Celemony is proud to announce two new products: Melodyne assistant, which offers the well-known Melodyne technology for the editing of vocals and monophonic instruments in a more affordable yet nonetheless improved format, and Version 2 of the bundle edition Melodyne essential, which now runs directly as a plug-in in the Pro Tools environment and brings with it numerous improvements over Version 1.

Melodyne assistant is the most affordable entry into the world of Melodyne and ideal for the correction and optimization of monophonic and rhythmic audio material. The user can with Melodyne assistant correct intonation or timing problems by hand, transposing notes, moving them forwards or backwards in time, deleting them, adjusting their amplitude and their formants, as well as copying them ...

XILS-lab has announced the availability of a dongle-free, limited-features demo version of its XILS 3 synthesizer plug-in. This version outputs silence periodically (every 3-4 seconds) and limits the following features :

• No preset or project saving
• No bank import or export
• No automation
• Features the 1.0.2 version of the XILS 3 and won't be updated
• No time limit
• No dongle or serial number required

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 will be available in stores around the world at the end of October 2009.

After a long journey Flux proudly presents, Syrah - The Creative Adaptive-Dynamics Processor. A new generation dynamics processor, always adapting to the music and to the beat of the material.

Utilizing a range of delicate proprietary processing algorithms, Syrah is described as a "truly musical dynamics processor", and will be well suited as a creative versatile processor for recording and mixing, as well as for delicate and demanding mastering tasks.

Syrah is available in all major native formats for both Windows XP, XP 64, Vista 64 (VST/RTAS) and OS X 10.4, 10.5 (VST/AU/RTAS). It costs €149.

Vir2 Instruments is proud to announce World Impact: Global Percussion.

Featuring a massive collection of varied percussion samples, World Impact spans the globe featuring percussion instruments from large to small, west to east, north to south, and traditional to rare. Sampled in meticulous detail and programmed for maximum and instant musical usability, the collection includes hundreds of varied percussion instruments from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and more. A massive 4.2-gigabyte collection of Japanese Taiko drums recorded from multiple microphone positions forms a central part of the library. Each instrument has been recorded with numerous alternate takes and velocity layers, assuring realistic and dramatically expressive sonic results.

Beyond the instrument collec ...

Blue Microphones has launched enCORE, a new series of microphones tailored for stage. The enCORE 100, 200, and 300 models are designed and priced for any live application from the rehearsal space and coffee shop to the auditorium and stadium.

Blue's entry into the live microphone market brings modern microphone technology with a proven track record in professional studio recording and combines it with a rugged build, individual style, and quality components to help vocalists and musicians sound and look their best on stage.

The enCORE 100 is a studio-grade dynamic microphone featuring Blue's custom-tuned Aria dynamic capsule. This is a go anywhere, do anything mic that offers vocalists and musicians great versatility and value as well as the unique style Blue is renowned for in a rug ...