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Universal Audio (UA), a leading
manufacturer of high-quality audio recording hardware and software, announced an agreement wherein two German-based companies, SPL (Sound Performance Lab) and Brainworx, will become 3rd party audio plug-in developers for the award-winning UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform.

SPL and Brainworx, two of the audio industry's most respected brands,are also working with Universal Audio to finalize a software development kit (SDK) that will allow other select developers of professional audio plug-ins to create software for the UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform, and to sell these plug-ins via UA's online store.

Ueberschall presents the new „Inspire Series"! This innovative concept offers new ideas and complete arrangements „on the fly". Endless searching for matching key and BPM is a thing of the past. With the help of the Elastik 2 Player each inspiration is transformed into a new, unique track.
Loop to Inspire!
„Elastik Inspire Series" - Urban
Urban, from the Elastik Inspire Series, is the ultimate tool for urban producers. A complete package with fat drumloops, bouncing synth bass lines, tight strings, piano licks, harps, organs and many more. Perfect for all styles from RnB to Crunk. The final trump in this game is the „Inspire" concept.

The MIDI arpeggiator StepPolyArp for iPad is now Core MIDIcompatible. It works over wifi with the Apple MIDI Network protocol (RTP Midi) without latency, or any class compliant USB MIDI interface connected on the Apple USB camera connection kit and any native Core MIDI compatible MIDI interface.

The arpeggiator can now be synchronized by Midi Clock from a sequencer or any MIDI device without latency, even over wifi network.

New features:

- Core Midi compatibility
- Midi over wifi network support
- Midi over wifi latency compensation
- Apple USB camera connection kit support
- Plug & play Midi routing
- External Midi sync (MIDI Clock)
- Receiving Midi notes from external devices
- Direct transposition by moving finger on values
- Random mode arpeggiator
- Movable popovers
- Bugs fixed

Price : $11.99

Following then NAMM announcement,
Today, Eventide announced the newest addition to its stompbox product line, Space, has commenced shipping in North America. Space features 12 of Eventide's signature reverb combination effects culled from the H8000FW and Eclipse V4 along with some startling new magic. Space includes 100 presets, including presets crafted by Flood and Alan Moulder (The Killers, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine, 30 Seconds to Mars, PJ Harvey and Them Crooked Vultures), Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Nine Inch Nails), Richard Devine (sound designer, synthesist, performer, remixer), Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Amedeo Pace (Blonde Redhead), Alex Somers and Jonsi Birgisson (Jonsi and Alex, Sigur Ros), and John Agnello (Patti Smith, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., and Kurt Vile).

Dialog combines in one plug-in all the processing needed to clean up, adjust, and sweeten recordings of the spoken voice. It is perfect for voice-over, film/tv recordings on location or sound stage, and broadcast.

Dialog includes brickwall filters, de-hum and de-buzz processing, broadband noise reduction, de-ploding, de-essing, 10-band equalization, compression, and limiting. Separate presets for each section allow you to get results fast.
Dialog is available in all major native formats- Audio Unit, VST, RTAS, MAS and DX, and priced at $249.95.

Cubase 6 Trial includes all the new features that were introduced in the latest major update to Cubase, Steinberg's renowned advanced music production system that is trusted and used by professionals around the globe.

Provided in Cubase 6 Trial are drastically enhanced MIDI functionality and a new audio and MIDI editing workflow that expedites the transformation from creative ideas to professional results. The revolutionary VST Expression 2 comprises Note Expression for drawing controller values onto single note events, updated VST Expression Map functionality and the Articulations/Dynamics Lane in the Key Editor...