Puremagnetik has released Upright — a richly detailed double bass sound set for Ableton Live, Kontakt, and Logic. Upright comes packed with a multi-sample palette of articulations including plucked and traditional bow. In addition, Upright includes a number of unique synthetically enhanced instruments for electronic music or sound design applications.

Recorded with meticulous precision, Upright has been programmed for advanced multi-mic flexibility. Users can blend room modes and microphone gain to custom tailor the sound of the instrument. The native Ableton Live version includes masterfully programmed Macros for easy editing. The Kontakt version loads with a custom KSP script for quick parameter access. Each version of Upright comes packed with a collection of Live Clips and Apple Loo ...

TeamDNR Collaborative Designs announces the release of MixControl, a flexible channelstrip package consisting of 2 high quality mixing plug-ins featuring precision measurement equalizers and tight, responsive gate and compressor modules.

MixControl Large is intended as an all-in-one solution for more complex mixing needs, while MixControl Small has a reduced feature set and smaller interface for more general mixing tasks.

Features :

• 2 Compressor Modes (transparent/colored)
• 3 level detection modes for gate/comp modules
• Ultra-responsive gate
• Internal gate/comp sidechain with various filters
• Input/Output FFT with peak hold on EQ display
• 6 band precision EQ utilizing filter curve measurement
• A wide variety of EQ filter types ...

Version 7 represents the latest step in the evolution of Waves. With improved compatibility across the board, enhanced DAW and OS support, and a host of new features, V7 will take your Waves experience to new heights.

Changes :

• Snow Leopard Support
• Windows 7 Support (32-bit)
• New VST3 Features in Cubase, Nuendo & Studio One :
.Side-chain support
.Near-zero scan time on Mac & reduced scan time on PC
.Real plug-in parameter units displayed in automation lanes
.Plug-in menus sorted into categories
• ICON Meter Support for Additional Plug-ins
• Bug Fixes and Improvements

Bonus Plug-ins :

• PuigTec EQs added to Platinum and Diamond
• V-Comp added to Diamond
• Vocal Rider added to Mercury

For more details, please follow the link below :

Vocal Rider is the first of Waves pioneering new series of Mix tools. Simply put, Vocal Rider rides the levels of vocal tracks, automatically.

Instead of manually riding the physical mixing console fader, or tediously drawing in each individual level change on a DAW track, Vocal Rider does it for you, making it a true timesaver.

All you need to do is set the target range of the vocal level in relation to the rest of the mix. Then, Vocal Rider compensates for all deviations from the target, intelligently raising or lowering the vocal volume, instantly. And unlike everyday compression, Vocal Rider adds absolutely no additional coloring to the track.

Features :

• Keep steady vocal & dialog levels automatically.
• Save time by automating the vocal riding part of the mixing process.
• Write the automatic riding to an automation track for fine tuning.
• Real-Time means no latency and no pre-scan needed.
• Up to 24bit 96kHz resolution
• Supports TDM, RTAS, Audio Suite, VST, AU
• PC and Mac compatible

Vocal Rider is available now and costs $400.

DontCrack is currently running a great promotion : the Flux "Mastering Pack" is available for only $559 (MSRP $799).

This bundle includes the following Flux plug-ins : Solera, Epure And Pure Limiter. It offers the best digital tools for mastering with up to 8 channels and up to 384 KHz with 64 bit float processing.

Don't miss this amazing deal !!

Wave Arts announces the release of Tube Saturator, their first step into the world of accurate real-time analog modeling.

Unlike other tube simulators, which use radically simplified models, Tube Saturator uses state of the art circuit simulation technology to capture every nuance of an analog circuit. With circuit simulation, the analog schematic completely defines the signal processing. The schematic is converted into a system of non-linear differential equations which is solved at each sampling period, in realtime. That's mathematical talk for "it sounds exactly like the analog circuit".

The circuit simulation technology is extremely CPU intensive, and hence we are only able to simulate very simple circuits. Tube Saturator is in fact a basic circuit consisting of a Baxandall type ...

Garritan has announced the release of a 4th Edition of Garritan Personal Orchestra that now contains the Garritan ARIA sample engine and adds new features, new instrument sounds, updated programming and a lower price.

Garritan Personal Orchestra 4th Edition includes all the major instruments of the orchestra - strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion and keyboards plus quality instruments such as a Steinway grand piano, Stradivari violin (with new controllable vibrato), select Project SAM solo and section brass samples (new for this version), concert harps, celesta, concert pipe organ, and many other fine instruments. Personal Orchestra allows you to make ensembles of any size from the individual instruments, ranging from groups of a few instruments to a full symphony orchestra.

The co ...

AcousticsampleS releases DrumTaste Brush, a Brushed drum kit.

The DrumTaste Brush is a Brush Kit featuring a 22 bassdrum, a 12 hi tom, a 14 low tom, a 14' piccolo snare, two 22' rides and a 13' hihat.

Features :

• 3382 samples, 1.42 Go of samples recorded at 24 bits, 96khz downsampled to 44.1khz, no loops.
• 3 mic positions for each drum that you can mix and/or disable from the interface.
• about 20 velocity layers X 4 round robins (so about 80 samples per drums per position) and only 6 vel layers for the two ride cymbals.
• Custom mapping, you can assign every element to any key simply by pressing a key and assigning a sample.
• Mappings presets : GM, V-DRUMS, IMAP, NSKIT (NDK) or default one.
• Separated compression module for each element.
&b ...

AdrenaLinn Sync is a new software plug-in from Roger Linn Design that provides the same unique beat-synced filter modulation and sequencing effects of their AdrenaLinn III guitar pedal.

However, it goes even further, adding:

• More Control -- More parameters to fine-tune your filter modulation and filter sequencing effects.
• More Randomness -- Random sequence generation, random LFO amplitude, plus variable probability of randomly-generated notes or envelope firing.
• More Swing -- In additional to half or full swing timing for sequenced notes, you also get on randomly-generated notes.
• Noise source for Self-Generated Noise Beats -- Use noise with the sequencer to create synthesized drumbeats, or to excite resonant filters into self-oscillation.
• 2 Simu ...

The Custom and Vintage SDX is a re-release of the Toontrack Music sample packs Superior Custom and Vintage and Superior Vintage Add-on (both released for the original Superior Drummer software) and they have now been combined to form the The Custom and Vintage SDX for Superior Drummer 2.0.

Apart from extensive stick and brush recordings of a unique collection of drums and cymbals it also features mixer presets by producer Peter Henderson and custom MIDI by drummer Chris Whitten.

The Custom and Vintage SDX will be available as an upgrade with a special price from the legacy products and one regular SDX version for newer customers. Both with the same content.

The Custom and Vintage SDX is available on the web and at your favorite retailer for €139.