Edirol announced their new assignable control surface with USB Audio and MIDI. The UR-80 is an all-in-one studio box for computer musicians, combining a fully assignable control surface, USB audio interface with 24-bit/96 kHz capability, MIDI and the GM2 Hyper Canvas software synthesizer. The UR-80 control surface resembles a digital mixer, with transport controls, time wheel, and assignable switches for quick access to music software functions. It comes with a Control Map Editor and eight pre-loaded control maps supporting popular sequencers, such as Cubase and Logic, plus a variety of soft synths.

More control maps will be available for download on the Edirol web site.

UR-80 features include:
- 102 assignable parameters via 43 controls
- Unlimited support for any MIDI parameter, including CC,RPN, NRPN and SysEx
- Comprehensive surface layout for assignable switches for plug-ins and soft synths
- Up to 24-bit/96kHz recording via USB Audio Interface
- 2x XLR/TRS combo jack with microphone preamp & phantom power
- Bundled with HQ-GM2, Hyper Canvas software synthesizer
- ASIO2.0, MacOS X compatible drivers
- Low-latency support
- UR-80 Control Map Editor Software
- V-LINK for control of Edirol DV-7PR Real-time Video Presenter

Suggested retail price is $545 with availability in early summer 2003.

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