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Teenage Engineering announces an update for their mini keayboard/sampler OP-1.

Some features in OP-1 OS 12470:
- Added Finger sequencer.
- Added DrumBox drum synth.
- Added Drum key copy.
- Added ChopLifter.
- Added MIDI Timing Clock.
- Added MIDI LFO.
- Tape did not stop at end of tape. Fixed.
- Drum voices could be interrupted. Fixed.
- Pressing Help would trigger an assert when the battery was low. Fixed.
- Tap Tempo is improved.

Native Instruments today launched a time-limited special offer on TRAKTOR KONTROL S2, reducing the price of the compact 2-deck controller to $449 / 399 EUR throughout February and March 2012. This represents a saving of $220 / 200 EUR against the suggested retail price.

TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 is a versatile integrated DJ performance system that was designed to set a new professional standard in the 2-deck category. A compact version of the market-leading KONTROL S4 hardware, the S2 provides a '2+1' setup with sample decks as well as comprehensive mixing features and effects, all based on the included full-featured TRAKTOR PRO 2 software.

Propellerhead has released ReCycle version 2.2 for sale—an update to the industry standard tool that creates REX files.

Sporting a completely overhauled graphical user interface, ReCycle 2.2 adds new key commands, workflow enhancements and a new Online Help system—making Recycle even faster and easier to use. Version 2.2 is a 64-bit compatible application with full support for Windows 7 and Mac OS X Lion operating systems.

IZotope has updated Ozone o Mac and Windows, to Version 5.02.

Some new features and improvments:

- Improvements to IRC III: lessened distortion on low frequency material, new "Style" control helps the limiter work with a wider variety of material
- Improved Spectrogram functionality with better Meter Tap synchronization
- Improved EQ behavior when double-clicking for a new node

Other changes and fixes

- Improved keyboard support
- Fixed issues with loading EQ snapshots in multiple instances in a session
- Fixed crashes in Steinberg Wavelab
- Fixed UI issue in OS X with Steinberg Wavelab 7.2
- Fixed delay compensation issue for sampling rates above 48kHz
- Fixed issues using crossover Learn feature inside shared crossover network
- Improved Spectrogram behavior when hiding a spectrogram stream.

IVoxel is a combination of a voice optimized synthesizer and a vocoder.

New in version 2
- Realtime pitch following.
- Automatic tuning correction to selectable scale.
- Polyphonic sequencer.
- Voxel editing.
- Hi-end Reverb.
- Support for virtual MIDI input connections and Background Audio.
- Support for Korg's Wireless Sync-Start Technology (WIST).
- Publish recordings online with the SoundCloud audio platform.
- Many more things and bugfixes.

The iStomp works just like every other stompbox. Step on the footswitch to turn it on and off. Adjust the knobs to get the sound you want.

The biggest difference between the iStomp and other stompboxes is you can completely change the iStomp to be any pedal in the entire pedal line. Simply connect your iPod touch®, iPhone®, or iPad® to the iStomp and select which pedal you'd like from the DigiTech® Stomp Shop App.