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SPL software / Sound Performance Lab from Germany is happy to announce the EQ Ranger Series Vol.1 to be the first Analog Code plugins released in TDM format (Mac & PC).

They will be on sale very very soon, but you can already load your iLoks and try the public betas now.

Please follow this link to get the 14 days TDM trials :

Today we are glad to publish an article about Spectrasonics' Omnisphere. This epic 'Power Synth' breaks completely new sonic ground by combining a wide variety of hybrid realtime synthesis techniques, an epic library of remarkable 'Psychoacoustic' sounds, and many innovative features that have never been seen before in any hardware or software synthesizer.

Groovebox Music is giving Ableton users free access to a collection of high-quality Ableton Live tutorials running over three hours in length via the Ableton Web Pass.

This collection of tutorials covers topics such as how to record and edit, virtual instrument basics, warping, designing electronic drums and much more. The videos are hand-picked from the extensive Ableton Live tutorial collection available at grooveboxmusic.com.

This offer provides seven days of access from the day you sign up and enter your access code. Offer valid until December 31, 2008.

Another great deal at DontCrac[k] : until January 5th, 2009, buy the AAS Modeling Collection for only $319 ! (over 75% reduction on the separately purchased price of $1 235)

The AAS Modeling Collection includes five great instruments from Applied Acoustics Systems : Tassman 4, Lounge Lizard EP-3, Ultra Analog VA-1, String Studio VS-1, and Strum Acoustic GS-1.

Learn more about this crazy offer from :

Here's a picture found on the web... it seems like McDSP is about to release new plug-ins called Retro Plug-ins. In the bottom of this advert we can read :

"The Retro plug-in line from McDSP is new class of plug-ins with vintage style and completely original design backed by McDSP's reputation for superior reliability and customer support.

See McDSP's Retro Plug-ins at the Winter NAMM 2009 show (...) and find out how a software plug-in is better than hardware"

Better than hardware... wait and see !

Focusrite has released an update of the Liquid Mix firmware.

Changes :

+ Fixed a crash in Ableton Live crashes when loading LiquidMix if the hardware is not connected
+ Fixed a problem with CPU usage in Cubase 4 when inserting the first LM instance
+ Fixed a problem with Liquid Mix snapshot naming
+ improved snapshot loading robustness
+ Fixed a problem with Intel/PPC cross platform compatibility of snapshots / sessions
+ Fixed a problem with RTAS wrapping the LM plug-in for Pro Tools
+ Fixed a problem with recalling settings in logic 8 on some channels
+ Fixed a problem finding the stereo plug-in in Cubase 4
+ Problem with rotary controls Fixed on Windows build
+ Fixed Liquid Mix crash when trying to use 'Fixed' EQ controls
+ Fixed hardware parameter control in Cubase 4.5.1
+ Fixed bug causing continuous software controls from hardware
+ Fixed CPU spiking with certain emulations
+ Removed C++ Runtime Library dependency (Windows)
+ Remove dependency on the shared memory update - now using POSIX shared memory

This update is available at the following url :