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REVIEWS

066 Tascam 2488MkII Tascam invented the original Portastudio concept,but does the company’s new 2488MkII keep that pioneering vision alive? 069 Yamaha MSP7 Studio Designed by the father of the NS10,the MSP7 represents the cutting edge of Yamaha’s active monitor range. 070 M-Audio NRV10 Every recording musician needs a mixer as well as an interface,but can you have both in one box? 072 Roland MV-8800 Despite the rise of software,hardware music production systems,it seems,are here to stay.We assess the latest example from Roland. 075 Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5016 Sporting an unusual and interesting Phase Adjust control,the 5016 demands closer inspection...

076 XLN Audio Addictive Drums XLN’s drum plug-in offers far more than typical multi-sampled kit sounds... 079 Phonic FireFly 302 Can Phonic raise the bar in the increasingly competitive portable recorder market? 080 Quested S7 Bridging the price and frequency gap between Quested’s S6 and S8 monitors is the new S7. 082 AKAI MPC500 Ultra-portable sampler/sequencer. 084 Yamaha EMX5016CF Yamaha’s latest live mixer,with a staggering 500 watts of power per channel. 086 Garritan Stradivari Solo Violin 2.0 Garritan adds NI’s Kontakt Player to the Stradivari Solo Violin. 087 E-mu 0404 USB Portable interfaces are more popular than ever,so how will E-mu’s baby perform? 089 Mini Reviews

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4 May 2007 MusicTech MAGAZINE