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Crysonic Releases V3.5 of Spectralive NXT – Next Generation Audio Plugin for Mac OS X and PC
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 – 01:15:52 -0800 PST | No Comment

Adelaide SA /Music Industry Newswire/ — Crysonic today released Version 3.5 of their flagship product Spectralive NXT and is available in Native Mac OSX AU,VST (PPC /Intel Mac) and PC VST formats. Spectralive NXT …

IK Multimedia announces AmpliTube 3
Sun, 17 Jan 2010 – 17:44:18 -0800 PST | No Comment

NAMM 2010 /Music Industry Newswire/ — IK Multimedia is proud to present AmpliTube 3, a massive upgrade of the leading guitar and bass tone gear-modeling software! AmpliTube 3 raises the industry standard of sound variety, …

V-Plugs releases Echo Trip VST Plugin for Windows
Mon, 11 Jan 2010 – 18:33:13 -0800 PST | No Comment

Haifa, Israel /Music Industry Newswire/ — V-Plugs is proud to announce the release of Echo Trip – a new flexible echo plug-in that offers an accurate emulation of various classic echo units, along with countless …

Crysonic Releases Next Generation SINDO V3 Audio Plugin for Mac and PC
Tue, 08 Dec 2009 – 17:24:15 -0800 PST | No Comment

Adelaide SA /Music Industry Newswire/ — Crysonic today announced the release of SINDO V3 and availability in Native Mac OSX AU,VST (PPC /Intel Mac) and PC VST formats. SINDO V3 is Crysonics third Generation Professional …

Roger Linn Design releases AdrenaLinn Sync Plug-In
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 – 16:24:44 -0800 PST | No Comment
Roger Linn Design releases AdrenaLinn Sync Plug-In

BERKELEY, Calif. /Music Industry Newswire/ — 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 our AdrenaLinn III guitar pedal. However, …

VirSyn announces KLON – The Vocal Designer
Tue, 06 Oct 2009 – 17:50:06 -0700 PDT | No Comment

PFINZTAL, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Pump up your voice! The heart of the vocal designer plugin KLON is a harmonic pitch shifter for natural pitch and formant manipulation of vocal sounds in realtime. KLON …

iZotope’s New ALLOY Plug-in Introduces a Unique Take on Six Essential Mixing Tools
Mon, 05 Oct 2009 – 16:20:01 -0700 PDT | No Comment
iZotope’s New ALLOY Plug-in Introduces a Unique Take on Six Essential Mixing Tools

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. /Music Industry Newswire/ — ­ iZotope, Inc., a leading innovator in audio signal processing, announces Alloy, a new audio plug-in that combines six essential sound shaping tools into one integrated interface. iZotope’s award-winning …

New ARC TDM tunes your Pro Tools room to perfection
Sat, 19 Sep 2009 – 17:29:55 -0700 PDT | No Comment

SUNRISE, Fla. /Music Industry Newswire/ — IK is proud to announce the availability of the new ARC System TDM for Pro Tools HD Accel. Together with ARC Native, it is the first and only acoustic …

Crysonic announces release of SPECTRALIVE NXT V3 – Intelligent Spectral Audio Vitalizer
Thu, 17 Sep 2009 – 17:01:46 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Crysonic announces release of SPECTRALIVE NXT V3 – Intelligent Spectral Audio Vitalizer

Adelaide SA /Music Industry Newswire/ — Crysonic today announced the release of SPECTRALIVE NXT V3 and availability in Native Mac OSX AU,VST (PPC /Intel Mac) and PC VST formats. Spectralive NXT V3 is Crysonic’s third …

During Sept. Get Line 6 POD Farm Plug-in for FREE
Wed, 02 Sep 2009 – 03:15:46 -0700 PDT | No Comment

Calabasas, Calif. /Music Industry Newsire/ — Line 6 announced today that during Sept. 2009 they are giving away free licenses for their POD Farm plug-in for VST and RTAS. POD Farm, the premium tone plug-in, …

iZotope Releases Radius for Apple Soundtrack Pro
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 – 18:04:59 -0700 PDT | No Comment

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. /Music Industry Newswire/ — ­iZotope, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of iZotope Radius for Logic and Apple Soundtrack Pro, a new version of their high-end time stretching and pitch shifting algorithm …

Native Instruments introduces DISCOVERY SERIES: NORTH INDIA
Mon, 11 May 2009 – 19:10:07 -0700 PDT | No Comment

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments today introduced NORTH INDIA, a new sound library that captures and recreates the charismatic tones of classical North Indian music with unparalleled authenticity. It also marks the …

Native Instruments releases URBAN ARSENAL 2 for KORE
Fri, 01 May 2009 – 20:21:09 -0700 PDT | No Comment

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments today released URBAN ARSENAL 2, a new collection of production-ready sound material for contemporary hip-hop and similar music styles. Created in collaboration with established urban music producers …

New product from VirSyn – FDelay – The Rhythmiser
Wed, 25 Feb 2009 – 16:07:35 -0800 PST | No Comment

PFINZTAL, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Pimp up your loops with VirSyn – FDelay – The Rhythmiser! The multi-band delay machine FDELAY is an exciting tool for sound design and loop manipulation in realtime. In …

Winter NAMM 2009 sees the launch of Novation’s first independent collection of VST/AU plug-ins
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 – 10:30:36 -0800 PST | No Comment

High Wycombe, U.K. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Novation’s Plug-in FX suite provides five key effects from Novation’s illustrious synth heritage, including signature effects derived from the legendary SuperNova II. The five independent VST/AU plug-ins include …

Announcing Two VST and AU Plug-in Suites from Focusrite
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 – 10:20:20 -0800 PST | No Comment

High Wycombe, U.K. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Introducing Focusrite’s first independent VST/AU plug-in suite plus Guitar FX, a joint collaboration from Focusrite and Overloud. Winter NAMM 2009 sees the launch of Focusrite’s first independent collection …

iZotope Powers Sony ACID Pro 7 Effect Rack
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 – 18:01:43 -0800 PST | No Comment

Cambridge, Mass. /Music Industry Newswire/ — iZotope, Inc., a leading developer of tools for musicians and audio professionals, has licensed several audio technologies to Sony for their recent release of ACID Pro 7 Digital Audio …

SM Pro Audio Now Shipping V-Machine VST Player
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 – 22:04:20 -0800 PST | No Comment

Champlain, N.Y. — ­ SM Pro Audio is now shipping their highly anticipated V-Machine VST player in the US market. The V-Machine is a compact VST/VSTi hardware playback module designed to take plug-ins on the …

Audiofile Engineering Presents Wave Editor 1.4
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 – 19:31:55 -0800 PST | No Comment

Minneapolis, Minn. –­ Audiofile Engineering, a leading audio software developer for the Mac, is now shipping Wave Editor 1.4, the latest update to their popular and unique audio editing application. In addition to new features …

Toontrack Music announces the release of the Funkmasters EZX
Thu, 06 Nov 2008 – 17:08:52 -0800 PST | No Comment

Sweden — This is a unique and exclusive recording of two of the most important drummers in popular music. Clyde Stubblefield and John “Jab’o” Starks. On their own or in tandem, Starks and Stubblefield were …

Focusrite assume worldwide distribution of Forte Suite plug-in
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 – 16:31:20 -0700 PDT | No Comment

High Wycombe, UK — As of October 1st 2008, Focusrite will assume worldwide distribution of their finest Pro Tools®-exclusive EQ and Compression plug-in, formerly distributed worldwide by Digidesign. The Focusrite Forte Suite is a channel …

At AES, Focusrite Announces Liquid Mix for Pro Tools HD
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 – 16:13:40 -0700 PDT | No Comment

High Wycombe, UK — This year’s AES show in San Francisco sees the launch of Focusrite’s latest addition to the award-winning Liquid range. Liquid Mix HD delivers the power of Liquid Mix exclusively to the …

Crysonic Announces Mac Pack Audio DSP Plug-in Bundle
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 – 14:55:15 -0700 PDT | No Comment

Adelaide, SA — Crysonic today announced the immediate availability of their Mac Pack Audio DSP plug-ins Bundle. The Mac Pack brings together three complimentary and very popular products carefully engineered for unparalleled performance and quality …

Crysonic Announces Immediate Availability of Sindo V2 Transparent Stereo image Expander
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 – 21:23:29 -0700 PDT | No Comment

Adelaide, SA — Crysonic today announced the release of SINDO V2, a hybrid stereo image expander (widener) / Narrower with new features offering a high level of mono compatibility with minimal side effects. SINDO V2 …

Eiosis Releases the E²Transienter
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 – 15:15:40 -0700 PDT | No Comment

PARIS, France — The E²Transienter brings a unique, simple and powerful approach to transient processing. In fact it is far more than a simple transient designer, and it can be used in many situations, including …

iZotope Releases RX Plug-ins: Essential Tools for Cleaning and Restoring Audio
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 – 19:16:07 -0700 PDT | No Comment

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — iZotope, Inc., a leading innovator in audio signal processing technology, has released iZotope RX(TM) audio restoration plug-ins, featuring the essential tools for cleaning and restoring audio. Available for VST, Audio Unit, MAS, ProTools (RTAS, AudioSuite), and DirectX, the plug-ins are now included with the award-winning standalone version for the same price of $349.