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M-Audio Release Public Drivers Compatible With Windows 7

M-Audio have recently announced that they have been feverishly beavering away over the last few months to create drivers that are compatible with the newly released Window 7 operating system. The Beta stage drivers are now available for the majority of their current products. All downloadable from www.m-audio.com, they are free but you must be registered to the site forum. The products that benefit so far are listed below:

  • ProFire Series

ProFire 2626
ProFire 610

  • USB Series

Fast Track Ultra
Fast Track Ultra 8R
Fast Track Pro
Fast Track USB
Producer USB
Mobile Pre USB
Transit
JamLab
Black Box
Ozone
Micro
Audiophile USB

  • Keyboard/MIDI Series

KeyStudio 49i
ProKeys Sono 61
ProKeys Sono 88
Midisport 2×2 20th Anniversary
Midisport 4×4 20th Anniversary

  • DJ Series

Torq Conectiv
Torq Xponent

  • FireWire Series

FireWire 410
FireWire Solo
FireWire 1814
FireWire Audiophile
ProjectMix I/O
ProFire Lightbridge
NRV10
Ozonic

  • Delta Series

Delta 1010
Delta 1010LT
Delta 44
Delta 66
Delta 410
Delta Audiophile 2496
Delta Audiophile 192

RockFree Launches Online Web Browser Competitor to Guitar Hero and Rock Band

Acclaim has decided that they didnt want to battle Guitar Hero and Rock Band and instead have launched an online music game called Rockfree. Players can battle it out with up to seven other people over the internet, and it”ll feature licensed tracks including Iron Man, Fat Lip, and Woman. A closed beta kicked off this weekend, with a full launch scheduled for the first quarter of next year.

WMG, Sony and EMI are on board for licensing – which indicates that Acclaim is ponying up a decent amount of cash for song rights, since WMG is apparently playing hardball on this score with games publishers right now.

Currently, the game is free to play so it is going to be very interesting to see if Acclaim will make money from advertising, or even push though affiliate sales to iTunes and Amazon. All I know is that this is a very interesting idea and it is good to see that Acclaim is moving away from just being a console publisher and now turning into a real games publisher.