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PreSonus has just announced new drivers for its FaderPort and the FireStudio :

FaderPort beta native driver for Logic Pro and Logic Express versions 7 or later

This new native driver incorporates new functionality to the FaderPort not supported by HUI mode. The new functionality includes mix/edit/transport window view, write and latch automation as well as overall improved performance.

FireStudio drivers for Mac Leopard and Windows Vista

The updated FireStudio drivers offer complete compatibility for Mac Leopard and Windows Vista operating systems. Support for the Monitor Station Remote (MSR) is also included with the updated drivers.

We've just published a new review in our article section about the brand new version of the flagship software from Ableton.

As says -i snor, our reviewer : "It's hard to believe, but Live 7 is already there. The miracle software from Berlin-based Company Ableton, both a tracker and a sequencer at the same time, is constantly evolving: we were just beginning to control Live 6 and its numerous new features when its follower arrived, of course filled with improvements and surprises. Throughout this article we'll try to see, apart from describing the new functions, if Live 7 fills the gaps left by the previous version, what it brings and what it removes from our music, on stage and in the studio."

Steinberg Media Technologies has announced that its new Personal Music Production System, Cubase Essential 4, is now being shipped out to its distributors worldwide. The availability of Cubase Essential 4 at local outlets may vary regionally.

Atom Splitter has just released Mechaverb, a free reverb plug-in. Mechaverb allows you to set the ranges of the internal delays which make up the reverb sound and you can also pan the bands and set their mix amount which gives you a range of possible sounds from large halls to ringy metallic reverbs.

Mechaverb is available now as a free VST plug-in for Windows.

Virsyn has updated its reverb plug-in Rflect to version 1.3. This new version 1.3 is a true surround reverb modelling multichannel early reflections and decorrelated reverb tails for a realistic spatial emulation. On top of that, REFLECT is now compatible to the new VST3 standard.

New features :

- True Surround reverb

VST3: all configurations up to 12 channels including 5.1 / 7.1
AudioUnit: mono/stereo/5.1 => mono/stereo/5.1
RTAS: mono/stereo/5.1/7.1 => mono/stereo/5.1/7.1

- Import of surround impulse responses.
- Surround reverb programs.
- VST3 compatibility.

Bug fixes :

- Wavelab 6 working now.
- Mac/Digital Performer: Settings no longer reset on bounce to disk.