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From Nucleus SoundLab:

Nucleus SoundLab Holiday ‘08 Bundle - Save over 50%!

Treat yourself this holiday season to a special Nucleus SoundLab bundle -
including an amazing synth plugin and a huge library of sounds!

Not only do you get Viral Outbreak VSTi + every single one of Nucleus
SoundLab’s WusikEngine libraries, but we’ve teamed with ArtVera to offer
her amazing products as part of the bundle.

All this adds up to an huge bundle at almost 50% off regular price!

The final bonus: the first 10 customers to purchase the bundle additionally
receive ArtVera’s amazing Golden Aset VSTi plugin FREE ($30 US regular
price)

Don’t delay - this bundle expires January 10th, 2009. Note that all
products will be delivered in downloadable format within 72 hours of
purchase.

Included:

*Viral Outbreak VSTi + All our compatible soundsets including:
*SoundCell
*Ambient Drums
*Ambient Space
*MK Digital Keys
*OB Resurrection
*VS Resurrection
*Drumatoxin by Artvera
*Mistral by Artvera
*Golden Aset plugin by Artvera (first 10 customers only)

Read more about our products, and listen to mp3s by visiting:
http://www.nucleus-soundlab.com/products.html

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From Virsyn:

Dear Musician,

From December, 1st until December, 31st 2008 you can take advantage of the following offers if you buy in our online shop:
Buy a copy of our Effects bundle TakeFive FX and get one of the following products for free:

PRISM - The Pitch Designer
CANTOR - The Vocal Machine
TERA - Modular Synthesizer Workstation
CUBE - Spectral Morphing Resynthesis
POSEIDON - The Ocean of Sound

Please enter the name of the product you want to have for free in the comment field of the order form.
If you buy any of our products you can buy a second product for 50% off.
The discount is calculated from the cheaper one of the two products.

http://www.virsyn.de/en/E_Home/e_home.html
Both offers can be combined to get an even bigger discount !

If you have questions or problems - please feel free to contact us.

Your VirSyn Team

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From Universal Audio:

Hello UA Fans,

Once again, our Powered Plug-In Replication Team returned from the long Thanksgiving holiday in shock; the replication machine was left on! Our team returned to a warehouse bursting with Powered Plug-Ins. The end of the year is the time for inventory, and now we don’t even have room to move things around…This huge problem for us could be a major benefit for our loyal customers though, because there is only one solution: UA’s End-of-Year Sale!

That’s right! We’ve drastically reduced the the prices of all our Powered Plug-In and Plug-In bundles, up to 50% off! So go straight to the UA Web Store and save now!

We really need to clean up the warehouse pronto, so as an added incentive, we have included a little holiday cheer, a UAD$50 single-use coupon! Just enter the coupon code UAGIFT into the coupon code field upon checkout. This coupon is good for any Powered Plug-In, including the forthcoming Harrison 32C and Little Labs IBP plug-ins in version 5.2 of the UAD software and drivers. Not only that, upon release of v5.2, all the remaining UAD-1 plug-ins will be ported to the UAD-2, so you’ll be able to fill out your UAD-2 plug-in library.

You must act now this promotion and coupon expires promptly on December 31st, at 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

Thanks,

The UA Team
Scotts Valley, California

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Ableton has updated Live to v7.0.12.

Improvements:

• MIDI surface controller support for the Alesis Master Control.
• MIDI controller support for Vestax VCM 600.

Bug fixes:

• Operator’s voice stealing would not work properly.
• Under certain conditions an empty MIDI effect Rack could lead to audio drop-outs.
• The ‘Rename’ command for an Impulse slot would not be available via the context menu.
• A copied or moved Reverb would not properly show the correct curve with Diffusion Network enabled.
• After installing content packages, a dialog could show a message about a failed installation although the installation was successful.
• A copied or moved Tension instrument would not show the correct filter curve.
• Dragging a particular chain from a Drum Rack into ‘empty’ Arranger space could crash Live.
• On Windows Vista, resizing the main window would heavily flicker if AERO was enabled.
• On Windows Vista, locking the computer or coming back from a screen saver would temporarily disable AERO.
• Moving a clip in a track with an External Instrument and routed to a multi-timbral plug-in could crash Live.
• Moving zones in the the Sampler could lead to hard disk dropouts.
• Live’s search index would not properly handle version 2.3 ID3 tags.
• Dragging in a clip containing an Audio Unit plug-in could cause a message box to appear, canceling the drag.
• Some memory leaks could appear under Vista when resizing windows.
• Tighter MIDI timing when looping in the Arranger.
• Files would incorrectly be dated as “Yesterday” during a few hours around midnight.
• The macro settings of a rack containing certain third party plug-ins would not properly restored when loading the rack.
• Having multiple automation lanes on an audio track and removing one lane would not properly display the audio waveform on the remaining lanes.
• Doing the the Capture and Insert Scene command could create a memory leak.
• When running as MIDI clock slave, Live would only display a rounded to the nearest integer tempo.
• On Mac OS X, the functionality to ask the AU plug-in for its supported formats would not work properly.
• If Live would run as ReWire slave but would not get called from the ReWire master for some time, a message box would appear to inform about that problem. This message box again could lead to a crash of Live and the ReWire master. Now, the the message about the inactive ReWire master is displayed on the status bar.
• Sending a MIDI program change message from an external MIDI source into Live would lead to a crash.
• Depending on the structure of the current Live set, arming a track could be extremely slow.
• Unlock offline would not work properly.

Ableton

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Waves has announced the release of the Dorrough Meter Collection, a new plug-in bundle that features models of Dorrough’s most popular loudness meters: 280D/240D, 380D/340D, and 40AES/EBU. Developed in association with Dorrough Electronics, they provide precision loudness monitoring for every conceivable audio scenario. As Input Meters to attain optimal recording levels, as Group/Auxiliary Meters to achieve optimal group loudness, or as Master Output meters, the Waves Dorrough Meters do it all.

Features:

• “Superfast” Peak Response.
• Sum and Difference Energies for Optimal Stereo-to-Mono Compatibility.
• Left/Right Phase Correlation.
• Displays Number of Overs.
• Peak and Average Level Relations.
• Three Selectable Styles: Horizontal (280D/240D), Vertical (380D/340D), and Arc (40AES/EBU).
• Three Selectable Sizes: Extra Large, Large, and Small.
• Selectable Reference Levels.
• Switch Between Display Sizes and Styles with the Click of a Mouse.
• 40dB Scale in 1 dB steps.
• Mono & Stereo Components.

Controls:

• Meter Style Vertical, Horizontal, Arc.
• Meter Size S, L, XL.
• Reference Level 20dB AES, 18dB EBU, 14dB.
• Peak Auto, Hold, Reset.
• Overs Display, Reset.
• Meter Mode Phase, Sum/Diff, Left/Right.
• Phase Error LED.
• Overs Error LED.

Pricing & Availability

Priced at $500, the Dorrough Meter Collection is available in TDM, RTAS, VST and AU plug-in formats for Windows and Mac OS X. Users of Waves Mercury covered by Waves Update Plan receive The Waves Dorrough Meter Collection at no additional charge.

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Finally the long announced title in the Toontrack Music Toontrack Software Tools series is ready for release. Taking a new angle on the conversion of drum audio to drum MIDI and drum sound replacement, Drumtracker features stand alone operation and all out manual operation. Like other tools in the TST series Drumtracker is compatible with all major drum sampler MIDI mappings in the market. Drumtracker is another step in Toontrack Music’s endeavor to deliver a complete solution for production, composition and drum performance for players and producers alike. Drumtracker will be available through Toontrack Music distributors and retailers at the end of December.

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Korg has announced that it is now shipping three products in its new nanoSERIES of slimline USB-powered controllers. The nanoKEY, nanoPAD and nanoKONTROL offer advanced functionality in a choice of compact control surfaces. Specifically designed for musicians who need the power of a professional controller, the nanoSeries easily fits on top of a workstation, in front of a laptop, on a recording console or anywhere else users need control over their DAW, virtual instruments/effects or DJ software.

nanoKEY
At 12.6″ W x 3.27″ D x 0.55″ H and 0.49 lbs., the 25-key velocity-sensitive nanoKEY is a MIDI keyboard controller that provides a great feel and maximum expressivity in an ultra-compact package. The keys can be set to send MIDI control data, via the CC MODE button, for control over any MIDI assignable parameters within the software being used. An Octave Shift up/down function yields immediate access to the entire MIDI note range, and Pitch up/down and Modulation buttons offer even greater expressivity.

nanoPAD
The highly responsive nanoPAD drum pad controller is equipped with 12 velocity-sensitive trigger pads. The pads can send both note and MIDI CC data, while an X/Y pad delivers real-time control of roll and flam timing and dynamics. A new Chord Trigger function lets the user enter chords onto a single pad. The X/Y pad can also send MIDI control change messages, making it ideal for controlling functions such as pitch and volume. At only 12.6″ W x 3.23″ D x 0.65″ H and 0.73 lbs., the nanoPAD’s compact footprint enhances its appeal.

nanoKONTROL
The nanoKONTROL features nine faders, nine knobs, 18 switches and a full transport section for maximum control in a space-effective package (12.6″ W x 3.23″ D x 1.16″ H and 0.64 lbs.). With four programmable scenes, the nanoKONTROL can transmit a total of 168 different MIDI control change messages, as well as MIDI notes via the switches. The six transport buttons can each transmit either MIDI control change or MIDI Machine Control data to control functions such as start, stop, loop or record on DAW software. Attack and decay times can also be specified for the 18 switches, enabling the user to smoothly feed controller messages to parameters that require a range of multiple values such as effect wet/dry level, synth filter or volume fader.

Additional Software
Korg is offering added value to nanoSERIES purchasers with complementary software.

The nanoKEY includes a download code for the full version of Korg’s M1Le software, which faithfully recreates the “legendary” Korg M1 Music Workstation, the product that first defined the music workstation category and redefined music making. An affordable upgrade path to the Korg Legacy Digital Edition software suite is also available, containing an expanded version of the M1 as well as the WaveStation and 19 MDEX effects.

The nanoPAD comes with a download code for Toontrack’s EZdrummer Lite, offering realistic and highly responsive drums in a convenient plug-in. A specially priced upgrade to the full version is also available.

The nanoKONTROL includes a discount coupon for Ableton Live recording software. “KORG KONTROL Editor” software, downloadable free of charge from www.korg.com, provides nanoSeries users with even greater control.

Pricing & Availability

The new nanoKEY, nanoPAD and nanoKONTROL are now available with an MSRP of $62 for nanoKEY and $72 for nanoPAD and nanoKONTROL.

KorgNano

IK Multimedia has announced that T-RackS 3 is now shipping. IK Multimedia’s flagship high-end, analog-modeled, mixing and mastering suite has now evolved into the next generation - T-RackS 3, a suite of 9 analog-modeled and digital Dynamics/EQ processors.
Friends of omkarmusic.com may use their omkar coupon on this product
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Toontrack Music has updated Superior Drummer to v2.0.2.

Fixed in version 2.0.2:

Bounced files no longer contain artifacts at high sample rate (48KHz or above).
Bouncing at high sample rate (48KHz or above) no longer lead to crashes.
Opening/closing the edit bleed panes should no longer lead to crashes.
VintageRock-BlackBeauty crash (yes this one deserves a name).
Ability to recall saved files from Sonar track templates.
Master volumes manually set to 0db can now be recalled.
First click on tabs no longer trigger an instrument when switching tab (PT Mac).
Loading thread no longer ignores articulations when a bleed-usage preset is applied.
Switching mixer preset leading intermittently to no output from sampler.
X-Drums created when a savefile is loaded no longer get their mics auto assigned.
X-Drum position name matching is now more robust.
When loading an X-drum preset X-mics with the same name as main set mic is ignored.
Trailing ‘/Sounds’ string is removed from the path when setting sound libraries location.
X-Drums Instrument menu now displays the same description as main Instrument section.
The current EZMixer Mic is now reset whenever swapping sound library.
Muted pads no longer produce visual hits via substitution.
Newly typed MIDI keys are now displayed as default.
Miscellaneous configuration adjustments for a number of supported sound sets.
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