A federal jury has ruled that Jammie Thomas violated the copyrights on 24 songs, and awarded recording companies $1.92 million, or $80,000 per song. Thomas, now Thomas-Rasset, received an even bigger beatdown then the first time she was tried by a different federal jury in 2007, which only levied a $222,000 judgment. The new trial was ordered after the judge in...

Samson has announced the Zoom R16, a new portable digital recorder with 16-track playback and 8-track simultaneous recording utilizing Secure Digital (SD) memory. The R16 is three production tools in one device: a multi-track recorder, an audio interface and a control surface, providing all the tools necessary to create studio-quality recordings, plus...

Wunder Audio has announced the Wunderbar, a new analog console with a fully symmetrically balanced discrete summing bus system. The Console utilizes the PEQ2 Channel Amplifier delivering from 12 to 60 channels. A “Fully Balanced Bussing Scheme” is the heart of the Wunderbar, buffering the ground out of the equation. This results in significant...

Focusrite has announced the Saffire PRO 24, a new FireWire audio interface. The 16 IN / 8 OUT interface contains two Focusrite pre-amps with JetPLL jitter elimination technology. Alongside the two Focusrite pre-amps are a host of I/O options; two additional analogue inputs, six analogue outputs, ADAT inputs (for expanding the interface with, for example,...

Roland has unveiled their new Juno-Di Mobile Synthesizer, a lightweight and portable version of their new Juno line for the “musician on the go.” (We swear we don’t write this stuff…) Weighing just under 12 pounds, the Juno-Di can be played anywhere, anytime via eight Ni-MH AA-size rechargeable batteries. Plug the Juno-Di into a portable...