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Platinum Samples is excited to announce the immediate release of Evil Joe Barresi's Glamouflage Kit QuickPack for BFD.

Tracked by Joe Barresi (Tool, Queens Of The Stone Age, Bad Religion, Weezer, etc...) on a Neve 8028 console to analog 2" tape at the legendary Sound City Studios (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, NIN, Rage Against The Machine, Tool), the drums have been taken to the next level and have been fully mix processed without losing any velocity layers or resolution. Joe has EQ'd, compressed and performed his magic using the same console and equipment he uses when mixing. In addition, Joe patched the Kick and Snare though his classic Helios console - both through the Line Inputs to give them added warmth, and through the Mic Inputs to give a modern distorted option, offering a total of three wicked choices for the Kick and Snare. The Glamouflage Kit QuickPack also includes well over 1,200 new grooves in both BFD2 and BFD 1.5 format.

The Glamouflage Kit QuickPack is available now for $89.99.

KRK Systems has just launched an updated version of its 10" recording subwoofer. The new KRK10s incorporates a sleek industrial design that matches the company's recently launched RokitG2 monitors, as well as significant feature enhancements.

The industrial design of the KRK10s leverages KRK's research and development into baffle design and fabrication. The subwoofer's curved front matches the Rokit and VXT monitors' diffraction reducing shape. It is also a great addition to other active or passive monitor setups, thanks to its integrated, adjustable crossover and numerous back-panel connection options.

Additionally, updated electronics include a ground-lift switch for combating less than perfect electrical and audio grounding and a bypass footswitch that allows the subwoofer and crossover to be easily enabled and disabled. The bypass footswitch allows users to easily switch a mix from stereo or 2.1/5.1 sound environments. Improved amplifier heat sinking results in lower distortion at high power levels and the KRK10s has a lower noise floor than its predecessor.

The KRK10s replaces the existing RP10s subwoofer. The new KRK10s is priced at $399, and is available now at leading music retailers around the world.

Saltline has just released Son of a pitch, a new free VST plug-in for Windows.

Son of a pitch is an audio pitch bend effect. The pitch of the incoming signal can be controlled by the pitch knob or by a sync to host LFO. The pitch knob ranges from +3 octaves to -3 octaves of the original pitch. The effect also features an LFO controlled filter section. There are 3 filters to choose from, 2 SV filters and a butterworth filter. The filter section can be bypassed sending the dry signal straight to the pitch bender.

Sonalksis today announces that the awaited mastering plug-in series, Sonalksis Mastering Suite, has just finished the last beta stage and will shortly be released to the public.

The Sonalksis Mastering Suite consists of a select range of plug-ins for Mastering Engineers, Producers and other Industry Professionals.

MultiLimit - Multiband Mastering Limiter
Maxlimit - Maximizing Mastering Limiter
StereoTools - Stereo Imaging Processor
Ultimate-D - Ultimate Dithering

All the plug-ins will be available in VST, AU, DirectX and RTAS versions, according to their platforms, OS X 10.4/10.5 and Windows XP/VISTA. Digidesign TDM versions will be released later in the year.

Wanna learn how to mic a guitar amp and get good tone ?

Well, here is a great video which may be useful. It shows various sound achieved by placing a microphone on a guitar amp.

Watch this video...

A new version of Circle is now available for download. You can now generate your own wavetables from audio files and use them in Circle, thus expanding the sound palette.

To download the latest version of Circle and the Wavetable Generator, please visit FAW's website.