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Audio Pluggers is pleased to announce the release of the beta version of K-Meter.

K-Meter is a metering plug-in (Audio Unit) built around the K-System with support for ITU-R BS.1770-1 (LKFS) perceived loudness, upsampled peak detection, and pink noise generation for monitor calibration.

Feature Overview :

• Built from the ground up around the K-System.
• Upsampled peak detection that discovers inter-sample peaks missed by other meters (upsamples up to 4x the input rate).
• Perceived loudness meter supporting the LKFS measurement (ITU-R BS.1770-1). This models the ear's sensitivity to different frequencies.
• Band-limited RMS meter for monitor calibration and compatibility with other meters.
• Pink noise generator for monitor calibration.
• Resettable clip indicators with sensitivity dial.
• Collapsible interface that occupies less screen space.
• All-in-one 32-bit and 64-bit universal binary supporting Intel and PPC Macs.
• SIMD optimization including AltiVec and SSE support.
• User manual including background on the K-System.

K-Meter will sell for $50 when it is released; however, by joining the beta today, you SAVE 50% on the purchase price. For just $25 you get access to upsampled peak detection, perceived loudness metering, K-System compatibility, and pink noise monitor calibration. Plus, when you purchase the beta version of K-Meter you will be given access to all future K-Meter updates and patches, free of charge.

Pearlman Microphones has released a brand new "Beatle" style pop filter.

Features :

• easily adjustable and will fit any microphone
• double mesh screen
• attached to the mic not the shockmount
• felt ring so there is no metal to metal contact

The price is $60 plus S&H.

FXpansion is proud to present BFD Sleishman, a set of 2 expansion packs for BFD2 and BFD Eco that capture the sensitivity, tone and dynamic range of Sleishman drums. Here's what they say about it :

"Sleishman's extraordinary free-floating drums enjoy legendary status by those drummers in the know, and by those lucky enough to own them. The Sleishman system of suspending the shell without any physical contact with lugs and other hardware results in unbeatable sustain and purity of tone. The drums' patented tuning system keeps both heads precisely in tune with each other, resulting in a very unique sound.

This means that the BFD Sleishman expansions offer a very individual drum flavour: ultra-refined and full of thick, sustained tone."

Now through Sept 30th, existing UAD-2 owners adding a new UAD-2 DUO to your system will receive a $299 Coupon, good towards any UAD Powered Plug-In or Powered Plug-In Bundle — up to and including software v5.6 featuring the Manley Massive Passive EQ!

Or, add the flagship UAD-2 QUAD to your existing system and you'll receive a $599 Coupon, also good towards any UAD Powered Plug-Ins or Powered Plug-In Bundles.

Here's how it works. Upon purchase and registration of a new UAD-2 DUO or QUAD from an authorized UAD dealer, a discount coupon will be automatically added to your my.uaudio.com account and immediately ready for use at UA's Online Store.

Note: this is an exclusive offer for existing UAD-2 owners only.

Plasticlicks, by D16 Group, is drum ssounds collection.

Plasticlicks is a collection of over 1500 totally fresh, ready-to-use drum sounds.

All the sounds in this collection have been designed completely from scratch with the goal of creating something truly unique in the world of electronic drums. Not a single preexisting sample has been used during the creation of these sounds: they're all completely original, built from the ground up—a full spectrum of carefully designed drum sounds.

Available now at a price of €69.

SoundToys is workong on a virtual analog input channel modeling plug-in called Juice. Here's what they say about it :

"Our Decapitator plug-in was built out of abused and tortured analog gear, and is meant to be used as a not-so-subtle effect. The feedback has been amazing, and so many of our users having been telling us that we really nailed the sound of analog with this one.

But it's also been interesting to see how many people have been using it for much subtler stuff than we designed it for. For some people, even ZERO drive isn't clean enough, so they've been inserting trim plug-ins before Decapitator to pad the inputs and dial the effect back even more.

As thrilled as we are by all the love for Decapitator, we also thought it would be even better to create a new tool designed for the subtler side of analog. So meet Juice, our upcoming analog input channel modeling plug-in.

We learned so much developing the modeling technology that's in Decapitator, and plan to take it even further with Juice. We've also collected a ridiculous amount of rare and high-end analog input channels here in the lab, and need to put those to good use.

Our plan for Juice is to develop 4 to 6 entirely new input models based on console input channels and/or mic pres, running at normal to slightly driven levels (just the preamp part, not the EQ… yet.) And with this one we're going to hold our destructive urges in check (sorry, no punish button!) to give you just the right amount of sweet juicy goodness for all of your tracks.

We'll have more to say soon, but here's a look at the first draft of the interface for Juice. Whatcha think ?"

Considering the other SoundToy's products, it looks promising, doesn't it ?

Pricing and availability TBA.