PowerFX announces the release of "Grand Colour", the virtual instrument piano library from Colour Sonics. This huge library has been split up into individual downloads of particular pianos with each download including patches for Kontakt 1, 2.1 and HALion.

The acoustic pianos consist of the Bösendorfer 290, the Steinway D, the Baldwin Vertical and the Yamaha C7. Each piano has been recorded in Moscow, by Russia's top classical recording engineers using up to 20 different stereo dynamic levels for 40 seconds plus release and noise layers in a perfectly acoustically tuned environment. The end results are highly accurate emulations of these legendary instruments. The Bösendorfer download is $89 and the other pianos are $59 each.

Also available for download are the Colour Sonics "Vintage ...

ExpDigital has just released SCal V5, a music calculator which calculates delay, time to BPM, BPM to time, BPM note shift, timestretch, tempo shift, lfo rate and more.

SCal V5 is a standalone application available for Mac OSX (UB) and it is free so... well, you know, just enjoy !

Physical Music has announced the releases of Time Freezer v2.0. Time Freezer is a resynthesizer, it allows you to "freeze a moment of audio" and then manipulate it utilizing basic parameters such as pitch, volume, bandpass filter, denoiser, etc...

TimeFreezer costs $99 and is available for Mac OS X Universal Binary in both VST instrument and VST effect versions.

TimeFreezer VST Effect :

- Freezes any kind of audio in real time.
- You can connect live input.
- You can insert sequencer tracks.
- Holds complex sounds infinitely.
- Morph to next hold with crossfades(->10s).
- Transform bandpass filter in real time.
- Repitch the frozen sound in real time.
- Denoiser adjustable.
- Analysis time window adjustable.
- Clipless volume maximizer switchable ...

Puremagnetik has just released Test Run - a free "Live Ready" pack with over 100MB of sound content. It contains a collection of the best sounds from past Puremagnetik packs.

Test Run is compatible with Ableton Live 6.0.5 and higher and is available for immediate download at Puremagnetik's web site.

Forever For Now has released Octave Shifter 2.0, the second generation of their popular real-time pitch shifting effect.

Building on its predecessor, Octave Shifter 1.5, it features a revamped generic Cocoa and Carbon GUI, a new low latency processing mode and a multitude of usability enhancements.

Key features include :

- real-time, low latency processing for live performances
- high precision post-processing for studio quality results
- four full octaves of pitch adjustment
- continuous pitch change, enables automation of pitch parameter
- extensive user manual

Octave Shifter 2 is available for Mac OS X (UB) as an Audio Unit plug-in. By the way, it is freeware so enjoy !

ASK Video Interactive Media is now offering Editors Keys keyboard overlays for many popular digital audio workstations to customers and dealers in the US and Canada.

Editors Keys Keyboard Key Sets help users of popular DAW's work up to 40% faster by transforming a standard keyboard into a fully functional audio editing keyboard. Each Key is easily applied to your standard keyboard using a handy applicator, and contains the program shortcut icon, key letter and also a text reference telling you exactly what each tool is. The keys are color grouped for greater efficiency. They are made from over 40 micro-interweaved PVC layers of the highest quality, both for optimal durability and to help blend in with your own keyboard. They are manufactured to the highest quality standards, ensuring th ...

Digidesign today announced a new family of bi-amplified, professional-grade studio reference monitors—the Reference Monitor Series (RMS). Developed jointly with PMC (the Professional Monitor Company, based in the UK), the new RMS monitors unite Digidesign's deep expertise in digital audio with PMC's legacy for fine, cutting-edge loudspeaker designs and meticulous manufacturing.

Available as a 5.5-inch two-way (RM1 ) and a 6.7-inch two-way (RM2 ), the Digidesign® RMS monitors incorporate innovation in almost every aspect of their design—from amplifier topology to acoustics and the deployment of advanced digital signal processing. Key technologies employed in Digidesign RMS monitors include the following :

- Advanced Transmission Line technology from PMC
- Bass Port Emulation provid ...

Antelope Audio launches the Isochrone 10M, an atomic master clock device, ideal for professionals and audiophiles demanding the highest possible accuracy. At the heart of the Isochrone 10M is the chemical element rubidium, which thanks to the hyperfine structure of rubidium's energy levels produces a clock that is 100,000 times more stable than crystal oscillators. Whereas an average crystal oscillator running free at 98Khz would lose one audio sample a second, this unit can be relied on to be sample accurate for eight days. With impressive stability of 0.03 ppB (parts per billion), it has a practically immeasurable jitter, while the Rubidium technology ensures the most stable and accurate clock reference possible.

The Isochrone 10M is compatible with any audio converters that can lock to an external clock source using either Wordclock BNC, S/PDIF or AES connectors. For more information, please visit their web site.

After many months of development, Numerology version 2.0 is closing in on the final stages of development.

New Features :

- Universal Binary
- ReWire Device Mode with Live, Digital Performer, Logic, and ProTools
- Much-Revised UI (cleaner graphics and fonts, new tab-based system for switching between stacks, etc...)
- New Routing System
- Patchbay system that allows you to create as many inputs and outputs as you need, give them proper names, then assign them to whatever hardware ports you desire
- MonoNote/PolyNote Sequencers Two all-new mega sequencers with an absurdly long list of feature !
- Envelope Module
- Enhanced mixer
- etc...

Numerology 2 will be $99, the same as the current price for 1.4, there is no upgrade price. Registered users can access the current 2.0 beta builds now. A public beta is currently planned for late Februrary. There is no current release date set.

Updating their instruments to Universal Binary has been an epic task for GForce Software, but now the hat trick has been scored with the release of the UB Oddity.

The update is free to users who purchased and registered their instrument after the 1st October 2006. For these users the instrument has automatically been allocated to their accounts at the GForce website. If you purchased your Oddity before 1st October 2006, you will need to update to the Universal Oddity via the shop at a price of £13.99 (plus VAT), €19.99 (plus VAT) or $26.00.

Note that GForce are promising that the Universal Binary versions of their remaining MiniMonsta instrument will be available in a matter of weeks.