PC and Music News

Next week at the Winter NAMM Show 2010, Telefunken Elektroakustik will present the AR-51, a brand new large diaphragm tube condenser microphone which is the latest addition to Telefunken's affordably priced R-F-T line of tube mics.

The AR-51 features the same circuit design used in the classic Telefunken ELA M 251E, but employs new cost-efficient manufacturing methods to meet the desired price point without going cheap on parts.

According to the manufacturer, this mic is ideal for recording acoustic and electric guitars, piano, percussion, and male and female vocals, as well as for drum overheads and close miked drums.

Pricing and availability TBA.

Togu Audio Line has updated its free virtual synth TAL-Elek7ro to version 2.50.

Changes:

• Improved audio quality, especially for frequencies> 10000Hz.
• 4x oversampled filter - previous version was 2x oversampled.
• Increased self resonance volume.

Puremagnetik has announced the release of a new Micorpak called PM Grand. This is a multi-sampled Yamaha Conservatory Grand Piano that includes a library of advanced instruments and looped clips in various styles.

PM Grand contains a collection of 9 advanced instruments and 50 looped clips optimized for Ableton Live, Native Instruments Kontakt and Apple Logic. The included instruments contain multi-sampled programs with release and sustain tones, a "lite" version with a much smaller footprint, a reverse piano, an infinite sustained piano and several electrified tones.

Recording Specifications :

• Piano Type: Yamaha C3 6'1" Conservatory Grand
• Microphones: Combination of a close pair of Neumann KM 84s in an XY configuration, along with a spaced pair of Earthworks omnidi ...

SoundsDivine has announced the release of the Mini-Banks for FXpansion's D-CAM:Synth Squad Strobe. Each contain 32 presets, taken from both the 'New Retro' and 'Vintage Electronic' banks, with some additional sounds created just for the Mini-Bank series. The 5 Mini-Banks are Arps, Bass, Keys, Pads & Synth. All of these sounds are now included in the Combined bank for D-CAM:Synth Squad Strobe .

Price : $7 Special Introductory ($10 after Jan31st)

D16 Group announces the upcoming release of the latest plug-in from their Silver Line : Syntorus.

To create a chorus effect, an audio signal is mixed with one or more delayed, pitch modulated copies of itself. Described as a "Double Path Analog Chorus", Syntorus aims to provide a rich analogue chorus similar to the effect found on classic synthesisers like the Solina, Synthex or Juno.

Features :

• Emulation of analogue delay line.
• Double delay line.
• LFOs synchronized with host application.
• Built-in tremolo effect.
• Presets organised into groups.
• MIDI learn function.
• 64-bit internal processing.

Syntorus will be available for both Mac (VST/AU) and PC (VST) next week (January 11) and will be priced at €35. Have a listen to the demo songs or download a demo version today to try it at :

To celebrate the New Year PSPaudioware has re-released and super sized their PSP sQuad bundle (includes 4 EQ plug-ins) (AudioUnit, VST and RTAS for Mac OSX UniversalBinary and VST and RTAS for Windows x32 and x64). It is a free update for registered PSP sQuad users. New users can take an advantage of Winter PSP sQuad Offer !

The new edition are :

• PSP McQ which is the most versatile track equalizer in the PSP sQuad bundle.
• PSP ClassicQex which is an extended version of the PSP ClassicQ.

PSP McQ captures the sonic character and functionality of various classic console equalizers such as the versatile MCI console EQs. However, while PSP McQ was inspired by these analog classics, several modern features were added such as adjustable high pass and low pass filters, steepness (resonance) control for the shelving filters, optional bell filters for the low and high bands, and three nominal Q values for the midrange filters.

PSP ClassicQex is extended version of the PSP ClassicQ. All features of the previous version are available, and a new Low Mid section is added.

Winter PSP sQuad offer : 60% OFF. Until 17th of January 2010 PSP sQuad bundle is offered at the special price of $99* Starting from 18th January 2010 regular price $249* will be applied.

*all prices exclude taxes