PC and Music News

Propellerhead has updated the ReCycle package with a new look and streamlined packaging, and includes a detailed, hour-long video tutorial from ASK Video that helps users get started with the ReCycle toolkit. In the tutorial, ASK Video's Mike Baggley takes users step by step from installing and setting up ReCycle to turning concrete-rigid loops into musical modeling clay in no time.

Livid Instruments unveils the Ohm64, a completely redesigned Ohm. Ohm is a real-time USB / MIDI control surface which aims to give digital audio and video performers an innovative interface for performance and presentation. This second generation brings a lot of new features :

• USB Powered
• Bi-Directional MIDI communication
• Class-compliant: no drivers needed
• 75 Programmable backlight buttons for talk-back and interactive performance
• Programmable MIDI mapping allows you to change the MIDI settings on the hardware
• Immersion Gold Platted Circuit Boards
• Anodized Aluminum Faceplate
• Open Source software tools to create your own LED talkback interaction
• Ohm Core software included for MIDI editing, and LED talkback programming
• Cell DNA video performance software included
• Standard MIDI IN and OUT jacks
• Made in the USA by humans
• Available in Aluminum and Wood models. Wood is available in blue, red, natural, and unfinshed so you can stain or paint it any color you want.

Pre-orders will be accepted soon at :

McDSP is proud to introduce Live Pack, a collection of plug-ins for mixing live performances. Features like ultra low latency, superior sonic flexibility and seamless integration with the Digidesign VENUE live sound system make Live Pack a "must-have" for any FOH or monitoring engineer.

Live Pack will begin shipping on April 1, 2009 and includes Channel G Compact, Chrome Tone, DE555, FutzBox, MC2000, ML4000 and NF575. In addition to supporting the Digidesign VENUE systems, Live Pack plug-ins also support TDM, RTAS and Audiosuite formats on Pro Tools HD, LE and M-Powered systems.

Live Pack HD will be available for purchase for $1995, or as a rental for $495 for three months or $695 for six months. Rental cost may be applied towards a full purchase before rental period expires. Customers who already own McDSP plug-ins may be eligible for upgrade pricing. Live Pack will be sold or rented as an electronic purchase.

Plogue has updated Bidule to v0.9685.

New Features :

- Added DSP Adapter feature to wrap groups to run a limited set of bidules at a buffer size of 1 samples (more bidules to be supported, other buffer sizes and sample rates support to come).
- Added OSC Monitor to show all incoming/outgoing OSC Messages.
- Optimized handling of presets to reduce memory usage and fix a few bugs.
- Added MIDI Message Creator.
- Added MIDI Note Off Velocity Remapper.
- Expanded MP Assign to use up to 8 cores.
- Plus many more little improvements.

Bug Fixes :

- AU Version : sample rate change could be missed.
- Integer parameter display not always being accurate.
- Message Remapper : remapping pitchbend doesn't work.
- OSC : using the open command on a file loading audio files in the Mediapool or using the polyphonic adapter crashes.
- Polyphonic Adapter: doesn't transmit some MIDI messages to active voices.
- Possible crash if a VST could not properly initialize itself.
- ReWire Device : added protection against out of range MIDI events timestamp.
- Value List : could load up with incorrect values.
- VST Hosting : some MIDI events coming out of plugins could be missed/skipped.
-Plus many more fixes.

Cytomic has released its Bus Compressor effect plug-in 'The Glue' in beta version.

Features :

- 4 in / 2 out stereo compressor (second stereo input for external side-chain processing)
- Accurate analog model of famous British mix bus compressor of the 80's
- Ultra-fast attack time of up to 0.01 mS
- Range knob to naturally control the maximum compression applied
- Peak Clip to optionally hard limit transients
- DSP coded using C++ and assembler, Interface coded using the Juce framework (C++)
- VST, AU and RTAS plug-in formats for Mac OS X and Windows

Trial versions are available now at :

Christian Knufinke Software has just announced the update of its SIR2 convolution reverb plug-in.

Changes :

- Initial Windows 64-bit release.
- Triangle envelope functionality.
- Finer Pre-delay adjustment.
- Search functionality, if impulse file not found.
- Ability to store EQ-presets (right mouse-click into EQ-Envelope).
- Improved project-portability between different workstations (relative filename will be stored too, so if the default impulse-response location is different, the IR will be found). Please note: to use this function, the project has once to be saved with this new version.
- New look.
- Support for "Ctrl+mouse click", for one-button mouse Macs.
- Improved host compatibility.