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Equipped with the latest 192 kHz AD- and DA-converters and two reference class microphone preamps the bus-powered Babyface delivers two high end analog recording channels and four analog playback channels, plus ADAT and MIDI I/O in an attractively shaped enclosure.

The feature set includes a digital I/O with up to 192 kHz support, alternatively usable as ADAT port or optical SPDIF I/O. In combination with an ADAT converter, like the RME ADI-8 DS/QS, the Babyface provides an incredible amount of 10 analog input and 12 analog output channels.

The headphone output, driven from an extra DA converter, provides full 192 kHz sound experience, and is available not only directly at the unit but also on the breakout cable. The Babyface connects to the USB 2.0 bus and also offers MIDI In/Out ports.The additional instrument input - directly at the side of the unit - allows the recording of any instrument, like a guitar or bass guitar, without any other external hardware, by switching one analog input to Hi-Z mode.

Deep sounding pads, unusual spectrums, distorted and blood freezing sounds. This is the perfect environment for your next track if you want to give him a touch of darkness and fear.

Paranormal Experience is designed for Native Instruments Absynth 5 and contains 100 sound patches (saved in .ksd KORE Sound) which are divided in 3 categories to give you a fast and quick access for cinematic ambiences like horror, dark, fear and supernatural.

This fully formed collection of elegant sounds has been created for Producers looking for the Perfect Impacts, Bleeps, Rises, Drones, Echoes, Gated Sonics, Transitional Tones and Uplifters; which together creates what we think will soon be considered the "Ultimate Dance FX Collection"for all modern music genres.

This 1.4GB collection of 24Bit FX samples includes no less than 600 expertly processed samples from the studio of Marc Adamo, and also includes 28 ready to play patches for Reason NNXt, Halion, EXS, SFZ and Kontakt compatible samplers. In detail Designer Dance FX includes 22 Bleeps, 6 Chord Gates, 43 Cymbal FX, 38 Downshifters, 45 Drones and Tones, 40 Echo FX, 24 Gate FX, 29 Hits and Stabs, 56 Impacts, 40 Noise FX, 16 Reversals, 65 Supertight Risers, 8 Essential Sirens, 11 Sub Drops, 93 Transition Spot FX, 41 Uplifters, and 6 Unique Vox Builders.

This new version includes:
- Jupiter 8 template
- New play modes:
- POLY UNISON
- UNISON parameter for MONO programs
- Sequencer switch automation
- Compressor module
- Sample & Hold module
- User Interface enhancements
- The user can now define a set of favorite presets and navigate thru them with the Preset Browser.
- Portamento glide time: Adding of a second way to manage the portamento glide time: whole glide, or a constant time per semitone.
- Switch pedal: It is now possible to configure the switch pedal action in the "Performance" page.

TC Group – parent company of leading audio manufacturing brands TC Electronic, Tannoy, Lab.gruppen, Lake and TC Helicon – announced on Tuesday at the opening of Integrated Systems Europe 2011 that it is to become part of the AVnu Alliance, the industry forum dedicated to the establishment and promotion of the IEEE 802.1 Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) open network standard.

As TC Group is a major player in key sectors of the pro audio market, the move adds further momentum and specific market and technological expertise to the efforts in establishing AVB as the preferred Ethernet-based audio and video networking environment for next generation products.

Audio Damage has released Phosphor, a software instrument plug-in modeled on the alphaSyntauri, a vintage digital additive synth.

Featuring two sixteen-partial additive oscillators, each with its own amp envelope, Phosphor's topology closely follows the alphaSyntauri, while adding many modern features such as full velocity control, a much more extensive modulation routing system, tempo synced LFOs, a pair of delays, and two monophonic modes.