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Steinberg has just released the previously announced and officially supported 6.0.5 maintenance update for Cubase 6, Cubase Artist 6, Cubase Elements 6, Cubase AI 6 and Cubase LE 6.

Including refined automation handles, full support for two WK-Audio remotes and improved decoding performance under Windows, the 6.0.5 update integrates several enhancements and fixes that make the Cubase experience even more exceptional.

In the new release are more than 3.4 GB and 1350 licks and loops consisting of 4 bar and 8 bar. Some guitar solos are even 16 bars long. The dynamic played drums include the mix or the individual tracks like bass drum, snare drum, hihat closed, hihat open and ride. They can be combined with additional tom loops, break parts, drum solos and especially with drum add-ons like cowbell, crash loops, tambourine, percussion fx and snare rolls.

Library Features:
- 3.4 GB, 1350 Loops
- authentic content for each genre
- Random Button for new inspiration
- automatic speed adjustment to existing projects
- infinite possibilities of new tracks and inspiration / ideas
- concerted tonality within the loops

Modular Solo ships complete with a ribbon cable ready to fit into any Eurorack (A100) modular system — simply plug one end into the free slot on the Modular Solo itself and the other into the backplane of the modular case to supply the required power (+12V supply 85mA max/-12V supply 3mA).

Control Voltage (CV) and Gate signals can be sent via the ribbon cable to the system bus (selected using jumpers).

At the recent AES Convention in New York City, Avid presented a new plug-in format for Pro Tools 10: AAX (Avid Audio eXtension). One of the most frequently asked questions for third-party plug-in developers during the show was how soon they would be able to support this new format.
TC is proud to announce that its LM6 Radar Loudness Meter, which was also revealed at AES, will in fact support the new AAX format right from the start.

LM6 Radar Loudness Meter will be available in VST, AU, RTAS and AAX Native versions December 2011.

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today released HALion 4.5, the latest update to Steinberg's acclaimed VST sampler and sound creation system, now featuring advanced multi-core support, time-stretching and pitch-shifting functionality, a sample import browser and multi-oscillators.

New HALion 4.5 features:
- Multi-core support for unleashing the full potential of today's multiprocessor systems
- Audio Warp provides cutting-edge time-stretching and pitch-shifting functionality
- New import browser for faster and more convenient access of VST Sound and sample libraries
- Multi-oscillators for multiplying the density and fullness of synthesizer layers
- Multi-editing of MIDI modules for simultaneous manipulation of several MIDI modules
- Improved sound editor usability for more convenient navigation and sound design.

Studio Piper is a software-based bagpipe allowing you to play and record Highland pipes, Uilleann pipes, Border pipes and Scottish Smallpipes through your PC or Mac.

Pipers wishing to play Studio Piper will need an electronic bagpipe with MIDI output (we recommend the Technopipes), a computer to run the software and a MIDI to USB cable to connect the two. Studio Piper can also be controlled by any other MIDI instrument (e.g. keyboard, wind instrument etc) and runs in all VST/AU compatible hosts. Studio Piper comes as both stand alone and plugin for Windows and Mac.