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PreSonus VSL Brings the StudioLive Under Computer Control

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StudioLive mixer owners will be delighted to learn that they can control the most-used StudioLive parameters directly from a computer, thanks to PreSonus’ new VSL software for the StudioLive 16.4.2 and StudioLive 24.4.2 digital mixers. VSL(short for “Virtual StudioLive”) provides bidirectional control of channel, subgroup, and main-bus levels; Fat Channel parameters; aux mixes; effects; and the graphic EQ. You get a visual overview of your StudioLive settings so you can see, tweak, and organize them and can easily manage your presets and Scenes. The software will be available for Mac OS X and Windows in the first quarter of 2010 and will be a free download.

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D16 Group Syntorus 1.0.0 released

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D16 Group announce the release of a new FX plugin. Syntorus is a double path analog chorus plugin. There are many different chorus effect plugins available on the market today. However, finding one which gives the classic analogue chorus sound is easier said than done. Even on expensive units with advanced parameter controls, getting that vintage chorus timbre can be a challenge.

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Coming Soon FXpansion BFD Nano

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BFD Nano gives you easy access to the some of the best sounds in the BFD2 library, recorded at London’s Air Studios. The included sounds are full of dramatic levels of detail and mojo… Anything but sterile, BFD Nano is imbued with a musical character that sets it apart from the homogenized, flat sounds found elsewhere.

Included are over 40 presets that showcase BFD Nano’s powerful, punchy-sounding mixing section. The EQ and dynamics/effect processing allow you to sculpt the raw sounds and lush stereo ambience for any situation. DCAM circuit-modelled compression, filtering and drive provide hardware-style tone and grit, while Overloud’s Breverb plate algorithm can be used for artificial reverb effects.

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MOTU Digital Performer 7.02 is now shipping

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Digital Performer 7.02 is now shipping. If you own Version 7, you can download the free Version 7.02 updater. This second maintenance release includes several highly-requested program enhancements and optimizations, including the new QuickScribe features, keyboard shortcuts, and count-off click options first introduced in 7.01. Refer to the download description and update Read Me documentation for complete details.

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McDSP 2010 news

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McDSP showed Audio Unit (AU) versions of some of its product line at the 2010 Winter NAMM Show. McDSP plans to ship updated versions of its entire product line by May of 2010 with TDM, RTAS and AU support. These updated versions will also include new features and improved performance on Leopard and Snow Leopard.

For greater savings, purchase any plug-in or bundle from now until May 2010 for up to 30% off! Once AU support is shipping, all products and bundles will be sold at regular pricing. Existing customers can upgrade each McDSP plug-in (HD or Native) to include AU support for an introductory price of $29 per plug-in. Upgrade pricing will increase to $49 per plug-in shortly thereafter. Existing Emerald Pack 4 HD or Native owners may upgrade the complete bundle for a limited time for only $249. McDSP will continue to offer two main product lines – HD and Native. The HD versions of McDSP plug-ins will support TDM, RTAS, and AU formats.  The Native versions of McDSP plug-ins will support RTAS and AU formats.

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112dB releases Redline Preamp

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112dB announces that Redline Preamp, a vintage preamp emulation, is now available in native RTAS/AS/VST/AU format for Windows and Mac OS X at the introductory price of €88/$99.

Redline Preamp livens up any digital or “too clean” signal.  At its heart lies a fexible algorithm that is capable of emulating most kinds of harmonic distortion typical for analogue, tape, and tube equipment. While it has not been modeled after any particular piece of gear it can do a wide range of convincing analogue emulations. A showcase selection of carefully constructed presets ranging from the warm American Vintage to the full-blown Beyond Repair is included.

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Cakewalk A-Pro Series Keyboards – Video

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Cakewalk introduces the new A-PRO Series, USB MIDI Controllers for Mac and PC. The A-300 Pro (32-key), A-500 Pro (49-key) and A-800 Pro (61-key) are brand new keyboard controllers developed in conjunction with Roland.

The A-PRO series focuses on intuitive real-time performance and ergonomic playability, making it a must-have controller for soft-synths in a live or studio setting. This new line gives musicians the best of both worlds: Cakewalks legendary ease of use and Rolands world-class engineering and keyboard expertise.

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Ableton Suite 8 – A Gearjunkies Review

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Ableton Live, from a simple sequencer to a serious Digital Audio Workstation. Ableton Live 8 Suite, also known as the XL version, is the version of Live that comes with a huge amount of instruments and library of sounds. About no less then 1600 sounds divided among ten instruments. The GUI (graphic user interface) stands out against the GUI’s of the other well known DAW’s by its simplicity. Which in fact works easier and better.

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FabFilter releases Micro – a mini filter plug-in

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Determined to provide quality plug-ins for every need and budget, FabFilter has released the tiny, yet very useful FabFilter Micro, a new lightweight filter plug-in that makes the classic FabFilter sound more affordable than ever.

Featuring the classic filter first developed for the FabFilter One synthesizer with low-pass and high-pass filter shapes, it will be no surprise that FabFilter Micro has a smooth and creamy sound that will turn into raw self-oscillating madness at a flick of the Peak knob. Yet even at full resonance, the filter always maintains an analog-like balance, happily saturating and clipping the incoming sound without exhibiting the digital artifacts and impurities that most other filters suffer from.

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New BEHRINER XENYX USB Mixers – Video

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Behringer introduced seven new premium-grade mixers feature built-in USB interfaces, compressors and 24-bit multi-FX processors.  Sporting a wide range of options, the next-generation XENYX live/studio mixers from BEHRINGER merge built-in USB interface, easy-to-use “one-knob” compressors, world-renowned XENYX mic preamps and “British-style” channel EQ. All mixers feature a new studio-grade digital effects processor with 16 editable presets including reverb, chorus, flanger, delay, pitch shifter and multi-effects (no FX on 1204USB).