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Arturia has updated Moog Modular V to version 2.5.

Changes :

• Switch to Syncrosoft copy protection.
• VCF audio quality improvements.
• Lower CPU utilization on Mac OS X.
• Better Audio Unit compatibility (Digital Performer most notably).
• Ability to use NRPN MIDI messages for automation.
• Better handling of control surfaces while changing preset.
• New presets added.
• MIDI RPN "pitch bend range" message is now recognized.
• Miscellaneous Bug fixes.

The KAWAI-EX sample Library is a 9-foot (276cm) KAWAI EX concert
grand piano that used to be in the Kennedy center in Washington DC.

• This Library is the result of a collaboration with Lance Herring.
• 17.49Go sample bank, no loops Recorded at 24-bit/48Khz.
• 5 "pedal up" layers, 5 "pedal down" layers, and 15 release samples per
note.
• Multiple mic position and mixing from the interface.
• Multiple releases depending on time. They have been carefully picked up
for each note to really reproduce the real mechanical behaviour of a note.
• Sympathetic resonance (pedal down samples).
• Thumps samples and Automatic Pedal noises samples.
• Custom kontakt interface that let you modify the response of the piano as
well as its tone and the volume of the releases and the pedal.
• Ability to save polyphony by enabling / disabling each position.
• Kontakt 3 (optimized for Kontakt 3.5). Easy to use Kontakt interface.


The KAWAI-EX Grand piano library is available now and costs €89 for the PRO version. There is also a LITE version that has less features at a price of €59, and you can also upgrade to the full version anytime from your user account for another €59.

Softube is shipping the Tube-Tech CL 1B for native VST, AU, and RTAS.

Tube-Tech CL 1B is a true studio classic, heard on tons and tons of records for the past 20 years. Like its hardware counterpart, the Tube-Tech CL 1B native plug-in sounds soft, smooth, groovy and can compress an insane amount of dB's without sounding bad. The CL 1B plug-ins by Softube are the only Tube-Tech plug-ins that are fully endorsed by Tube-Tech.

This version requires no DSP hardware but uses the same outstanding modeling technology and algorithms as the famous Tube-Tech CL 1B plug-in for TDM and PowerCore (distributed by TC Electronic). The sound is of course just as fantastic as its predecessor. With this unprecedented accuracy, down to details such as the precise VU meter behaviour, the Tube-Tech CL 1B ...

SoundToys has announced the upcoming release of PanMan, an advanced auto-panner plug-in with groove control.

PanMan takes the process of moving audio back and forth in the stereo field and gives it that special touch that is uniquely SoundToys. It features a complete range of panning modes to recreate classic analog panners (such as the PanScan and Spanner) plus new modes never before available. With MIDI sync to tempo, preset storage, and automation, users get modern innovation alongside classic features from hard to find vintage analog hardware.

Features :

• SoundToys exclusive Rhythm Mode with user programmable rhythm editor.
• Ping Pong triggered panning with user definable trigger divider as found in the classic PanScan.
• LFO style continuous panning with u ...

Waveframe by Puremagnetik is a an advanced wavetable synthesizer designed exclusively for the features of Ableton Live. Based on the Ensoniq Fizmo, Waveframe contains over 1700 wavetable samples, over 30 waveform Live Racks and a generous selection of performance patches.

IZotope releases Alloy, a new plug-in that provides key sound shaping effects for your tracks and busses, bringing them to life with six processors designed to give character to every element of your mix :

• Dynamics : new Vintage mode, sidechaining, more.
• Transient Shaper : enhance percussive sounds.
• De-Esser : tame vocal sibilance.
• Exciter : with Harmonic Scaling XY pad.
• Limiter : zero latency, advanced phase tools.
• Equalizer : exceptional sonic quality, precise controls.
• MacroPresets : over 150 presets.

Alloy is available for Windows and Mac OS X in VST, AU, RTAS, DX and MAS plug-in formats at a price of $249.