Alesis

More iPad gear is coming your way -- Alesis announced the DM Dock, a dedicated iPad drum module offering unlimited sounds, professional trigger inputs and audio outputs, and more. It works with any iPad music app that permits external MIDI control.  

Dock your iPad to the Alesis AmpDock and get ultimate control over your guitar / bass tones. The dedicated iPad dock holds your iPad firmly in place and provides all the ins and outs needed to process your guitar or bass through your apps.  

Take your USB / MIDI controller where no controller has gone before -- across the stage, down into a mosh pit, all around the studio, and wherever you feel like going. The Alesis Vortex USB / MIDI keytar controller offers ergonomic controls; bus-powered or battery-powered functionality; traditional MIDI and USB MIDI for controlling software instruments and synths on Mac, PC, and even iPad; and more.  

Need another keyboard controller? Alesis has three new ones to consider: the Q61, QX61, and QX25. These 61- or 25-note USB MIDI keyboard controllers provide easy connection to Mac, PC, iOS devices, and traditional MIDI hardware modules, samplers, and synthesizers.  

Check out the Alesis iO4, a very compact four-channel USB audio interface for Mac, PC, and iOS devices, which provides all the hook-ups to record and monitor eight channels (at 16-bit) or four channels (at 24-bit) of audio.  

Alesis debuted the SamplePad, a compact four-pad instrument that takes advantage of SD cards to allow drummers to add an unlimited number of sounds to their set. The SamplePad features 25 built-in percussion and electronic drum sounds and much more.  

Add the warm, vintage tones of real tubes to your signal with the new Alesis MicTube Solo and Alesis MicTube Duo. Now shipping, these single-channel and dual-channel vacuum tube preamps feature 12AX7 tubes, a minimized circuit path, easy-to-use control layouts, and more for your recording or live setup.  

If you lack the space or the money to buy a full-size upright piano but you want one nonetheless, check out the Alesis Cadenza, an 88-key, hammer-action digital piano featuring eight stereo instrument voices, included sustain pedal, onboard effects, and more.  

Bang on this: Alesis introduced its most expansive yet affordable kit yet. The DM10 X Kit is the company's latest professional electronic drum kit, featuring six main pieces, a newly designed DM10 module and X-rack, and more.  

Take the Alesis TwoTrack recorder outside or wherever, hit record, and get studio-quality stereo WAV files that you can edit and use in music, Podcasts, and more. Alesis introduced this handheld recorder at Summer NAMM and plans to ship it sometime next quarter.  

Get your acoustic guitar's sounds from instrument to computer with the new Alesis AcousticLink -- a package featuring a no-drill acoustic guitar pickup, the GuitarLink guitar-to-USB cable, and Steinberg Cubase LE recording software.  

Connect anything and everything in your studio to an iPad or iPad 2, with the handy Alesis iO Dock, now available. The iO Dock lets you hook up an iPad and its apps to your collection of microphones, instruments, speaker and PA systems, MIDI controllers, sound modules, video projectors, and more.  

Check out the latest Alesis MultiMix audio mixer. The MultiMix 8 USB 2.0 FX is an eight-channel unit featuring digital effects, a built-in recording interface, USB connectivity, and much more.  

With the new Alesis 3632, you get two independent, fully featured compressor and limiter units in a single rack space.  

Connect your guitar to your computer and add effects with just one cable, the Alesis GuitarLink Plus. The GuitarLink Plus offers internal, analog-to-digital conversion, which brings studio-quality, 16-bit, 44.1 kHz digital-audio straight to a computer from 1/4-inch to USB.  

What the cargo loader exosuit was to Lt. Ripley, the Alesis StudioDock Audio Interface is to your iPad. Which would make audio either the Xenomorph Queen or Newt. . . We kinda let that metaphor get away from us.  

Announced by Alesis, DMPhones are new sound isolating headphones ideal for studio and electronic drummers who want to practice and play without having to turn up the volume.  

Alesis released the 2011 edition of the DM10 Studio Kit, an electronic drumset that now features a four-post StageRack with upgraded clamps and mini-boom cymbal arms.  

Check out the all-new Alesis MultiMix 16 USB FX. This 16-channel audio mixer features digital effects and doubles as a USB recording interface.  

With the new Alesis QX49 USB / MIDI keyboard controller, you have all the tactile controls (drum pads, rotary knobs, long-throw faders, buttons, and a Velocity-sensitive keyboard) you need to perform and compose with software instruments and samplers.  

Check out the new version of the Alesis PerformancePad: the Performancepad Pro multi-pad percussion instrument. Introduced as the higher end version, the Pro offers 8 Velocity-sensitive drum pads, kick and hi-hat inputs, over 500 multi-sampled sounds, and more.  

Connect your guitar to your computer and add effects with one simple cable, the Alesis GuitarLink Plus. The GuitarLink Plus offers internal, analog-to-digital conversion, which brings studio-quality, 16-bit, 44.1 kHz digital-audio straight to a computer from 1/4-inch to USB.  

Lots of new audio interfaces are coming out at this year's NAMM show. One of the many to be shown this weekend is the Alesis iO4, a new USB audio-recording interface with up to eight channels of audio (4 in, 4 out) at 16-bit recording, or four channels (2 in, 2 out) at 24-bit quality.  

Alesis is now shipping the five-piece DM8 USB Kit, with quiet pads and a compact setup; and the DM8 Pro Kit electronic drumset featuring the company's most realistic sounds and feel yet.  

Drum your heart out with the Alesis DM7 USB Kit, which is now shipping. The new electronic drum set boasts eight Velocity-sensitive drum and cymbal pads, more than 400 sounds, USB connectivity, and much more.  

The new Alesis Q49 USB / MIDI keyboard controller is good for the three "S" words: students, studios, and stages. Compact and lightweight, the just-released Q49 features USB-MIDI and traditional MIDI jacks for easy connection to Macs, PCs, and MIDI hardware.  

Alesis released its fully featured electronic drum set, the DM6 USB Express Kit, with real-feeling drum and cymbal pads, a sturdy rack system, the DM6 sound module, and more for under $600.  

Small-format mixers can expand your options both on stage and in the studio. GW reviewer Orren Merton puts the new MultiMix 6 USB mixer from Alesis through its paces.  

This Fall, Alesis will be releasing its new Q25 USB / MIDI keyboard controller, which sports 25 Velocity-sensitive keys, USB and MIDI ports, and much more.  

Like love, sometimes the truth hurts. Larry the O has a lot of one and a little less of the other for the Alesis Palmtrack SD-Card Audio Recorder. Find out how much of which in this latest Pro Review.