PC and Music News

Most of Expert Sleepers plug-ins are now available in money-saving bundles. On top of that, from now until 6th January 2010, these bundles are available at massively discounted prices.

• The Ultimate Bundle includes Augustus Loop, Crossfade Loop Synth, Little Spacey, Meringue, Minky Starshine, Oomingmak and Warbler.
Regular price: $140 (37% saving).
Holiday price: $100 (55% saving).

• The Delay Effects Bundle includes Augustus Loop, Little Spacey and Meringue.
Regular price: $65 (33% saving).
Holiday price: $50 (48% saving).

• The Instruments Bundle includes Crossfade Loop Synth and Minky Starshine.
Regular price: $55 (29% saving).
Holiday price: $40 (49% saving).

• The Creative Effects Bundle includes Oomingmak and Warbler.
Regular price: $35 (27% saving).
Holiday price: $25 (48% saving).

Lexicon announces that their brand new PCM92 Stereo Reverb/Effects Processor is now shipping.

Features :

• Lexicon studio-standard reverbs, delays, and modulation effects
• Comprehensive library of over 700 finely crafted factory presets, including recognizable classics from Lexicon's immense library of sounds
• Lexicon's flexible Room algorithm used to generate a vast array of room-related effects for music and post
• Multi-voice pitch shift to enhance vocals
• Mono and stereo versions of all algorithms
• Full system configuration and control with HiQnet System Architect
• 44.1 to 96 kHz sample rate, 32-bit floating point processing
• Two channels balanced analog I/O (XLR and ź")
• Two channels XLR digital AES/EBU I/O
• External BNC Wordclock
• MIDI in, out, and thru
• Ethernet connectivity
• Foot controller inputs make it easy to change presets and adjust parameters during live performances
• High-resolution OLED display is easy to read in all light conditions

The PCM92 has a suggested retail price of $2,699 and is now available at authorized Lexicon dealers.

FabFilter has announced a Holiday Bundle Sale running until December 31, offering 25% discount on all plug-in bundles in the online FabFilter shop.

On top of that, FabFilter has updated its Pro-Q equalizer plug-in to version 1.02.

Changes in Pro-Q v1.02 :

• Fixed several issues in the EQ display when changing the Q value of multiple selected curves, especially when they have both negative and positive gain values.
• Fixed bug that caused disabling EQ bands not to work in the mono version of Pro-Q.
• The parameter value display in the EQ display is now positioned correctly when dragging multiple selected curves.
• Double-clicking on a knob and typing a new parameter value now correctly adds a new Undo ...

AcousticsampleS presents its Christmas Sale :

This sale gives you 30% off everything.

The discount may be combined with the quantity discount that has been extended for the occasion, so you save :

• 10% off the discounted total for 2 items
• 15% off the discounted total for 4 items
• 20% off the discounted total for 6 items
• 25% off the discounted total for 8 items
• 30% off the discounted total for 10 items or more

The offer is available until December 25th, 2009.

As a Christmas gift to all Pianoteq customers, Modartt is glad to offer a cimbalom add-on, the latest addition to the KIViR family of virtually restored historical instruments.

This is a physically modelled virtual copy of cimbalom Balázs Kovács (2007).

The cimbalom belongs to the ancestor psaltery, quoted in the bible. The psaltery was later developed into different variants which differed in sound but were similar in their constructive concept. One of these, the cimbalom, was a constant member of gypsy orchestras. Legs and a damper pedal were soon added to the instrument and it reached the status of concert instrument in the 19th Century, thanks to Ferenc Erkel and Franz Liszt.

Contrarily to the piano, pressing down a key does not lift the corresponding damper. Hence, unless the pedal is depressed, all notes are immediately dampened.

This add-on is free for all registered users of Pianoteq.

LOUD Technologies Inc. (parent company of Mackie) today announced it has signed an agreement with Avid that licenses the use of Mackie's new Onyx-i Series FireWire Recording Mixers with Avid Pro Tools M-Powered 8 software.

To enable use with Pro Tools M-Powered 8, users will need to purchase the Mackie Universal Driver upgrade ($49.99 USD) at Mackie - Home. Once the driver is downloaded and installed, the Onyx 820i, 1220i, 1620i and 1640i mixers can be used with Avid Pro Tools M-Powered 8 software.