable touch pads.<br />
Duet 2 can record from sampling<br />
rates of 44.1–192kHz.<br />
More info: apogeedigital.com<br />
Stomping Dinosaur<br />
T-Rex Engineering has introduced an array of new guitar effects pedals.<br />
New models include the Gull Triple Voice Wah (with light and<br />
heavy wah options plus “yoy-yoy” effect), the Hobo Drive (a two-stage<br />
preamp), the SpinDoctor-2 (an overdrive preamp) and four new affordable<br />
Tonebug stomp boxes: Tonebug Booster, Tonebug Fuzz, Tonebug<br />
SenseWah and Tonebug Totenschläger. More info: t-rex-effects.com<br />
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