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AcousticsampleS announces the releases of AcademicGrand Steinway D Grand, a piano sample library.

The AcademicGrand is a 1963 Steinway D concert grand which has seen countless recitals and concerts over the years where it served as the University of Arkansas' primary concert instrument. The piano has been an inspiration to hundreds of students and visitors, and with being well-maintained and cared for, it's a wonderful instrument with a unique history and classic American Steinway sound.

- This Library is the result of a collaboration with Lance Herring
- 2,82Go sample bank, no loops
- Recorded at 24Bits/48Khz
- 4 Velocity layers for the sustain
- 4 Velocities for the release.
- Pedal Up and Pedal Down samples
- 3 release types, notes, thumps, on pedal down (3d one only in Kontakt)
- Additionnal pedal noise (up and down), automatic in kontakt version
- Advanced scripting (Kontakt)
- Really easy to play, just like a real piano, no more and no less.
- Kontakt 2 and 3 (GIGA coming soon). Easy to use Kontakt interface
- priced at €59

Visit the website for screenshots, audio and videos demos of the library.

Spectrasonics has announced that the release of Trilian has now been moved to 26th October 2009.

The launch, which was previously planned for 29th June, has been delayed due to the sad loss of Barbara Klinger, Spectrasonics' longtime warehouse manager and launch coordinator.

Audio Damage announces that the product page of its upcoming reverb plug-in Eos is now live.

Eos is a smooth, modern reverb with three custom-designed algorithms, optimized for low CPU usage and ease of programming. Eos has a broad tonal palette and is capable of everything from extremely short, dense percussion room sounds on up to gargantuan halls.

Features :

• Three custom-designed algorithms: Plate 1 (mono in, stereo out), Plate 2 (true stereo), and Superhall (true stereo) built with modern production in mind.
• All standard reverb controls, including modulation rate and depth, attack, diffusion, and full control over the EQ and multipliers of the reverb tail.
• Infinite control for "freeze" effects.
• Unique visual controls designed for quick and easy programming.
• Low CPU usage compared to other algorithmic reverb plug-ins, and far lower than the average convolution 'verb.
• Full MIDI learn for hardware control of most parameters (VST only).

Eos will be available for both Mac (VST/AU) and PC (VST) with price TBA. No official release date but Analog Industries (Audio Damge's blog) bets on Friday...

SIMS Corp is pleased to announce the release of the new Infrasonic DeuX driver v2.0, featuring an improved Control Panel with a new Graphical User Interface, combined with state of the art FREE Mixer technology.

FREE (Flexible Routing Enhanced Engine) Mixer is a cutting edge technology of Infrasonic which enables virtually limitless in/output signal configurations for DeuX.

New features :

• Supports Complex IO Configuration: Individual channels of HW, WDM and ASIO IOs
• Signal Routing by Matrix: Multiple Signal Routing available
• Cell Volume Level Control: Color coded volume level indicators for each channel, controllable directly by mouse wheel
• Individual Signal Processing View: Signal source an ...

CueMix FX has been updated yet again with two new visual diagnostic tools for stereo audio signals: an X-Y Plot and a Phase Analysis.

These real time displays join three other recently introduced tools (the FFT, Spectrogram and Oscilloscope) for a total of five new features now available as a free download for all owners of MOTU mk3 FireWire audio interface products. Phase and polarity are critical elements of any stereo mix or multi-mic recording session.

Find out how you can improve your sound with these advanced, yet easy-to-use tools by following the link below :

For a limited time, simply purchase any Digidesign Pro Tools LE FireWire-based system plus an M-Audio Axiom Pro 49 or Axiom Pro 61 MIDI controller and receive a Digidesign Virtual Instruments Box Set for free.

The Digidesign Virtual Instruments Box Set features five RTAS instruments : Hybrid, Strike, Structure, Velvet, and Xpand!

This offer is available until 17th June.