The voice behind It Must Have Been Love had suffered from health problems after undergoing radiation treatment for a brain tumour.
Marie Fredriksson at her home studio, November 2013. Photograph: Ibl/REX/Shutterstock
Marie Fredriksson, who as the singer of Roxette was one of the most recognisable voices in 1980s and 90s pop, has died aged 61 following a long illness.
Her family said in a statement to Expressen, a newspaper in her native Sweden: “It is with great sadness that we have to announce that one of our biggest and most beloved artists is gone.”
In September 2002, Fredriksson had a seizure in her bathroom and suffered a cracked skull. A subsequent MRI scan revealed she had a brain tumour, and she was given a 25% chance of survival. She survived, but had health problems as a result of radiation therapy. She was able to perform until 2016, when she announced her retirement due to the effects of her illness.
Her partner in Roxette, Per Gessle, expressed his love for Fredriksson and her family, and said: “Things will never be the same.”
BOSS has introduced its new wireless personal guitar amplification system Waza-Air, a revolutionary new wearable, over-ear sound system for guitarists.
In BOSS Waza tradition, Waza-Air combines decades of expertise with cutting-edge innovation to present a breakthrough musical product that truly pushes the envelope.
Melding BOSS’s premium amp, effects, and wireless technologies with dynamic 3D sound and natural “amp-in-room” tone, Waza-Air delivers a unique guitar amplification experience that’s never been available until now.
BOSS Waza Air feat
While often necessary to avoid bothering others, playing guitar through traditional headphones offers a less-than-satisfying experience that lacks the depth and dimension of playing a real amp in a real room.
Waza-Air changes all that, restoring the natural dimension, resonance, and “moving air” feel to provide an engaging and inspiring monitoring environment for the player. An integrated gyro sensor tracks head movements as the user plays, driving sophisticated 3D algorithms that produce an immersive sound field with extraordinary spatial realism.
Waza-Air’s advanced ambience setups provide three realistic environments to play in. Surround mode places the amp in a virtual room, providing an immersive experience like playing a recording studio. Static mode provides natural spatial localization, where the combined amp and room sound continually changes depending on where the user moves their head. Finally, Stage mode places the user center stage, with the amp sound coming from a virtual backline behind them.
Waza-Air features tones and controls from the stage-class Katana amplifiers, with full customization available using the free BOSS Tone Studio app for iOS and Android.
Five amp types deliver tones from classic clean to high gain, plus a full-range voice that’s ideal for bass or acoustic-electric guitar. Over 50 effect types are available as well, including mod, delay, and reverb effects optimized for Waza-Air’s unique spatial experience. And with six onboard memories, users can store favorite setups and recall them with dedicated buttons.
BOSS Waza Air
In addition to providing a wireless connection to BOSS Tone Studio, Waza-Air’s built-in Bluetooth lets the user jam along with songs from their mobile device.
When used with Stage mode, the streaming music plays from the backline along with the amp sound, simulating a live performance environment. It’s also possible to remotely control volume and playback functions with a multi-function lever on Waza-Air.
All audio connectivity with Waza-Air is 100-percent wireless, allowing users to move and play in complete freedom. Advanced wireless tech from BOSS’s acclaimed WL series provides premium sound quality, effortless set up, and great playing feel with ultra-low latency.
The headphones and included transmitter also feature auto standby and wake functions, conserving the life of their built-in rechargeable batteries between playing sessions.
Waza-Air features
Over-ear guitar sound system with wireless connectivity, premium amp and effect tones, Bluetooth audio streaming, and sound editing via your smartphone.
Advanced BOSS spatial technology and integrated gyro sensor deliver natural “amp-in-room” tone with 3D ambience and dynamic sound localization.
Five unique amp types derived from the Katana stage amplifier series, including a full-range voice for bass or acoustic/electric guitar.
Access over 50 customizable effects in the BOSS Tone Studio app.
Integrated BOSS wireless technology provides exceptional sound quality with ultra-low latency.
Easy-to-use controls for guitar volume and Bluetooth audio playback, plus instant access to six user-configurable tone settings.
Large, custom-designed 50 mm drivers deliver premium audio quality with rich, full sound.
Conforming earpads ensure optimum driver performance for uncompromised guitar tone.
Wide headband provides comfort for long playing sessions.
Durable construction with deluxe chrome-plated metal parts.
Versatile two-way design folds down for compact storage or flat transport in a guitar bag pocket.
Built-in rechargeable batteries with auto standby/wake function to conserve battery life.
Up to five hours of play time with the headphones and up to 12 hours with the included WL-T Transmitter.
Wirelessly edit, organize, and download tones with the BOSS Tone Studio app for iOS and Android mobile devices.
Unique onboard tuner function with audible tones that guide your tuning; visual chromatic tuner also available in the BOSS Tone Studio app.
ReValver® models guitar amplifiers, stompboxes and effects at the component level, resulting in unmatched realism, dynamics and tone. ReValver’s RIR 2 Cabinet Modeling takes convolution cabinet modeling to another level while ACT (Audio Cloning Technology)™ allows incredible instrument modeling on the input and tone matching on the output.
ReValver can also create and load amp clones in our ACT Combo module, making ReValver virtually unlimited. Expand ReValver even further by hosting 3rd party VST/AU plugins within the software. Take ReValver to the live stage with full MIDI control and GIG Mode for seamless switching between presets. Download ReValver 4 for free and then browse the Amp Store for a wealth of additional amp/stomp/effects modules, ACT content and bundles. ReValver is available as a stand alone program or as an AAX, VST or AU plug in.
REVALVER FEATURES
COMPONENT LEVEL MODELING
How does ReValver simulate the sound of tube amplifiers and effects with such unrivaled accuracy? Component level modeling. Every resistor, capacitor and tube is modeled in stunning detail within the ReValver engine. In fact, every ReValver model is not only modeled to the schematic, it can generate an editable schematic for you to tweak, an industry first.
ADVANCED CABINET MODELING
With improved Impulse Responses, ReValver takes cabinet modeling to a whole new level of accuracy and realism by giving the user independent control of speaker configuration, microphone, and mic placement, allowing for almost endless tone shaping options. Also, the electrical interaction and response of the amp and speaker have been captured, allowing for even greater realism and dynamics.
INSTRUMENT MODELING
ACT (Audio Cloning Technology)™ also allows the user to mold and shape the sound of the guitar itself. At the input, the ACT Input Module can alter the incoming guitar signal to mimic the sound and characteristics of other instruments, such as acoustics, folk instruments, and even other electric guitar and pickup combinations.
3RD PARTY PLUGIN HOSTING
Do you have go-to plugins that you can't live without? With ReValver's plugin host module, you can expand ReValver with VST and AU plugins of your own. Add your favorite effects and stompbox plugins, or even use 3rd party amp sim modules with ReValver's advanced cabinet modeling. When it comes to expandability, the sky's the limit with ReValver
MIDI MAPPING
Virtually all parameters in ReValver modules can be controlled by MIDI. Using Control Changes, this allows you to switch stomp boxes on and off, switch channels on amplifiers, control expressive effects such as a Wah and even use expression pedals to control something such as Diffusion on the World Wide Verb delay for extreme delay control.
TWEAK, TWEAK, TWEAK
Where most amp modeling software lets you edit high level properties of an amp model, ReValver allows you to tweak models at the schematic level - all the way down to the electronic components. Change resistor values, tube types, tube parameters and more to create an amp model that is truly and uniquely yours.
ACT (AUDIO CLONING TECHNOLOGY)™
ReValver has always set the bar for guitar amp modeling. But, with the release of ReValver 4, we raised that bar even further by introducing our proprietary ACT (Audio Cloning Technology)™. Simply put, our ACT technology allows us to analyze, clone and reproduce a source sound with uncanny accuracy. ACT can clone the sound of instruments, speaker cabinets, amps and even recorded tracks and mixes. ACT doesn't just copy a sound source, it steals its soul.
WANT YOUR SINGLE COIL GUITAR TO SOUND LIKE A GUITAR WITH ACTIVE HUMBUCKERS? ACT CAN DO IT.
WANT YOUR ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC GUITAR TO SOUND LIKE A HAND CRAFTED CLASSICAL NYLON GUITAR? ACT CAN DO IT.
WANT TO CLONE THE SOUND OF YOUR BUDDY'S BOUTIQUE TUBE AMP? ACT CAN DO IT.
WANT YOUR SONG'S MIX TO SOUND LIKE THAT HIT SONG ON THE RADIO? ACT CAN DO IT.
Push is a subtractive synth with a huge amount of randomness. Parametrized with a sound-design logic to get the most of the results to be usable as a patch. All of the randomized parameters are accessible via the "Edit Current" button.
You can use the patches as they are once you press the push button, or you can use the initial patch as inspiration to tweak each sound into a new and refined one.
Resulting patches and banks can be exported and shared without limits. Just click on "Open/Save" then "More" and "Export Bank" to get a shareable file.
PRODUCT DETAILS:
-Polyphonic subtractive synthesizer.
-2 Oscillators.
-5 waveforms.
-6 unisono voices.
-4 filter types.
-2 LFOs.
-Effect section.
-Just 35 MB.
-Scalable HD interface.
-MacOS Catalina Ready
-Easy install.
-No extra purchases needed (like Kontakt, UVI, etc) or any other 3rd. party player.
-Ready to be loaded into major DAWs (Cubase, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cakewalk, Reaper, BitWig, Nuendo, FLstudio, etc)
-Win 32/64 bits and Mac VST/AU/Standalone versions included
