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The URS Classic Console Strip Pro v2.0 update combines powerful modern features with vintage analog sound to enhance the mixing experience.

Changes :

• All 30 Input Stages have been upgraded to add a more weighted effect with improved vintage odd and even harmonics.
• The Input Stage Bypass makes it easy to keep your settings and A/B the Input Stage effect.
• The Compressor section gets a lightning Fast Attack Algorithm that recreates the fast attack range of vintage Fet and Opto compressors.
• The Compressor's Wet/Dry mix control allows adding just the right amount of source material dynamics to the Compression mix.
• Windows 7 and and Snow Leopard Support
• TDM, RTAS, AU and VST formats

Available for $599.99 (Native) / $1199.99 (TDM). The good news is that it is a Free Upgrade for all existing registered users !

Antelope Audio, one of the best digital clocking specialist, offers two great deals until december, 31 2009 :

• the Isochrone Trinity priced at €1995 (instead of €3495)
• the Isochrone OCX priced at €995 (instead of €1195)

Waves announces the "Sizzling Winter Savings", a limited-time offer on all Waves products.

For the month of December, Waves is offering 35% off all purchases and upgrades. This is your chance to catch some Waves at huge discount !

Arturia announces that it has updated its reproduction of the ARP 2600, one of the finest analog synthesizers ever made.

The main improvements are :

• A revolutionary preset navigation system called SoundMap
• Lower CPU utilization on Mac OSX
• Better Audio Unit compatibility (Digital Performer most notably)
• Ability to use NRPN midi messages for automation
• Better handling of control surfaces while changing preset
• Presets now respond to modulation wheel
• Fresh batch of presets made by a selection of top sound designers
• MIDI RPN "pitch bend range" message is now recognized
• New Syncrosoft copy protection
• and numerous bug fixes

The upgrade is free for all registered users.

Sonnox has released its long-awaited new suite of plug-ins for professional audio restoration - Sonnox Restore.

Sonnox Restore is a suite of three plug-ins - Oxford DeClicker, Oxford DeBuzzer and Oxford DeNoiser - designed to accurately restore audio recordings that are impaired. Restore features advanced algorithms and novel features that allow fast and extremely effective removal of pops, clicks, crackles, scratches, hum, buzzes and extraneous background noise from virtually any recording.

Capable of high quality audio repairs, the three plug-ins are intuitive and easy to use, with each interface providing detailed graphical feedback, benefiting the user by saving time which of course is critical in the post-production process.

Waves presents MultiRack, a plug-in platform designed especially for Live Sound.

MultiRack is a software host that gives FOH and Monitor engineers the power to run the same Waves plug-ins used in recording studios and mixing rooms the world over. Armed only with a laptop, an I/O and MultiRack, you can now shape your Live sound at a fraction of the cost of hardware, and do away with racks of heavy effects units.

With easy setup and advanced preset capabilities, MultiRack delivers all the flexibility and portability of software, with sound quality and convenience that beats hardware.

Highlights :

• Take Studio Sound to the Stage and Back Again
• Quick & Simple Setup
• A Fraction of the Cost of Hardware
• Simple Routing: No Cabling, No Rack Mounting, No Trucking
• Full Recall, Full Control
• Set and save presets and snapshots per song and song sections
• Windows & Mac OS X Compatible

Bundled with the H-Delay and IR-L Native plug-ins, MultiRack will soon be available at a price of $600.