Alesis announced today that they are now shipping the Trigger I/O, USB/MIDI, pad trigger interface. The Trigger I/O uses electronic triggers placed on traditional acoustic percussion sources (such as drum heads or cymbals) or electronic drum pad triggers, and converts them into MIDI note messages. With MIDI and USB 1.1 Plug and Play connectivity and ten inputs, an artist can expand performance options exponentially – playing sounds on synthesizers, drum modules, or even a computer.

Features :

- 10 TRS trigger inputs for single or dual zone trigger inputs (compatible with various manufacturer pad triggers, including Alesis, Roland and Yamaha)
- 20 programmable presets for storing and recalling various setups
- includes FXPansion's BFD Lite software drum module (Mac and PC) in stand ...

Propellerhead has announced Reason 4. New features include Thor, a new synth with six different oscillator types and four unique filters ; RPG-8, a brand new unit dedicated to the art of arpeggiation ; and the ReGroove mixer, a powerful tool which enables you to control the groove of each track independently. With a whole new look, a ton of fresh features and a completely new way of handling sequencer data, the Reason sequencer has matured.

The price for the full version of Reason remains the same at EUR449 / USD 499. There is also a discounted upgrade available for owners of previous versions of Reason. The upgrade is EUR99 / USD129. No release date for now but Propellerhead is lookign for Beta Testers... so visit the link below ;-)

Native Instruments has released Battery v3.0.2. This version offers not only numerous improvements, but also new sample-content: the update comes with three exclusive artist drum kits from Gorillaz Producer Curtis Lynch, Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten), and Turntablerocker.

This update is free for all registered users. For more information, please visit their web site.

TC Electronic announces Digital Konnekt x32, an all-in-one digital patchbay, format converter and FireWire audio interface, for integrating digital outboard effects units and keyboards with modern digital audio workstation based studios.

As a stand-alone format converter and patchbay, Digital Konnekt x32 includes 8 channels of AES/EBU, 8 channels of S/PDIF and TOS, 8 channels of ADAT (up to 96 kHz SMUX) and Word Clock I/O. Any input format can be converted into either of the other formats and aligned to any sample rate ranging from 44.1 to 192 kHz. Digital Konnekt x32 allows sample rate conversion on up to four separate stereo inputs at once.
Konnekt Digital x32 functions as a computer interface with two FireWire connections streaming 16 channels of audio to and from the computer. The ...

ChocolateAudio announces Mock Bass, an advanced electric bass library. Sampled from a liuther's custom made electric bass made by Jacaranda, this download-only product is available in two packages :

- Mock Bass DI : features the DI sound only, recorded Apogee converters and Millennia TD-1 direct to digital at 96 Khz, released at 44.1 This set weighs about 335 MB and requires just 38 MB of preload in Kontakt 2.2.

- Mock Bass Production Pack : features the DI sound altogether with a Rock and a Round sounds (different sample packs).

Mock Bass Rock is reamped using an Ampeg rig with a Neumann mic to a Focusrite pre and into an Apogee converter at 96 Khz while Mock Bass Round is reamped using a Mark Bass rig with an AKG mic fed into a Focusrite pre and an Apogee converter at 96 KHz.
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VertexDSP has released a major product update of MultiInspector (version 1.2.1).

New features :

- The levels of the spectrum display are now scalable in steps of 10 dB with the Plus/Minus buttons on the right.
- New display modes added. You can now choose between 3 different display modes by a context menu at the top:

* H-Align is the already existing mode of the previous versions with horizontally aligned level bars.
* V-Align adds/aligns the levels vertically without space. This mode provides an instant overview of the frequency distribution of all instances. The height of the level bars is calculated according to the current level range which is shown at the top right of the spectrum display. In this mode the peak settings are without effe ...