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Ultra Analog VA-1 v1.0.1 Update from AAS available
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Ultra Analog VA-1 v1.0.1 Update from AAS available

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Applied Acoustics are pleased to announce a free update for Ultra Analog VA-1. This update includes the following bugfixes and enhancements:

– The Ultra Analog Audio Unit plug-in now pass the Logic 7 validation

– MIDI program changes work in Pro Tools and in Cubase

– Performance problems caused by denormals have been fixed on Windows

– The Ultra Analog VST plug-in now works in Orion

– There is no more noise or stuck notes when changing presets while playing

– There is no more portamento effect when playing the first notes of a newly loaded preset
– The manual has been updated

– Corrected a problem with the Locate command

– Effect presets now load correctly in the RTAS version

D16 announces Phoscyon, a new TB303 clone
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D16 announces Phoscyon, a new TB303 clone

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A polish group of designers and musicians, called D16, developed a TB303 clone. When listening to their audio samples we were quite amazed by the great sound of this clone. The VSTi is still in development but a final release should be within the coming few months.



Phoscyon perfectly emulates original synthesis, especially untypical lowpass filters with 18dB/oct slope and constant Q in frequency domain. It contains also extended arpeggiator (irreplaceable in electronic music) and integrated splendidly adapted distortion effect without which the Acid music practically doesn’t exists.

New Apple firewire audio interface for Garageband
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New Apple firewire audio interface for Garageband

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Industry rumours revealed that Apple is developing a FireWire audio interface for GarageBand. Apple Computer is expected to introduce a new audio interface for GarageBand users in the coming months. The analog FireWire audio device, the first product of its recently created iPod division, will allow users to directly record audio using any Mac and Apple’s GarageBand music studio application. According to reputable sources, the company is on track to begin manufacturing the device overseas next month.


The device, code-named Q97 or ASTEROID, has been under development at the company for the better part of the year. Typically referred to as a breakout box in the music recording industry, the external audio device attaches to a computer and offers audio inputs and outputs for attaching instruments or other audio sources. Apple is reportedly building the device around GarageBand, its popular application for aspiring musicians.

Sony remixes Acidplanet
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Sony remixes Acidplanet

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To coincide with the recent release of ACID Pro 5 software and the Sony Sound Series Loops & Samples collection, Sony Media Software today launched the revamped ACIDplanet Web site (www.ACIDplanet.com), the Internet’s premier destination for new music and unique artists. With an innovative look and feel, an increased focus on video, and the introduction of the paid-for ProZone™ area with its enhanced user features, ACIDplanet.com continues to provide its community of over 200,000 individual digital musicians the most exciting place on the Web to create music, collaborate, listen, chat and publish their own music for the world to hear. To celebrate the launch, ACIDplanet.com is offering visitors the opportunity to download 10 Free Loops a Day for 30 Days.

Spectrasonics is shipping the new Stylus RMX
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Spectrasonics is shipping the new Stylus RMX

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Stylus RMX is a completely new groove-based virtual instrument plug-in for Macintosh and Windows. Stylus RMX is the first product to offer the combined power of Groove Control™ with Spectrasonics Advanced Groove Engine (S.A.G.E.™) technology giving users dramatic new control over groove production and performance.


Spectrasonics’ in-house development team created the new instrument from the ground up, with dozens of new features including the ground-breaking Chaos Designer™, a completely redesigned multi-page user interface, a new core library of sounds, all with a focus on realtime groove creation and performance.

Leapfrogs Rephrase is released
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Leapfrogs Rephrase is released

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It gives Leapfrog great pleasure to announce that Rephrase is now released! You can now order your copy of Rephrase directly from their website. There is also a free 14-day demo version available to try. They’ve been working very hard over the last months, and they hope that you will like the result!

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Edirol releases Mac OS X Drivers

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Edirol has released Version 2.0.1 of Mac OS X drivers for 10 audio interfaces. These new drivers offer improved performance under high CPU loads as well as a further reduction in the already-minimal latency factors. In addition, Edirol has also added an uninstaller for easy removal.




Edirol audio devices with version 2.0.1 OS X drivers for the following products:




-M-100FX

-PCR-1 S.L.I.M

-PCR-A30

-SD-90

-UA-20

-UA-25

-UA-3FX

-UA-5 USB

-UA-700

-UR-80

Battery 2 – full and demo versions now available
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Battery 2 – full and demo versions now available

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After the release of the BATTERY 2 full version, the demo version for Mac OS X and Windows XP are now available as well. The extraordinarily intuitive and multi-facetted drum sampler has been completely renewed. The extended and customizable cell matrix, multi-mode filters, compressors and much more make BATTERY 2 the ultimate weapon for firing blazing beats.

Steinberg announces Virtual Bassist
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Steinberg announces Virtual Bassist

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Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH is excited to announce a new addition to its highly successful VIRTUAL PLAYER range of virtual musicians: Virtual Bassist.


Featuring the talents of the programming team behind Virtual Guitarist and Groove Agent, Virtual Bassist provides all manner of bass guitar phrases, sounds and styles, comments Helge Vogt, Steinberg’s Product Manager for VST Instruments. Steinberg is now in the unique position of offering a whole backing band of intelligent, musically-oriented VST instruments directly within the virtual audio environment, adds Vogt.

Eventide announces H3000 TDM Factory plug-in
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Eventide announces H3000 TDM Factory plug-in

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In a technology preview of the next offering in a series of H3000-based plug-ins, Eventide will be showing the H3000 Factory™ plug-in for Digidesign TDM ProTools. The H3000 Factory plug-in is based on the Factory algorithms used in the legendary H3000, ubiquitous in music production since its introduction in 1989.


The H3000 has been a staple of music production live and in the studio for fifteen years, said Ray Maxwell, Eventide vice president of sales and marketing. The Factory plug-in brings three of the most versatile and most popular H3000 algorithms to the Pro Tools desktop.


The heart of H3000 Factory is the ability to combine up to 18 effect modules together in completely unique ways using the “anything to anything” patchbay, delivering a virtually limitless array of sounds. Users can create their own signature effects with a combination of effects blocks, including delays, amplitude modulators, envelope followers, pitch shifters, filters, and low frequency oscillators. Each individual delay effect block offers looping capabilities, system tempo lock and high cut filtering. Filters have sweep and modulation capability and are selectable between band pass, high pass and low pass, all with variable Q. A Function Generator for parameter modulation is also included, giving users the options of 19 wave shapes, white noise generator, MIDI control, and side chain inputs.