PC and Music News

Here is a great news from Ohm Force :

"Two months ago we announced our pricing changes in our "it's still business, but let's keep it reasonable" disclaimer, and we listened to all kind of reactions.

Some guys from the audio/plug-in industry might have said that we're naïve or anti-corporate, while the music press has warmly reacted and dozens of individual music producers have written to us to comment on how much they share the same point of view about it all. No need to say that, among the industry, the press and music producers, we'll mostly listen to - and work for - the latter. We love music and music making, and will always do our part to support the scene.

The pricing changes were only the beginning: from today, we invite all music producers in the world to download and use for free the Performer Edition of our Symptohm:Melohman powersynth. That's it: Symptohm:Melohman is now freeware, joining our rock solid stinky Frohmage filter.

That's our Christmas gift for the music production scene. Exploring new sounds is priceless! And when we say priceless, we really mean it :-)"

This great virtual synth is available now for free in VST, AU and RTAS formats for both Mac and PC.

Blue Cat Audio has announced the release of a 64 bits version of Blue Cat's Freeware Pack, its free audio plugins bundle. This version is dedicated to 64 bits applications running under Windows x64. The existing 32 bits and new 64 bits versions of the plugins can be installed on the same machine and will share settings. 64 bits support is in final beta stage, so the company welcomes feedback about the usage of these free plugins.

With winter holiday season approaching, Blue Cat Audio also announces 15 to 25% discount on their entire catalog of professional audio plugins until December 31st. Existing customers are granted an even higher discount (40% off) on all plugins as well for the same period.

Two Notes Audio Engeneering will be attending the NAMM Show (National Association of Music Merchants). The event takes place in the Anaheim (Calif.) Convention Center, January 14-17, 2010.

"We will be presenting our new product, the VM-202. The VM-202 is a dual-processor guitar/bass cab simulator. It handles both analog (line balanced/unbalanced) and digital signals (S/PDIF, AES/EBU).

Plug in your bass/guitar pre amp (or other instrument with a line output) and benefit from our exclusive tube stage simulator, along with our acclaimed Torpedo algorithm. You can play 2 cab + microphone simulations simultaneously and reproduce a multi microphone miking process.

Please meet us at booth 1675, Hall E, and try out the products."

Sonic Reality presents its Ultimate Studio Drums Group Buy:

• 1-25  Joined   $149.
• 26-50 Joined $139.
• 51-100 Joined $129.
• 101-150 Joined $119.
• 151-200 Joined $109.
• 201+ Joined $99 (Final Price)

Final price of $99 already reached!

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 ¼")
• 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.