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Toft Audio Designs has unveiled the SA16, a brand new summing mixer.

Features :

• 16 Channels
• Fully Balanced I/O
• Aux sends
• Fader Unity switch on every channel
• LED meter on every channel
• Rack-mountable


The SA16 will cost around $3200 and should be shipping in the first quarter of 2010.

Plogue officially released its new Chipsounds soft-synthesizer. This new product allow any musician to faithfully reproduce the sound and style of vintage video game music and sound effects in a convenient plug-in format, usable inside any sequencer or DAW, or as a standalone virtual instrument.

Chipsounds simulates the following sound chips : 2A03, AY-3-8910, DMG-CPU, P8244, POKEY, SID, SN76489, TIA, UVI and the VIC-I.

Akai has just announced that the LPD8 laptop pad controller and LPK25 laptop performance keyboard controller are now shipping to retailers.

The LPD8 and LPK25 are USB-MIDI controllers for musicians, producers, DJs and other music creators. Each model is less than 13 inches across and weighs less than a pound to easily fit into a laptop case, backpack or messenger bag for extreme portability.

The LPD8 is based on Akai's MPC line of iconic music product stations. While the smallest model, the MPC500 is quite portable, many producers prefer to work with software on their computer and the LPD8 gives their laptop the controls they prefer over a mouse and keyboard. The LPD8 has eight blue light-up pads that are velocity sensitive for programming rhythmic or melodic parts. The pads can also ...

SPL celebrates one year of "Analog Code" by giving away one Analog Code MicroPlug Attacker per computer.

Attacker is based upon the famous Transient Designer and provides its attack function. It's available for Windows and Mac OS X in VST, AU and RTAS effect plug-in formats.

The Attacker give away promotion is running from October 15 to November 15, 2009. This plug-in normally retails for €59 excl. VAT.

ILIO Entertainments, Applied Acoustic Systems and audioMIDI.com have teamed up to offer AAS Ultra Analog at just $15.00 (reg. MSRP $199- a staggering 92% off MSRP)

Ultra Analog is a unique and powerful 32-voice virtual analog synthesizer driven by two super rich, alias-free oscillators featuring standard waveforms, sub oscillators, hard sync, and integrated pitch envelopes. Two audacious multimode filters with distortion are then applied to shape its sonic character. Finally, carefully chosen modulation options are provided by two syncable comprehensive LFO's, four loopable velocity-sensitive ADSR envelope generators and vibrato.

audioMIDI.com's Russ Jones says, "We're pleased to keep delivering affordable "no-brainer" deals, bringing great value and introducing users to killer software as well as the audioMIDI.com brand."

Ultra Analog is available for purchase via electronic serial number at this special price until 11/30/09, exclusively from www.audioMIDI.com.

Activate the parallel atmospheric energy in your productions with Ueberschall's new school tool „Art of Sounds". This versatile ensemble of FX mechanism based grooves and loops was made for progressive and experimental sound chemistry. From this original standout concept, you can construct edgy, texturally emphasized grooves for Tracks, Film Score, GameAudio and New Media. With „Art of Sounds" you will be able to shape material beyond conformity.

„Art Of Sounds" provides 69 construction kits between 60 and 136 BPM, seperated into :
• Single lines,
• Artificial ambiences,
• IDM illustrations,
• Unperfected loops ,
• Additional drum kits shots to generate your own loops with.

The 1.06 GB variety of content includes warm pads which conflict within thems ...