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Starlight is Applied Acoustics Systems' third sound bank title for Ultra Analog VA-1 and lands with sounds "collected at the confine of the galaxy". Its 149 presets scatter across ambient, arpeggiator, arpeggiator bass, chime, effect, keys, lead, rhythm, and synthesizer categories, and breach into outer space for an impregnable intergalactic landscape. Whether you want to teleport your music into another dimension or simply leave for an orbital spaceflight, Starlight is your ideal shuttle.

The Starlight sound bank for Ultra Analog VA-1 is available now at $39.

Additionnally, until April 1st, 2010, Ultra Analog VA-1 is at $179 instead of $229 and includes the Starlight sound bank.

Ultra Analog VA-1 runs on both Mac OS X and Windows as a standalone application as well as in host sequencers supporting the VST, Audio Unit, and RTAS plug-in formats.

Steinberg releases its final set of compatibility patches and updates for its VST instruments, as already announced in December of last year, thus completing the transition to supporting the latest operating systems Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6.

The Grand 3.0.1 maintenance update for Windows and Mac OS X includes several minor feature enhancements and ensures that The Grand 3 is fully compatible with Snow Leopard.

With the release of version 1.5 for Mac, HALion Symphonic Orchestra now also runs on Snow Leopard.

The HALion Player 3.5 update ensures full compatibility with Snow Leopard and comes with a 64-bit version for Windows 7 including an additional sound bank with 128 great sounds, as a little reward for your patience.

Finally, Groove Agent 3 users may also download a new installer which now makes Groove Agent 3 Snow Leopard compatible.

Livid Instruments announces that the Limited Edition Block Diablo is now available.

Block is a compact and programmable MIDI control surface designed for interactive audio performance. Built on the same bi-directional and adaptable platform as the Ohm64, Block provides a powerful interface for creating and interacting with sound in a small easy-to-transport body. Sixty four backlight led buttons provide endless possibilities for visual feedback with the instrument by connecting it to Ableton Live, Max/Msp, our open source sounds apps, or any other software that supports MIDI. The Limited Edition Block Diablo is only available while supplies last. This version has a mahogany body, black faceplate, and red LED's.

Features:

• 9.75" x 9.75" x 1.5" (WLH) / weight 3 lbs.
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D16 Group launches the "Buy 2 and Get 3rd Free" promotion : for every customer who purchases 2 products in March, D16 Group adds 3rd product for free.

Promotion covers only the following products: Phoscyon, Drumazon, Nepheton, Nithonat, Devastor, Fazortan, Decimort, Redoptor, Toraverb and Syntorus.

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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 ...