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On behalf of the DAFx 2011 Local Organizing Committee, we would like to welcome you to the 14th edition of the Digital Audio Effects Conference in Paris, France.
This year's DAFx is organized and hosted by IRCAM – Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique – Centre Pompidou. September 19-23, IRCAM, Paris, France

DAFx-11 is structured around three full days of conference preceded by an afternoon of 3 tutorials and followed by a full day of 3 satellite workshops. The heart of the conference will present 69 selected papers organized in 33 oral presentations, 33 poster presentations and 3 State-of-the-Art (STAR) papers. The STAR paper is a new category of submission that aims at providing an overview of a research topic.

Ever wanted a straight out the box collection of tech and tech house grooves that you could drop into your mix for inspiration and just worked? Well "Tech Grooves By Abstract Source" is that sample pack and delivers an incredible away of deep techy grooves that will twist your brain modes and modulate your mind into the deepest and grooviest realms of tech house. Comprising of 60 totally new tech grooves and massive 240 samples in total "Tech Grooves By Abstract Source" delivers a serious amount of calibre in production for an irresistible price.

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today announced that its Steinberg LE Pack SAE Edition is available as welcome profile package for more than 1,600 first-semester students of 26 SAE Institutes across Europe.

The pack comprises light editions of the Cubase 6 music production software and WaveLab 7 audio editing software.

Voxengo is very happy to announce the release of
its newest plug-in: Drumformer. Drumformer is a multiband drum and master track dynamics processing plug-in for professional music and audio production applications.

Drumformer can operate in broadband, 2-band and 3-band modes, with each band having compressor-expander and saturation modules. The sound of the compressor can be defined as "gluey with a ping", because it instantly creates a "tight and glued together" sound while masterfully emphasizing the transients.

MOTU has announced the final release of their sampler workhors – MachFive 3.


Some new features:

- Massive 45 GB sound library (7 DVDs)
- Features loops, phrases, sounds, and advanced multi-sample instruments with dynamic performance powered by state-of-the-art scripting technology.
- Simple operation
- Unique, unified design provides instruments, loops, phrases, synthesis and FX in one easy-to-use window.
- Scripting engine with unlimited layers
- Delivers ultra-realistic multi-sample instruments, dynamic performance, and unlimited possibilities for programmers and sound designers.
- IRCAM technology...

Magma introduces ExpressBox 3T, an expansion chassis with three PCIe slots and a lightning fast connection through Thunderbolt.
Magma's ExpressBox 3T provides an easy, rock solid migration path to newer and faster computers while protecting the customers' investment in specialized PCI Express peripherals made for video capture and edit, broadcast video, pro audio, communications, data acquisition and more.

- Three PCIe 2.0 expansion slots
- Up to 10Gbps Thunderbolt connection
- Works with Thunderbolt equipped computers
- Daisy chain up to 6 Thunderbolt devices