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Her is a message from Roger Linn :

"We're still hard at work but regrettably won't be able to meet our earlier estimate of a 3rd-quarter 2009 ship date. The recent changes in the economy have caused us to rethink our design, which had become too expensive. One problem is that Dave's customers and my customers had different views of what the product should be, so we had been working on a more elaborate design that we thought would please them both. Then the economy tanked. Oops. The other issue is that Dave and his team have been having such success with their analog synths that they've been spreading themselves pretty thin trying to work on both projects.

So given these circumstances, we'd prefer not to state another release date estimate at this time, but when we do we promise to post it here along with any other information we're able to release. Also, given that Dave and his team have their hands pretty full and that a beat-oriented product is more of a Roger product anyway, we'll probably be selling it through Roger Linn Design instead of from both companies as we had previously considered.

I'd personally love to tell everybody all the details of the product design, features and price as we did with our initial designs of the product, but there's that pesky problem of keeping the information from our competitors. So we need to keep tight-lipped for now and regrettably can't answer any questions. Thanks also to those who have kindly asked to place advance orders. However, we don't feel it's right to accept orders until we are able to release the price or more information about the product.

And now I must get back to work. :)

- Roger"

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SPL has just announced the release of three new plug-ins in its new Analog Code MicroPlugs series : Attacker, Mo-Verb and De-Verb.

The MicroPlugs employ the same processing technique like the original Transient Designer. SPL's Differential Envelope Technology has revolutionized dynamic processing with a level-independent method, according to SPL. This radically different approach allows to forego the setting of a threshold. Other parameters are set automatically and in a musical manner as they follow the characteristics of the input signal.

Attacker: The Transient Designer's attack enhancement
Working with the Attacker is simple: All attack events can be amplified – regardless of their signal level. However, the possibilities for studio and live applications are seemingly endless.

The legendary Polivoks from Russia now available for Ableton Live. All 5 original Polivoks waveforms where captured and integrated carefully into special Multiwaveform Oscillators. Each waveform is represented by 32 single samples that cover all five registers of the Polivoks 32' | 16' | 8' | 4' | 2'.

Due to the semi-modular principle of Ableton Live the Vox Populi Synthesizer can be extended by users far beyond the original Polivoks layout.
For this purpose 4 different types of Multiwaveform Oscillators including Waveform Shaping, Frequency Modulation, Amplitude Modulation and Pitch Modulation possibilities where designed. Additional 24 oscillators containing further sets of multisampled Polivoks timbres are also included in the download.

Each one of these 28 different oscillators is hot-swappable and can be used easily to extend the sound spectrum of the Vox Populi Synthesizer.

A video and audiosamples can be found at :

The virtual drum machines Nepheton and Drumazon by the D16 group have been officially updated and since now, they're are also available in Mac OS X Audio Unit format.

For more information, please visit the link below :

The Passive-Active Pack by Softube is a collection of three very different virtual equalizers, each with its own character and quirks. The equalizers contain emulations of real workhorse equalizers, used on thousands of recordings from past to present.

Passive Equalizer is a three-band EQ with an unprecedented clear and open sound, a warm low end and sparkling top.

Active Equalizer is Passive's counterpart with three fully parametric bands and a tight and focused sound.

Focusing Equalizer is an untraditional take on the EQ concept where the low, mid and high bands move automatically and musically in relation to the high and low cut filters. It also features filters from the Passive and Active EQ's as well as an outstanding one-knob Saturation control.

At first glance it may see ...