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With PreSonus®' new PRM1 reference (measurement) microphone and the company's free Virtual StudioLive (VSL) mixer-control software with Smaart® Measurement Technology, StudioLive 24.4.2 and 16.4.2 digital mixer owners can have a complete, powerful, and affordable, audio-analysis and correction system.
A reference, or "measurement," microphone is special type of condenser microphone that is designed to provide an accurate reproduction of a room's sound characteristics for use with audio-analysis tools, such as real-time analyzers (RTAs) and spectrographs. While measurement microphones can be quite expensive, the affordable PreSonus PRM1 delivers high-quality results.

Transhaper X3 allow you boost transients (spikes of audio signal) of your drums, percussions or any other instruments.

Are your drums or percussions sounding too deep and flat and you want to make them modern, sharp and significant, or opposite are your drums too sharp and you want to make them more gentle? Are you hearing lot of unwanted room reverb in your live recorded drums? Try Transhaper X3

(ideal for live drums, percussions and instruments).

SCARBEE RICKENBACKER® BASS delivers the sound of a Rickenbacker® 4003 bass for the first time in software as a Rickenbacker-approved KONTAKT instrument.

Featured on many of history's most important rock and pop recordings, the bass provides deep lows and a detailed midrange response that allow it to remain clear and present in a mix. RICKENBACKER® BASS features two varieties of picked articulations – open and palm-muted.
Available at the NI Online Shop for $99 / 99 €.

XLN Audio release the Session Percussion ADpak and Percussion Beats MIDI Pak.
These latest additions to the Addictive Drums product line offer a new fresh take on percussion sounds, combining the playability of a standard drum kit with the exotic sounds of percussion instruments.
- Session Percussion's 15 kit pieces include a classic Conga and Timbale combination as a tom set, a large orchestral bass drum as the kick and a Brazilian Caixa as a snare.
- Percussion Beats includes more than 200 midi files.

Professor Herb Deutsch, synth pioneer and collaborator of Bob Moog, visited the Moog Machine Shop during Moogfest 2012. While here, Professor Deutsch explored Moog's next generation analog synthesizer, while still in its research & design phase. In the past, Bob Moog always tested his ideas, instruments and sounds with musicians and colleagues.

Ohm Studio users are of all ages, from old to young chap, so hopefully this one should have something for everyone. Imagine you have a car (say a Delorean, for no particular reason) that can travel through all music ages (and also make cool burning rubbers on asphalt and cats).

The Rule: jump in the Music Time Machine and tune the radio FM to your favorite period. Join one of the many projects and make a track that could have been made in year... (period 1963, 75, 87, 94, 2002...).