The flagship product in the new V-Studio line of integrated hardware/software products by Roland and Cakewalk, SONAR V-Studio 700 features a dedicated control surface with nine touch-sensitive moving faders, jog/shuttle wheel, T-bar control, 20 rotary encoders/switches, 7-segment LED time display, surround joystick, transport controls and 70 lighted buttons. It’s paired with a two-rackspace, 24-bit/192kHz VS-700R I/O box with eight XLR/TRS preamps, ADAT I/O, AES and S/PDIF digital I/O, word clock, USB 2 and 14 analog outputs, onboard Fantom VS hardware synthesizer, DV-7 and V-link Video Control interfaces with more than 75 Edirol and Roland products—mixers, switchers, recorders, etc.—for a complete audio/video/music production system.
Shipping in January 2009, the target street price is around $4,000. For more information, visit www.cakewalk.com.
