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Ministry Of Rock 2 was put together with one goal in mind: to create a virtual (software) instrument capable of producing sounds that could actually produce a hit record or film score without any live drum, bass, or guitar overdubs. The articulations and programming were all reverse engineered from actual performances. The 57 gigabyte collection features LIVE technology which makes multi-sampled drums sound like a live performance.

Ministry Of Rock 2 will be available on 1.11.11 for $395 MSRP.

While built upon the same basic concept as PSP Nitro, PSP N2O, with its new modules and extended modulation features, explores completely new sonic areas. The plug-in engine has been rewritten and redesigned from scratch in order to improve the sound and take full advantage of the optimizations offered by modern CPUs.

Features:

- 4 sound processing operators at a time
- 4 modulators at a time; the list includes: LFO, envelope detector, ADSR step sequencer
- 8 assignable knobs with quick MIDI learn option
- built-in limiter that uses algorithms from our extremely well regarded PSP Xenon hi-definition mastering limiter
- sidechain (key) input
- 192 factory presets

ToneBoosters launches new website with many VST audio processing plugins for Windows and Mac.

their audio plugins are based on more than a decade of scientific research and product development in the areas of digital signal processing and auditory perception.
ToneBoosters plug-ins

BusTools:
- TB Isone
TrackEssentials:
- TB Equalizer
- TB HumRemover
- TB DeEsser
- TB Ferox
- TB EZCompressor
- TB Gate
- TB Reverb
- TB XYTool
- TB Compressor

Twisted Tools releases vers 1.1 of the MP16 sampler, a Reaktor ensemble part of the Analogue Microcosm Sound Library by Richard Devine.

Some new features:

- Enhanced GUI and internal help system.
- BPM sync.
- Start quantize.
- Default preset layouts for MP16 and Analogue Microcosm.
- Improved sample loading and display.
- Updated Maschine and Kore templates.
- Templates for iPad and Lemur coming soon.

Announced in November, The new line of microphones, MP-70 and MP-75 from Tc-Helicon will be launched during the winter Namm.

About the MP-75: On the microphone – that's where singers want to control their sound. This is what makes TC-Helicon unique among all the microphone brands on the market. You, the singer, are our customer and we take your input seriously. You've been unanimous in how you want to extend the control for your vocal effects. Now, TC-Helicon's patent pending Mic-Control circuit allows simple, single button control of all of TC-Helicon's USB enabled vocal processors, including VoiceLive 2, VoiceLive Touch, VoiceTone Singles, Harmony-G XT, Create XT and Synth.

With the introduction of Pro Tools 9, Metric Halo's entire line of high-end audio interfaces is not only compatible with the ubiquitous software platform, but fully-integrated as well, providing hardware configuration that is both accessed and saved within the Pro Tools environment. Renowned among audio professionals who demand transparent mic preamps, transcendent AD and DA conversion, and organic DSP, the Metric Halo interfaces are available in a range of I/O counts, feature sets, and price points. In addition, they are also arguably the most stable interfaces available, winning the trust of users who rely on them in live situations.