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Clavia have released an OS updates that enable the Nord Stage Classic and the Nord Electro 3 to benefit from the v5 platform, with the new great v5 Piano sounds, the new Sound Manager 5.30 and the v3.00 Windows Hardware Quality Labs certified USB driver.

The 5.30 Sound Manager is required to be able to load the v5 Piano sounds. The Windows version of the Manager also has a self-contained installer for a new WHQL certified USB driver. The installer automatically checks your computer for installed drivers, and replaces these with new version if necessary.

Combining drums, bass and lead instruments with drag and drop, REX and MIDI support, plus a variety of functions and features, Beatstation is your companion for quickly getting tracks up and running. Beatstation's core content library is divided into three distinct categories - Lowbit, Synthetix and Organic. There are thousands of MIDI grooves, REX loops and drum/bass/lead instrument presets created from a massive collection of one-of-a-kind, rare, vintage, modern and custom instruments – all meticulously multi-sampled by Toontrack. Do you already have Toontrack EZX or SDX expansion packs? These can be combined and edited inside Beatstation too.

Furthermore, record your own sounds using the built-in recorder and easily drag and drop them on to the Beatstation pads, mixing and matching t ...

Mutools has released version 3.1 of MU.LAB, a hi-quality music application for Mac OSX and Windows, transforming your computer into a complete music studio. MU.LAB does not overwhelm you with a complex feature set, in which you can get lost, on the contrary, MU.LAB is a user-friendly yet rock-solid musical tool designed to create, finetune and play Your Music !

New features include:
- Multi track audio recording
- Record audio from any point in the audio signal flow
- Extreme flexible use of your audio device's inputs and outputs
- Automatic, non-destructive resampling of audio files with a differing samplerate
- New "Audio To Note Gate" module
- New "Note Key Splitter" module
- New and skinnable position line
- Many important workflow improvements

In response to the widely publicized complaints from TV viewers and broadcasters of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Waves and Prosoniq unveiled their own solutions to dramatically reduces the problematic sound of the omnipresent Vuvuzela trumpet favored by South African soccer fans.

Preset processing chain from Waves
Working in conjunction with a major television broadcaster, they've precision-crafted a preset processing chain which drastically decreases Vuvuzela noise: The WNS Waves Noise Suppressor and the Q10 Paragraphic Equalizer. Together, they not only minimize Vuvuzela noise, they increase the intelligibility of the game announcers' play-by-play action and color commentary. The processing chain for Vuvuzela noise reduction is now available as load-and-use sessions for Pro Tools, Waves MultiRack, and Cubase.

Prosoniq VuvuX 1.51 plug-in
Prosoniq announced the world's first realtime Vuvuzela filtering plug in based on sonicWORX' audio de-mixing technology. This technology allows separating components without using aggressive notch filters, leaving the background unaltered. VuvuX is a free AudioUnit plug in that suppresses the noise created by the South African trumpet called "Vuvuzela" in realtime without affecting the audio commentary or the stadium atmosphere, allowing you to enjoy a noise-free World Cup 2010.

In order to celebrate the availability of all their plug-ins for Pro Tools and 64-bit platforms, Blue Cat Audio has announced that they have teamed up with DontCrac[k] to create a very cool limited-time offer: Check out their special DontCrac[k] bundle including their best selling plug-ins at an incredible price! It's about $1200 worth of plug-ins for $289 only!

This exclusive offer will last only until June 30th, so don't miss it!

Blue Cats DC Pack includes :
-Blue Cat's Digital Peak Meter Pro
-Blue Cat's Dynamics
-Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst Multi
-Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst Pro
-Blue Cat's Liny EQ
-Blue Cat's ParametrEQ
-Blue Cat's Stereo Liny EQ
-Blue Cat's Stereo ParametrEQ
-Blue Cat's StereoScope Multi
-Blue Cat's StereoScope Pro
-Blue Cat's Widening Liny EQ
-Blue Cat's Widening ParametrEQ

Blue Cat Audio plug-ins are available for PC and Mac (VST/DX/AU/RTAS).

Artificial Audio releases QUARTZ, a unique multi-effect plug-in that turns the simplest sounds into ever evolving rhythmic soundscapes. It is also a source of creative modulation which can be used to control parameters outside of QUARTZ such as software instruments, plug-ins or even external MIDI equipment. QUARTZ offers a clear and easy to use interface for intuitive workflow.

QUARTZ gets its name from the fact that all LINE and LFO modulations work to the audio sample rate, ensuring sample accurate parameter modulation. With its variety of effect modules and its powerful modulation capabilities, QUARTZ gives your sounds the right shape and groove.

QUARTZ is available as a VST or AudioUnit Plug-in for Mac and Windows computers, for 79 EUR.