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OscVstBridge is a free VST plug-in that bridges VST data to the Open Sound Control [OSC] network domain.

VST plug-ins typically have parameters that are controllable by the user. These parameters appear as the knobs and sliders or as MIDI CC. By using OscVstBridge you can control via your MIDI controller or VST sequencer OSC devices that are networked to the controlling computer. Similarly OSC controllers can send messages to OscVstBridge that will convert it to VST parameter or MIDI data.

OscVstBridge uses jVSTwRapper a wrapper that enables VST plugin development using JAVA. OscVstBridge also uses the NetUtil OSC library in JAVA.

OscVstBridge is available for free at :

Version 1.1 of Vienna's 64-bit high-precision audio plug-in suite is now available for download.

The update is free to all existing users of Vienna Suite. For new customers, May is a good month to get all nine audio plug-ins including the brand-new Convolution Reverb at the current low price of €395. On June 1st, 2009, the price of Vienna Suite 1.1 will go up to €445.

Ableton has updated Live 8 and Suite 8 to v8.0.2.

For more details upon the several bugfixes and improvements, please follow the link below :

Waldorf has just announced that its Largo Synthesizer will see the light of day within the merry month of May. The long awaited synthesizer software for Mac and PC is breathing and has already tried to jump out of its incubator. Largos sound engine was injected with all the notorious wavetables of the Microwave, the legendary Wave and also the Q series. The LFO is already rehearsing very complex steps and the filter drive screams as loud as only Waldorf's little baby can.

Check the audio demos at :

Concussion by 9 Soundware is an instrument in EXS24 format. Based on acoustic impact sounds created entirely with found objects, the sounds contained are intended to augment or be used as an alternative to traditional drum and percussion instruments.

The instrument is constructed from samples of objects being struck, thrown, dropped, and manipulated in a variety of other ways. Among the items used in the recordings are sheet metal, furniture, auto parts, a flyswatter, chains, mousetraps, pipes, and a cardboard box. Examples include the sounds of a large piece of sheet metal being struck with a metal rod, furniture being slammed against the studio wall, a small chain being dropped onto a paint roller tray, and air produced from flinging a stick. These samples were designed to work together to form an atypical, yet versatile, rhythmic instrument.

Concussion, which features 6 sound categories (Air, Metal, Paper, Plastic, Wood, and Miscellaneous), includes 106 sounds (sampled at 1-5 velocities) that are mapped across a 9 octave range in an EXS24 instrument.

The 18 MB download includes 1 .EXS file and 194 WAV files (24-bit/44.1 kHz).

Concussion is available now for $19.99 at :

For the month of May, McDSP offers a great special. All new Project Studio LE purchases will include one free LE to Native upgrade.

Project Studio LE is $295 and includes Analog Channel LE, Chrome Tone LE, CompressorBank LE, FilterBank LE, ML4000 LE, Revolver LE and Synthesizer One LE.

The McDSP Native product line supports RTAS and AudioSuite formats, and operates on Pro Tools HD, LE, and M-Powered. Special available only via electronic delivery.