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Select Jazz mouthpiecealto saxophone:The Select Jazz mouthpiece is milled from special bar rubber using the precision technology already familiar from the Reserve series. This makes it possible to realise considerable accuracy in the dimensions. As a result, the mouthpiece produced in the USA does not require any manual labour. The Select Jazz is vintage-inspired and its sound and feel is based on popular jazz mouthpieces from the 1940s and 1950s. It is flexible and suitable for all jazz styles and is aimed at professional and ambitious players. The chamber and the slide length are medium and it is available in 3 slide openings: D5M with 1.86mm, D6M with 1.98mm and the D7M with 2.10mm.

Electroacoustic specialist Sennheiser rounds off the top end of its most successful microphone series: At prolight+sound 2003, the company is presenting the evolution 900 series for the first time. Three wired microphones from the professional stage series will be launched at the end of May: the e 935 and e 945 vocal microphones and the e 903 instrument microphone."With the 900 series, Sennheiser offers an absolutely professional wired microphone series for the stage - at an attractive evolution price," says Michael Polten, Sennheiser's 'Industry Team Manager' for the music industry. "These evolution microphones are particularly interesting for rental companies and professional musicians. They impress with an assertive and powerful sound and are extremely low in feedback thanks to their optimised frequency response."

Compact. Powerful. Control.At the heart of the GXP61 is a newly designed and carefully balanced keyboard mechanism. The 61 full-size, semi-weighted keys with velocity sensitivity and aftertouch offer a firm touch and good playability.The GXP61 is well equipped for all live and studio requirements, with compact dimensions and a low weight of just 5 kg. The features include pitch bend & modulation wheel, connections for 2 footswitches and an expression pedal, USB and MIDI out.The GXP61 can be operated with an external power supply for standalone operation with midie expanders.The slim and clear control panel, based on the successful Nektar Impact GX series, enables extended DAW integration with advanced transport control, track selection and volume control as well as options for opening/closing DAW windows and navigating songs. 14 freely assignable illuminated RGB buttons for direct MIDI programme and bank selection simplify operation and enable dynamic live performance.The new key repeat engine provides an intuitive real-time tool for creating inspiring drum parts and is directly controllable via the GXP61's illuminated RGB buttons: once the mode is activated, the buttons allow direct selection of repeat rates, accent, interval, swing and routing from aftertouch or modulation to velocity. The second encoder becomes a dedicated tempo control, unless the synchronisation is set to external MIDI clock.In combination with the Nektarine software, the Impact GXP61 gains powerful masterkey functionality: up to 16 VST or AU instrument plug-ins can be loaded into the software's 16 slots for simultaneous use. GXP61 allows direct patch access for hybrid or software-based keyboard setups via the RBG patch buttons and the ability to define keyboard ranges, layers and splits for all hosted plugins. All plugin settings and combinations can be saved in a single multi-patch. Nektarine can be used as a VST, AU or AAX plugin in any compatible DAW or as a standalone application.Nektar DAW integration includes Bitwig, Cubase, Digital Performer, Garageband, Logic, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason, Sonar and StudioOne.