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QuikQuak has announced the release of BarChimes, a Bar Chimes simulator.

Features :

• A detailed 36 bar kinetic physics simulation.
• Gravity, collisions and audio accurately portrayed.
• Velocity and sweep analysis simulates user movement through the chimes.
• Parameters for physics, pitch and time.
• Frequency editing with fundamentals and partials.
• Percussive rendering with decay controls.
• Swing modulation effects.
• Photo-realistic 3D representation and collision effects

BarChimes is available now for both Mac OS X and Windows in VST and AU formats at a price of £20.

Camel Audio has released Alchemy Player, the perfect solution if you lust after the sounds of their virtual synth Alchemy but don't want to create your own presets. It's also extremely affordable at just $59 / €49 / £39. The Player is included free when you purchase any Alchemy soundbank, turning each of these banks into a standalone instrument in its own right.

Alchemy Player includes 150 presets and 360 MB of samples taken from the full factory library, including evolving soundscapes, lush pads, and pulsing arpeggios.

Alchemy Player features the same advanced sample manipulation engine as its big brother, with additive, spectral, granular, sampling and VA synthesis for totally unique sounds, and is easily controlled via a simple and compact interface. This provides sixteen pe ...

JZ Microphones has announced the release of the second microphone in JZ Vintage series — V67, a newly, high quality studio microphone.

The capsule of V67 is made close to original U67 capsule but it has a couple of design and sound improvements. By taking advantages of technology for transistors, the V67 is not having a tube and with Mr. JZ improvements it still provides the same well known range of U67 sound.

Features :

• Original design in a flask shape
• Built-in shock-mounting system
• Swivel mount which works as a perfect positioning option
• Double diaphragm capsule
• Golden drops sputtering technology on capsule
• Improved electronics according to the nowadays standards
• 5 year warranty
• Pricing : $1999 MSRP

The new mic will be presented in Pro Light+Sound show 2010 at booth #H26 in hall 8.0, March 24. — 27.

JazzMutant unveils Mu, a multi-touch Ableton Live controller for the Lemur. Note that Mu is a Max for Live plugin - so you'll need Ableton Live 8 + Max for Live to use it.

Pricing and availability TBA.

Alesis announces that the DM10 Studio Kit is now shipping to retailers.

Based around the DM10 drum module, the DM10 Studio Kit features Alesis' RealHead drum pads, DMPad Cymbals and StealthRack mounting system.

Here is the latest news you can find on Toontrack's website :

"Wow - we can't believe the first two months of the New Year have already come and gone! With time flying by so quickly, we figured it might be a good idea to just check in with all of you and touch base.

We also figured that with so many projects currently "in development" here at Toontrack, it might be interesting to just "drop some hints" and hopefully peak your interests on a few of the things we have planned for you throughout the year.

So, let's look into the Toontrack crystal ball for clues to what the Swedish software future might hold...

What if you had a software production tool that allowed you to build custom drum kits, work with tonal & melodic phrases and indulge in every aspect of custom sound design you could ever really think of? What if you could have it in June?

Speaking of production tools - what if you had access to