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Voxengo LF Max Punch version 1.3 update is now available for download. LF Max Punch is a professional audio effect plugin for music and sounds where low-frequency thump and punch are most welcome, and where distortion is applied specifically to bring the bass sound to life. LF Max Punch is available in AudioUnit and VST plug-in formats, for Mac OS X and Windows computers.


Version 1.3 update implements the following changes:

• Additional visual look variation settings added.
• The "No Multi-Channel Operation" global switch was added that fixes incompatibility with some non-VST2.3 compliant VST hosts.
• The "Show All Channel Meters" routing switch added.

Existing McDSP HD customers have you been thinking about adding to your HD plug-in toolbox ? From now until August 20th, take advantage of McDSP's offer to receive 50% off upgrades to Emerald Pack HD. Ready to see some amazing prices ? Take a look :

• Any 2 Unique HD plug-ins to Emerald Pack HD : $1149 (Regularly $2295)
• Any 3 Unique HD plug-ins to Emerald Pack HD : $1049 (Regularly $2095)
• Any 4 Unique HD plug-ins to Emerald Pack HD : $949 (Regularly $1895)

Emerald Pack HD includes HD versions of Analog Channel, Channel G, Channel G Compact, Chrome Tone, CompressorBank, DE555, FilterBank, FutzBox, MC2000, ML4000, NF575, Revolver and Synthesizer One. The McDSP HD product line supports TDM, RTAS and AudioSuite formats and operates on Pro Tools HD, LE, and M-Powered. Special available only via electronic delivery.

Flux in collaboration with IRCAM have announced the release of the IRCAM Tools product range.

The IRCAM Tools products express the result of over twenty years of fundamental research within the realms of music related digital signal processing. First out, they present a series of products evolved from two major fields of technology, Acoustic & Cognitive Spaces, and Sound Analysis & Synthesis.

Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces
The research and development activity carried out by the Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces Team (formerly Room Acoustics Team) concentrates on the analysis, reproduction and synthesis of spatially considered sound environments. In other words, the localization of sound in space, and the specific acoustical characteristics of a room or of an environment.

Togu Audio Line has released TAL-NoiseMaker which is an improved version of TAL-Elek7ro.

TAL-NoiseMaker has a completely new synth engine and a lot of improvements in sound and usability. The synth also includes a small effect section with a reverb, chorus and a simple bit-crusher effect.

A display shows the knob and slider values. This allows more control over the synth. A ring-modulator and a syncable triangle are also part of this synth. TAL-NoiseMaker includes new filter types as the self resonating 6dB low pass and a notch filter. Its improved amplitude ADSR is very suitable for slow pads as for really fast envelopes.

Free 32- and 64-bit versions are available for Windows and Mac OS X in VST and AU instrument plug-in formats.

All Brainworx plug-ins can now be tested without the iLok dongle !

All Native demo versions of the Brainworx plug-ins will run for 14 days - without any dongle - and without limitations. Just grab the installers and get your hands on the plug-ins (VST/RTAS/AU).

Try bx_digital V2, bx_control V2, bx_boom! and many more at :

Violence is the latest release from Vir2 Instruments. It's a collection of instruments focusing on extremely unusual textures, manglings, distortions, and perspectives on the solo violin.

Violence features a variety of controls which are custom-designed for each of its 82 instruments. The instruments are subdivided into four major category folders:

• Drum Kits
• Melodic
• Pads and SFX
• Tempo Synced

Depending on the instrument loaded, appropriate knobs for tweaking the instrument appear in the interface, such as:

• Quantization
• Envelope controls (attack and release)
• Stereo spread
• Lopass and hipass filters
• Layer blend controls
• Effects (reverb, delay, drive, flanger, vibrato, rotator, wobble, and others)
• Autopan control
• Repeater

Powered by the Kontakt engine, Violence is compatible with VST, AudioUnit, and RTAS (Pro Tools 7 & 8) plug-in formats and is priced at $99.95.