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D16 Group unveils Decimort, the next addition to its "Silver Line" of products.

Basically Decimort is a bit crusher plug-in. Electronic music producers have always been aware that classic samplers had a character and sound of their own. They added a "grit" and "colour" to the samples and loops they played back which made them sound "Fat" and sit well in a mix. This sound colouration was due to the encoding techniques, lower sample rates, lower bit rate and conversion circuits which these early samplers used. Decimort aims to recreate this colouration in order to add the vintage sampler magic to any loop, bass line or sound played through it.

Decimort will be available on the first week of October for both PC and Mac in VST and VST/AU formats respectively. It is currently available for pre-order priced at €29. Note that audio examples are available.

TL Audio has announced the release of their latest offering in the new Ebony Series : the Ebony A4.

The A4 is a 16:2 summing mixer housed in a 2U unit and features 16 balanced inputs on TRS and D-Sub with individual pan controls. All inputs are also switchable between +4 and -10 for greater flexibility.

Features :

- Discrete Class A Electronics
- Dual Triode ECC83 tube stage in master section
- Variable drive control
- Ability to switch tube in and out of circuit path
- 16 Balanced inputs on TRS / D-Sub
- 16 individual pan control
- Inputs switchable +4/-10
- Balanced inserts on master bus
- Balanced outputs
- Analogue VU metering with Peak LED's
- Sleek design and smooth precise sound
- Rackmountable (2U)
- Hand Made In England

The Ebony A4 is available at an estimated street price of €1200.

Voxengo is pleased to release a major version 3 update for their mastering limiter, Elephant. Version 3.0 features a lot of enhancements over the previous version: multi-platform support, multi-channel operation, wider selection of limiter modes, preset manager, and others.

Elephant 3.0 is available now for Mac OS X in VST / AU formats and for Windows as a VST plug-in. One-month introductory price of $69.95 is now effective, which is 20% off the regular price. Upgrading from the previous version costs $44.95 if previous version was purchased earlier than 90 days from now, otherwise upgrade is free during this grace period.

Waves is proud to announce the release of MV2 Dynamics Processor and MV360° Surround Dynamics Processor.

With high and low level compression controlled by a streamlined interface, the MV2 is a simple and flexible way to control your sound. With intuitive dual faders for quick dynamic optimization, it's easy to maximize your volume.

Featuring :

- High level compression.
- Low level compression.
- Double precision bit resolution processing.
- Up to 24bit 192kHz resolution.
- Mono and Stereo components.


MV360° is a dual function dynamics processor for 5.0 and 5.1 surround applications. With six channels of low level and high level compression, as well as nine versatile Link Modes, the MV360° is a simple, flexible way to control your surround sound dynamics.

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Lauten Audio has begun shipping three new studio microphones: the Oceanus LT-381, the Clarion FC-357 and the Torch ST-221.

Oceanus LT-381 ($1599)

The highly anticipated Oceanus LT-381 features a newly designed large dual-diaphragm capsule, NOS military grade pentode input, transformer-less triode output, and variable omni, cardioid and figure-8 polar patterns.

Torch ST-221 (pair : $1499)

The Torch ST-221 is a small diaphragm tube microphone that is packaged in pairs. These microphones feature interchangeable cardioid and omnidirectional capsules, NOS military grade vacuum tubes and premium high-resolution electronics. The Torch combines the characteristics of the small diaphragm and the tube.

Clarion FC-357 ($799)

The Clarion FC-357 is a solid-state ...

EASTWEST is offering its users a unique opportunity to double the amount of the company's new PLAY-powered products in their audio toolkit at a greatly reduced rate.

Users visiting the EASTWEST website from now until October 31, 2008 will be able to purchase one PLAY product and receive a collection of equal to or lesser value for free. The offer is also available at participating domestic and international retailers using a mail in rebate. There is no limit to the amount of virtual instruments that can be purchased where a user receives one free (except the free product cannot be the same as the purchased product), and users have the entire line of PLAY-powered products to choose from.