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The monitor pre-amp is one of the most important pieces of equipment for both audio professionals and Hi-Fi enthusiasts alike. It enables critical evaluation of the audio signals and is the final stage before the speakers, so it requires zero coloration, precise balance, low noise, wide bandwidth and a variety of input sources.

Top of the range designs use relay attenuators with high accuracy resistors to achieve the best balance between channels. The downside of this approach is the distraction of noisy 'chattering' relays which can be irritating but also reduces relay life. The Drawmer HQ incorporates an innovative solution to this problem, providing the feel and smoothness of a potentiometer but with the accuracy of relay attenuation.

The Drawmer HQ sets a new standard in monito ...

Midipad is an exciting new app for the iPad/iPhone for music creation and live-performance.

The striking feature of midipad is its ability to directly communicate via network-MIDI-protocol. So there is no need to install any communication-peer-software on your computer! Simply plug-and-play via Apple Bonjour - wireless.

ACE Steroids Grand Bundle by Le Lotus Bleu is a collection of patches for the U-He virtual modular synthesizer ACE.

ACE Steroids is suitable for all kinds of musical genres, and is intended to offer the most possible useful instruments. It proposes an hopefully pleasant mix between Bread and Butter and unique and never heard instruments.

All the instruments have been carefully designed to take advantage of the ACE modular architecture, and have real time expression abilities, via the use of the modulation wheel, velocity and other misc Midi controllers.

ACE Steroids Grand Bundle features :

• 208 instruments, clearly organised in thematic folders.
• Includes Basses (22), Keys and Grooves (53), Pads & Brass & Strings (46), Leads (39), Fx & Sequences (28), Percussion ...

Nomad Factory has announced the release of the ALL-TECH 9063B Equalizer plug-in which emulates the legendary ALTEC 9063B Program Equalizer.

The ALL-TECH 9063B Equalizer is ideal for reshaping sounds during mixing and re-mixing as well as for creating your own sound and special effects. Handling sonic effects is just one of the many useful functions of this 'easy-to-operate' software.

Features :

• ALL-TECH 9063B modeled from the legendary ALTEC 9063B Passive Equalizer
• (LOW) 40, 100 Hz EQUALIZE - Shelf Boost, 0 to +12 dB (2 dB stepped knob)
• (LOW) 40, 100 Hz ATTENUATE - Shelf Attenuate, 0 to -16 dB (2 dB stepped knob)
• (HIGH) 3, 5, 10, 15 kHz EQUALIZE - Peak Boost, 0 to +12 dB (2 dB stepped knob)
• (HIGH) 3, 5, 10, 15 kHz ATTENUATE - Shelf Attenuate, 0 to -16 dB (2 dB stepped knob)
• Volume Output control, -18 to +18 dB

The new All-Tech 9063B EQ is available from Nomad Factory's Web site for $129. The latest version of Pace Interlok and / or the iLok USB key is required to authorize the All-Tech 9063B EQ on Macs or PCs.

The new 3rd edition of Garritan Jazz & Big Band collection is available now in a download version.

What's New :

• New ARIA Advanced Instrument Engine – ARIA, the instrument engine developed in collaboration with Plogue Art et Technologie Inc. ARIA is intuitive, efficient and versatile, loads instruments quickly, and places very low demand on your computer's processor. The ARIA engine has been rigorously tested and is widely used in products by Microsoft, SONY, AKAI, MakeMusic (Finale) and other industry leaders.
• New Price - Instant Download - JABB 3 is more affordable, eco-friendly, and available on demand. Simply download and play. The entire JABB3 sample collection can be downloaded with a fast internet connection, dramatically reducing the product's environmental impa ...

Waves has announced the release of the Jack Joseph Puig Artist Signature Collection.

Developed in close association with JJP himself, these six application-specific plug-ins (JJP Bass, JJP Strings & Keys, JJP Drums, JJP Vocals, JJP Guitars and JJP Cymbals & Percussion) were created from JJP's personal processing chains and give users immediate access to Puig's larger-than-life pop/rock sound.

Over the past three decades, JJP has helped redefine the role of the producer/mixing engineer, working with such acts as John Mayer, Black Eyed Peas, No Doubt, Panic at the Disco, Weezer, Goo Goo Dolls, the Pussycat Dolls and many more.

The Jack Joseph Puig Artist Signature Collection is Native only and has an MSRP of $830. Waves and JJP have teamed up to create a limited number of autographed copies of The Jack Joseph Puig Artist Signature Collection. Be among the first 100 people to purchase, and receive a limited edition box signed by JJP himself, absolutely free! (Physical box purchases only).