New Product: Open Labs Timbaland Special Edition MiKo LX
Oct 22, 2007 8:12 PM Asher Fulero (Writer)
The new Timbaland Special Edition MiKo LX ($3,899; www.openlabs.com) from Open Labs and producer/artist Timbaland is both a computer system and an instrument; the Windows XP-based system features a 2.1 GHz Intel Core2 Duo system with 4 GB of RAM. The sporty white color and chrome wings make it indelibly Timbaland, and the artist himself chose a lengthy list of high-quality sound packages to include—24 GB of Tim-approved sounds and presets. The built-in 15-inch color touch screen also has a VGA port for extra monitors or a video projector. The 2-button track pad, dual-layer Superdrive, 250 GB hard drive (at 7,200 rpm), Gigabit Ethernet, two USB 2.0 ports, two FireWire ports, two available PCI slots and the 24-bit/96 kHz 4-in/6-out audio interface with two phantom-powered mic pres and S/PDIF really do make it a full-fledged computer system. But it's the rest that makes it an instrument, too: a 37-note semiweighted Fatar keyboard with pitch and mod wheels, full QWERTY keyboard, the Alpha Control Module—which has faders, buttons and transport controls—and the DJ Module, which features a Penny and Giles crossfader, seven assignable knobs and 12 assignable buttons.
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