Introducing Red Leaf Technology's new and revolutionary Touch Screen Monitor DAW Control Surface.

Designed to integrate seamlessly with any audio application software, the TS Control-32 puts you in direct control of your DAW's software by translating your touch into mouse clicks, slides, draws and fader movements.

Features :

· 32" Wide Format Touch Screen Display Control Surface – custom sizes available up to 67"
· Up to 1920x1080 resolutions supported – standard VGA input
· Integrates seamlessly with any DAW software program or operating system
· Ultra Wide viewing angles – use standing up or sitting down just like a standard console mixer
· Improves workflow and ergonomics – relieves mouse induced carpal tunnel syndrome
· Accurate touch over the whole screen - one time 4-p ...

TC Electronic and Access are delighted to reveal version 2 of the Access Virus synth for PowerCore. Access Virus version 2 introduces new features as well as a large number of improvements in regards to performance and stability.

In order to meet users demands of a more bandwidth efficient version, we are now including a new stereo version of the Virus. It requires significantly less bandwidth and proves especially useful for PowerCore users working with multiple instances of the plug-in.

Program change is now fully supported, and improves of the workflow for all users.

Version 2.0 addresses a number of instabilities in regards to timing, especially in regards to the arpeggiator, the LFO and any other component synced to clock. It also addresses issues found with certain host applications, such as reare cases of crackling, hanging notes and minor graphical issues.

The 2.0 upgrade is free for all Virus PowerCore users.

Universal Audio has just announced the release of the UAD Software version 5.4.0.

Major changes in Version 5.4.0 :

• New Special Processing plug-ins: UAD FATSO Jr./Sr. Analog Tape Simulator and Compressor (UAD-2 only / $299)
• New Reverb plug-in: UAD EMT 250 Classic Electronic Reverberator (UAD-2 only / $249)
• New EQ plug-ins: UAD Neve 31102 and 31102SE (UAD-2 and UAD-1 / $249)
• RTAS latency with UAD-2 is reduced to 1x hardware I/O buffer size (versus 2x in previous UAD software versions)
• Reduced host loads on multiprocessor systems (Windows)
• Improved host CPU spiking/dropouts in Windows Vista


The UAD Software version 5.4.0 is available now at :

Propellerhead Software announces the Record Open Beta experience.

Musicians can testdrive Propellerhead's new Record Software for free until September 9th, 2009. Just visit the following link and request an invite code or get an invite code from a colleague who has already gotten a Record Open Beta.

Olympus unveils its new portable audio recorder, the LS-11, which is a follow-up to their LS-10 handheld audio recorder.

Like its predecessor, the LS-11 is capable of recording 24-bit/96kHz stereo WAVs, as well as MP3- and WMA-format files. It's got the same on-board microphones as the LS-10, as well as the rear-mounted speakers for quick auditioning of recorded material. New features include 8GB of internal memory, instead of the 2GB found on the LS-10, and the facility to work with SD cards of up to 32GB in capacity. What's more, the two memory drives are viewed as one storage destination, so the LS-11 can address an impressive 40GB of data in total (if using a 32GB SD card).

The LS-11 features a Voice Synchronize Recordin ...

MacProVideo.com has released the first in a new series of Logic 9 tutorial videos, called "Logic 9 First Look." This tutorial-video details many of the new features of Logic Pro 9. It is available for free from the company's website.

In this new title you'll explore the new interface features of Logic 9, while learning how this new version better optimizes CPU usage. You'll explore the new Notes function and the novel Bounce In Place feature. You'll also get a good introduction to Flex Time Editing, the convert to sampler instrument function, and the new Amp designer and pedalboard plug-ins.

Solid State Logic is proud to announce the release of Duende V3 and new X-Verb plug-in.

Duende V3 doubles the power that the Duende platform can be upgraded to with the introduction of an entirely new audio engine. Duende's new Hybrid Core Processing engine combines all of the advantages of dedicated DSP with use of your computers CPU processing power. V3 enables users to upgrade Duende Mini to 64 channels and Duende PCIe

Universal Piper is a new high-definition Bagpipe virtual instrument for Windows and Mac OS X.

Features :

• Play Highland Bagpipe (other bagpipes coming).
• Sculpt your sound on each note.
• Add effects (Reverb, EQ, ...).
• Listen to BWW and MIDIfiles with the Universal Piper sound.
• Switch between tempered and natural scale.

Universal Piper is available for Windows and Mac OS X in Stand-alone and VST and AU instrument plug-in formats. It costs €49.

After Mr. Sax T. (Tenor), Sample Modeling extends its family of Saxophone virtual instruments with two brand new brothers: Mr. Sax A. (Alto) and Mr. Sax B. (Baritone), exploiting the same technology, but based on completely new sample material, with a lot of new added features and supplied with Native Instruments' Kontakt 3.5 Player.

The Alto and Baritone Sax are completely new instruments, designed and programmed for the new NI Kontakt 3.5 Player. The current version is 1.51.
As in Mr. Sax T, v1.02, the main panel allows for monitoring and inputting control data. It includes a drop down menu for Keyboard, Breath-controller, Yamaha and Akai wind-controller input, symmetrical and asymmetrical pitchbend response, velocity or CC c ...

Mike Massberg and Dave Gamble proudly present Harmony Box, a free virtual synthesizer that has the rules of modal jazz built-in : you press a key, it plays the right chord. You just pick the key and the mode. An alias-free oscillator drives a self-oscillating filter and it has LFOs and Envelopes for fatness. Harmony Box was created especially for the Music Hack Day 2009.

Harmony Box is free and is available for Windows and Mac OS X in VST and AU instrument plug-in formats.

Rob Papen has just released its new reverb plug-in RP-Verb.

RP-Verb is an algorithmic, musical, reverb that aims to bring dimension and fullness to your mixes. It has a straightforward, intuitive interface that puts all the most essential parameters right at your fingertips and offers presets that range from intimate venues to abstract, surreal spaces.

Main section:
• Dry / wet control with FX bypass button.
• HQ Mode on/off.
• ECS (external controller setup).
• ? brings up the 'Quick Manual'.

Preset section:
• Uses sound banks composed of 128 presets.
• Preset handling with copy, paste, clear and compare function.
• 'Quick Browser', 'Recently Browsed' and 'Favorite' functions.
• Presets are stored in clear categories banks.

Disto ...

Pro Audio DSP has updated its DSM - Dynamic Spectrum Mapper plug-in to version 1.3.

The Dynamic Spectrum Mapper (DSM) provides multi-dimensional control over both the spectral response and dynamic characteristics of audio programme, bringing a whole new dimension of facility and artistic ability to the sound engineer.
Novel processing and programme capture algorithms provide the ability to achieve exemplary results in common tasks such as :

• programme compression
• loudness enhancement
• de-essing and vocal character processing

Furthermore, the ability to capture, modify and re-apply the spectral characteristics of programme is a powerful creative tool in all stages of the production cycle, from recording and mixing to mastering stages :

• personalise m ...

Remenber D-CAM: Synth Squad, the virtual synth that FXpansion unveiled at the latest Winter NAMM ?

Well, this synth will be available worldwide in August 2009 for £157, $249, €189 excluding local taxes where applicable. For more information, please visit the link below :

IZotope is pleased to announce the release of Radius for Logic and Apple Soundtrack Pro, a new version of their time-stretching and pitch-shifting algorithm previously built for Apple's Logic Pro. This new version has been updated with support for Logic 9 as well as Soundtrack Pro 3.

iZotope Radius allows for independent control over timing and pitch of any audio material while preserving the character and acoustic space of the original recording. Using an advanced hybrid method, it is able to preserve transients and sustained material simultaneously, making it extremely useful for modifying fully mixed performances as well as individual instruments, voices, or other audio sources. This new version of Radius adds a new pitch coherence control that enables enhanced control over the sound ...

Best Service announces that Titan is now shipping.

Titan offers 5,500 multi-samples of the best sounds from 200 classic Analog Synthesizers and Modular Systems, including the biggest and most famous Digital Synths and Workstations of the 80s and 90s, and from the newest virtual instruments and current synths, all in one massive plug-in. That means 40 years of synth history and sound variety. Best Service put great emphasis on preserving the unique sound character of each instrument - that's why many of the instruments were partially sampled with their original effects and filters, which can be hard to reproduce in the virtual domain. All instruments were sampled and looped perfectly and inserted into the new Best Service ENGINE. ENGINE was developed by Best Service in cooperation with Yellow Tools. It is based on Yellow Tools' high-end sampler Independence Pro and offers all performance features of a contemporary sample engine.

Titan is available for Windows and Mac OS X in VST, AU and RTAS plug-in formats. MSRP is €249 (incl. VAT).