Contains: Apple iMac 20 2.16GHz Desktop Computer; CME UF-6 High Quality MIDI Controller; Apple Logic Express Sequencing and Audio Editing Software; M-Audio Firewire 410 4In/10Out Quality Audio Interface; Shure KSM27 Condenser Microphone; Alesis M!Active 520 Studio Monitors; All necessary cabling...Upon your request, Audiolines.com will install all of the package elements and make sure they are up to their expected performance levels. Also, we will make sure all of the software settings are customised to your individual needs and expectations. We understand that many of our customers are eager to get down to business and make some music. Many have no desire to troubleshoot and other simply do not know what to troubleshoot. In addition to huge savings, this package obviously saves you time and money, while allowing you to focus on what really matters-making music! While this package is priced specifically for the items included in the package itself, it is possible to change items within the package. Please call us at 800-533-3923 if you should have any questions, would like to give us your system preferences, or would simply like to talk to us before placing your package order.The new and improved iMac!
You'll find making music with Apple's newest iMac an exhilarating experience. That's because this iMac operates at speeds up to 50% faster than the previous model. The Intel Core 2 Duo processor and the latest Mac OS X operating system work hand in hand to deliver audio and video performance that's a significant step above the norm. And Sweetwater's Mac experts can help you configure a Mac music system that's exactly right for you!
Apple iMac Computer at a Glance:
- Blazing speed from Intel Core 2 Duo processor
- Built-in iSight allows instant videoconferencing
- Control your audio and video with Front Row and the Apple Remote
- Includes enhanced iLife '06 software bundle
Blazing speed from Intel Core Duo processor
No computer on earth makes it as easy to work with digital audio, digital photos, movies, and the web as the new iMac. And now it all happens with blazing speed - powered by the revolutionary Intel Core 2 Duo. With two processors built onto a single chip, this new Intel engine kicks iMac performance up to a whole new level. Coupled with the world's most advanced operating system, Mac OS X, iMac will run all your software, fast.
The Intel Core 2 Duo offers a second-generation chip born of Intel's new 65-nanometer process. That process lets Intel create incredibly small transistors - small enough, in fact, to fit a hundred inside a single human cell. With two powerful processors designed to share resources and circuitry so unimaginably small, Intel Core 2 Duo achieves far higher levels of performance while actually consuming less power. And, with its 64-bit processor architecture, the Intel Core 2 Duo can manipulate data and execute instructions in chunks that are twice as large (64 bits versus 32 bits), delivering advanced computational power to iMac.
Built-in iSight allows instant videoconferencing
There's an iSight camera built into every new iMac, so you can start a video chat (or join one) at a moment's notice. There's nothing extra to buy, nothing to attach, no cords to fumble with, no software to install or configure. Simply start up iChat AV, click your buddy's video icon and you're ready to chat with sight and sound - with up to three friends at once.
Control your audio and video with Front Row and the Apple Remote
With the new iMac, you've got the best seat in the house. The full-screen Front Row media experience - with its intuitive menus, large text and brilliant graphics - lets you browse the music, photos, and videos on your iMac as easily as you browse music on your iPod. And the new Apple Remote lets you do your browsing from anywhere in the room. So gather your friends and dazzle them with a slideshow of your tour pics, a home movie, or a DVD.
Includes enhanced iLife '06 software bundle
iMac comes with iLife '06, a suite of easy-to-use applications that make the spectacular part of your everyday life. Enhance, organize and share your photos via iPhoto. Make an epic starring your kid in iMovie. Turn your photo and movie creations into professional DVDs with iDVD. Create original music in GarageBand, even if you can't carry a tune. Make podcasts and blogs. Then publish them online via your .Mac account and the all-new iWeb2.
Apple iMac 20 Computer Features:
- Built-in 20(viewable) widescreen TFT active-matrix liquid crystal display
- 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
- 4MB shared L2 cache at full processor speed
- 667MHz system bus
- 1GB of PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 3GB
- 250GB 7200rpm Serial ATA hard disk drive
- Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive with 2.4x Dual Layer burn (DVD+R DL/DVD�RW/CD-RW)
- Click, squeeze and scroll Mighty Mouse
- Mini-DVI output port with support for DVI, VGA, S-video, and composite video connections via optional adapter
- Built-in iSight camera
- Built-in 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme Card (802.11g standard)
- Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module
- Built-in 10/100/1000 Gigabit BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)
- Two FireWire 400 ports; 8 watts shared
- Five USB ports: three USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps) on computer, two USB 1.1 ports on keyboard
The new iMac takes digital audio to a new level!
A New Standard for 61-note, Semi-weighted Keyboards
Lots of manufacturers have tried to build the ultimate master keyboard over the last few decades. Now a new company you may just be hearing a lot from, CME, has entered the market with a series of MIDI keyboard controllers that boast some impressive features, like a heavy duty Duraluminum body, velocity and aftertouch sensitive keys, Pitch Bend and Mod wheels, eight assignable knobs, nine assignable faders, built-in breath controller and volume pedal input and even onboard transport controls for your hardware or software recorder! The 61-note UF6 comes with a fast, semi-weighted keyboard.
CME UF6 at a Glance:
- 61-note MIDI master keyboard with velocity and aftertouch sensitivity, Duraluminum construction
- World's first MIDI master keyboard with pro synth concept controls
- World's first optional FireWire expansion board
61 Semi-Weighted Keys and Duraluminum Body
Typically, most manufacturers look at alternate materials to keep the cost of their keyboards down, often at the expense of durability. CME found a way to produce the UF6 with a Duraluminum body and frame, so it can easily take the punishment of frequent road trips and long concert tours. But the UF6 also looks elegant enough for today's high end studios. For most players, however, it's the 61-note, semi-weighted action that will be the most appealing feature. As you'd expect, the keyboard has both velocity and aftertouch sensitivity, making it perfect on stage or in the studio.
Pro Synth Concept Controls for Extreme Versatility
The UF6 provides eight assignable knobs and nine sliders, pitchbend wheel and modulation whee, as well as inputs for both breath controller and volume pedal. All of which adds up to all the realtime MIDI controllers you need for the perfect performance. The UF8 also has a full complement of chunky transport controls for use with either hardware or software recording systems. There's also a Drawbar Organ Button, allowing instant fader control of tonewheel simulations using programs like Native Instruments' B4. Other controls include transpose, octave shift and key split.
Optional FireWire Connectivity
By adding the optional UF400e FireWire board, you get built-in analog inputs and outputs, a pro quality mic preamp, S/PDIF digital ins and outs, two headphone outputs with master volume plus MIDI in, out and thru ports. It's essentially an onboard 24-bit / 192kHz audio interface that works via standard IEEE1394 FireWire interface.
CME UF6 61-Key, Semi-Weighted Keyboard Features:
- Velocity Sensitive with four preset velocity curves
- Aftertouch Sensitive with dedicated on/off button
- Pitch Bend and Modulation Wheels
- 8 Assignable Knobs - preset functions for Filter Cutoff / Resonance / Attack / Release / Pan / Reverb / Chorus / Tempo
- 9 Assignable Faders - preset to control volume on MIDI channels 1-16 and master volume
- Drawbar Organ Button - instantly switches faders to correct MIDI controller numbers for controlling Native Instruments B4 and other virtual tonewheel organs
- Transpose Function - up/down one octave in semitones
- Octave Shift - up/down three octaves
- Keyboard Split
- Dual Function
- Chunky Transport Controls:
- Start, Stop, Record, Rewind, Fast Forward, Return to Zero
- Breath Controller Input - assignable
- Volume Pedal Input - assignable
- Sustain Pedal Input - auto-sensing polarity on power-up
- LED Data Display - 8 segment, 3 digit
- 1 MIDI Out Port
- 1 USB Port provides MIDI connection to and from a computer. Power can be supplied via USB
- Windows 2000/XP and Mac OS X compatible
- Optional UF400e FireWire Audio Expansion Board
Create and Produce Music Like a Pro!
Create your own music using an advanced spectrum of features and tools for computer based music production. Logic Express provides a serious step up from Apple's GarageBand and other entry-level music applications for aspiring musicians, producers and composers without breaking the bank. With the same flexible layout as Logic Pro, you can dive deeper into the creation and manipulation of audio and MIDI, for just $299. Isn't it time you started your own music studio with Logic Express?
Apple Logic Express at a glance:
- Get started creating music quickly and easily
- Multitrack recording on your Mac desktop
- Create your own loops, or take advantage of thousands of other's
- Plug-ins and instruments provided
- Composers beware: you may fall in love with this software
Get Started Today!
Logic Express lets you produce a convincing demo of your band, create a remix of your favorite track or score QuickTime movies. This affordable virtual studio integrates a rich feature set for both music and audio production in one application. In addition to the Apple Loops you're familiar with from GarageBand, you'll enjoy the wide variety of software instruments. These provide, for example, faithful emulations of vintage keyboard classics as well as synthetic sounds, ranging from digital to virtual analog. Composers and music theory teachers will also appreciate the full-featured score editor.
Professional Multichannel Recording
Record a complete band in Logic Express with seamless integration of professional multi-channel audio hardware. In contrast to GarageBand, this enables you to record up to 12 instruments, voices, environmental sounds, effects and more at the same time. Then you can tweak each of these tracks with hyper-precise editors. High resolution audio of up to 24-bit/96kHz, the adaptive self-configuring track mixer as well as 32-bit floating point math provide pro sound quality.
Grow Your Own Loops
Aspiring remixers and electronic music composers can't live without loops. Logic Express offers the familiar Apple Loops browser of GarageBand, hosting a multitude of Apple Loops. Browse quickly through the largest libraries simply by specifying instrument, genre or mood. Preview them instantly at your song's tempo and pitch. Logic Express configures the channel strip automatically for Apple Loops on software instrument tracks. What's more, you can construct your own Apple Loops from conventional audio files such as recordings or bounced phrases produced with software instruments using the Apple Loop Utility.
High-Quality Software Instruments and Plug-Ins
For in-depth sound creations, the range of synthesizers provided in Logic Express proves itself as a priceless resource. Offering a richer set of parameters, they feature precise control on every single shade of the sound. Seamlessly integrated in the Track Mixer, you can effortlessly record and edit parameter changes.
The stylish, accessible FM synthesizer EFM1 creates a wide range of digital sounds that characterized the music of the 80s. Generating the sounds from frequency modulation technology, you can play crystal-clear bells as well as deep bass or string pads. The virtual analog beast ES1 provides sounds to enrich every production - from massive basses to rich pads or ultra-sharp percussion. Plug-ins like EQ and Reverb provide precision treatment of your sound. Others, such as the Autofilter and Guitar Amp, invite you to experiment wildly.
Total Score
Songwriters can produce impressive demo songs by incorporating audio recordings, sample-based sounds and virtual instruments entirely on the computer. But users will find it easy to share compositions with other musicians in a traditional way with Logic Express as well, since it now houses the full-featured score editor from Logic Pro, for simply stunning results.
Apple Logic Express Features:
- GarageBand Integration: Import GarageBand projects and take them to the next level.
- Effects: Add any combination of 37 high-quality effect plug-ins to the mix.
- Instruments: Compose with 18 expressive software instrument plug-ins.
- Apple Loops: Select from more than 1,000 Apple Loops to add color to any song.
- Multi-track Input/Output: Use up to 12 input and output audio channels.
- Automation: Record control settings for mixing, effects and software instruments.
- Notation: Create, edit and print music scores with comprehensive notation editor.
- iTunes Integration: Import and export songs from iTunes to hear tracks on your iPod.
- Track Mixer: Record, mix and adjust on up to 255 stereo tracks on 8 audio buses.
- No Hardware Limits: Freeze tracks to expand plug-in capacity during production.
- MIDI Editing: Enjoy fine control of MIDI editing and processing.
- Easy Setup: Use the Setup Assistant for easy system configuration.
- Customization: Customize your setup with user-definable key and MIDI commands.
- Professional Audio: Edit with high-quality audio resolution of up to 24-bit/96kHz.
- Virtual Studio: Layering up to 64 simultaneous software instrument tracks.
Mobile & Affordable FireWire Recording!
FireWire 410 delivers powerful performance for FireWire compatible computers. Its 4-in/10-out configuration is perfect for personal recording where you build up tracks one at a time yet need multiple outputs. FireWire 410's ten outputs allow your computer-based recording system to behave more like a traditional analog recorder or sampler, where signals are bussed to multiple channels of an analog mixer or to multi-channel monitoring systems. Software-controlled DSP handles all internal routing and mixing. And FireWire bus-powered architecture also means that you have the flexibility of mobile operation for everything from field recording to tracking on the run.
M-Audio FireWire 410 Audio/MIDI Interface at a Glance:
- Four inputs and 10 outputs at 24-bit/96kHz
- Stereo D/A conversion at 24-bit/192kHz
- Two analog input channels with quality mic preamps
- Eight analog outputs plus S/PDIF digital I/O
- Surround ready outputs handle AC-3 and DTS formats
- Built-in digital mixer and patch bay
- MIDI I/O for connecting controllers and synths
Four inputs and 10 outputs at 24-bit/96kHz
FireWire 410 is a FireWire-compatible audio/MIDI interface that has it all-power, flexibility, compact size and low price. FireWire 410's 4-in/10-out configuration complete with preamps is perfect for personal recording, routing discrete outputs to a mixer, or directly driving a surround sound system. The on-board ASIO 2-compliant mixer and software control panel provide total routing flexibility-including monitoring with external effects. You also get ultra-low latency software monitoring and near-zero latency hardware direct monitoring with the FireWire 410 - and two headphone outs with independent level controls let you collaborate with a partner anywhere, anytime. FireWire 410 can even be completely bus-powered for total mobile operation (6-pin FireWire port required)
Stereo D/A conversion at 24-bit/192kHz
FireWire 410 uses the highest quality components for digital audio conversion, insuring that your music sounds its best. 24-bit/96kHz ADC combines with high-level design and software driver technology for optimal fidelity.
Stereo D/A conversion at 24-bit/192kHz
High-end audio formats such as DVD-Audio are delivering output at a stunning 192kHz sampling rate. If you're ready to take your critical listening to the next level, FireWire 410's ability to output 24-bit/192kHz fidelity in stereo will really open your ears. You also get high-resolution 96kHz audio from all outputs simultaneously with the FireWire 410.
Two analog input channels with quality mic preamps
The FireWire 410's two independent analog input channels accept a wide variety of input signals. A front-panel switch for each channel selects between 1/4 TS (-10dBV) line-level input on the rear and Neutrik (1/4 TS and balanced XLR) mic/instrument input on the front. Connect microphones, guitars, keyboards, samplers, CD players and more to the FireWire 410. The driver software allows you to route these internally to any analog or digital outputs.
Dual high-performance preamps
Each of the FireWire 410's two input channels incorporates award-winning M-Audio microphone/instrument preamp technology-complete with +48-volt phantom power for condenser mics. They offer up to 48dB of gain for instruments like guitar and bass-and an amazing 66dB of gain for microphones. The FireWire 410's 20dB pads, as well as signal and clip LEDs on each channel also aid in adjusting proper input signal levels. These preamps simply sound great no matter what you connect to them. FireWire bus-powered operation means that you can record anywhere your laptop goes.
Eight analog outputs plus S/PDIF digital I/O
The combination of eight 1/4 TS outputs and software-controlled routing and mixing on the FireWire 410 yield a tremendous amount of flexibility. This design is equally suited for routing individual signals to separate channels on an external mixer or directly driving the components of a surround sound system. Any output pair on the FireWire 410 can also produce high-definition 24-bit/192kHz signals for amazing sonic clarity. FireWire 410's flexible aux bus has a variety of uses. The aux sends allow you to monitor your inputs complete with external effects while tracking. You can also use them to create a separate monitor mix to route to a headphone amplifier to give an artist exactly the mix they need for those inspired takes.
Digital I/O
The FireWire 410 offers two channels of S/PDIF in and out to allow pristine transfers with other digital devices such as CD players, DATs and MiniDisc systems. The software control panel selects between rear-panel coaxial and TOSlink optical inputs, as well as which signals are routed simultaneously to both digital outs. The FireWire 410's accompanying LEDs indicate valid data for both input and output. S/PDIF sample rates can either sync to external sources or operate at 44.1kHz, 48kHz or 96kHz.
Surround ready outputs handle AC-3 and DTS formats
The eight independent outputs on the FireWire 410 are ideal for directly driving a 7.1 surround sound system. The digital outputs also offer passthrough of AC-3 and DTS surround content to an external decoder.
Low-latency software monitoring
All software-based recording packages incur some amount of delay between input and output due to processing. Significant amounts of this delay-known as latency-can cause timing problems when recording overdubs. FireWire 410 uses extremely low-latency ASIO 2 and WDM drivers. The software control panel allows you to tailor the buffer size to the least delay possible for your CPU-as few as an unnoticeable 64 samples on fast processors.
Near-zero-latency hardware monitoring with effects
FireWire 410's advanced audio architecture allows you to directly monitor your inputs while recording with virtually no latency. Unlike most audio interfaces, you can even use the FireWire 410's aux bus to route the input signals through an external signal processor so that you can monitor with effects.
Built-in digital mixer and patch bay
The combination of the built-in DM1000 FireWire controller chip and DSP-embedded ARM chip provide full onboard mixing and routing capabilities via the FireWire 410's software control panel or your ASIO-2 compatible music software. Route any input to any output-analog or digital. Mix the FireWire 410's hardware inputs with software returns. Route to stereo effects via two mono aux sends per channel. Send the monitor mix to any output pairs. Route any audio stream to headphones.
MIDI I/O
In addition to audio, FireWire 410 also features a built-in 1 x 1 MIDI interface. A bypass switch also allows throughput from MIDI In to MIDI Out , allowing you to maintain gear connections even while the computer is off or busy with non-musical tasks. The included drivers are compatible with most popular MIDI software for both Mac and Windows.
M-Audio FireWire 410 Audio/MIDI Interface Features:
- 2 analog input channels each featuring:
- mic/line inputs (balanced XLR and unbalanced 1/4)
- preamp with level control, signal/clip LEDs and amazing available gain of 66dB
- 48V phantom power (globally switched)
- 20 dB pad
- 8 line outputs with signal/clip LEDs (unbalanced 1/4 @ -10dBV)
- stereo monitor level control
- 2-channel S/PDIF digital I/O (coaxial and optical, switched)
- 1 x 1 MIDI I/O with bypass for stand-alone operation
- 2 headphone outs with individual level controls (1/4 TRS)
- 2 FireWire high-speed ports for connection convenience
- low-latency software monitoring; zero-latency direct hardware monitoring
- AC3 and DTS surround support via digital output
- analog outs can directly drive up to 7.1 surround w/o decoder using included software bass management
- standalone operation via AC adapter
The M-Audio FireWire 410 offers a great studio solution for computer audio!
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