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Abbey Road Studios is excited to announce the release of the RS124 Compressor Plug-in. This plug-in aims to provide incredibly accurate emulations of three original RS124 hardware units from Abbey Road's unique outboard collection, bringing the sound, look and functionality of the legendary audio equipment to all major Mac- and PC-based DAW systems.

The original RS124 valve compressors were introduced in 1960 and were in constant use at the studios throughout the decade. Their warm, creamy sonic personality and unique features made them the compressor of choice for recording, mixing and mastering. This is a key part of the sixties sound of Abbey Road Studios. Each unit was hand-built and exclusive to Abbey Road, and the three units emulated are still in use at the studios today. The RS1 ...

TC Electronic's reverb and signal processor gets an upgrade. Here's what they say about it:

"TC's ultimate reverb and signal processor redefines what it means to be an industry standard. Now with System 6000 MKII the best is about to get even better. Reverb 6000 and Mastering 6000 offers the same core structure, features and hardware configurations, and therefore the following is valid for both products.

The heart of Reverb 6000 and Mastering 6000 is the Mainframe 6000 housing all processing, physical input/output and connections for external control. The main control surface is the TC Icon remote-head and CPU, which easily connect via Ethernet to the Mainframe. The TC Icon remote are also available as software editors for both Mac and PC. Multiple Mainframes and TC Icons/Editors can be integrated into a network.

"MOON" is a 200-preset bank for the Ultra Analog VA-1. Following the release of the "Starlight" sound bank for Applied Acoustics Systems' analog synthesizer, it's now time to land on the "MOON".

Features:

• 31 ambient presets,
• 14 arpeggiator basses to play your backgrounds,
• 16 arpeggiator presets,
• 38 unique effects,
• 9 keys,
• 36 edgy leads,
• 6 pad presets,
• 50 synthesizer patches to complete your compositions.

You can download the demo from :

Serato Audio Research announces the release of Scratch Live 2.0.

New features include:

• Support for three decks with the Rane SL 3
• Three chained DJ FX per deck with macro control for live performance
• Brand new Display Modes with a range of deck layouts to suit your performance style
• Enhanced Album Art browsing for quick identification of your music
• "Smart Crates" which auto-fill using keywords from your music library
• "Serato Playlists" enables sharing of your sets online - after your gig or as you play
• New File Management options allow you to easily copy crates and tracks to external drives for your gigs

Genelec is now shipping its new 8260A Three-Way DSP System.

With the new MDC Minimum Diffraction Coaxial Mid/High driver technology, the 8260A aims to be a "master piece in electro-acoustic design".

As we know Coaxial drivers have existed for many years and are common in two way systems but not so much in three way systems reproducing only mid and high frequencies. Typical to all current coaxial design is somewhat ragged frequency response due to inherent diffraction problems. Though, crossover issues due to non-coincident location of sources are solved with a coaxial configuration. Here lay the seeds of Genelec's Minimum Diffraction Coaxial (MDC ) solution: while it benefits from typical coaxial design advantages, it now overcomes several shortages as well.

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Euphonix has announced MC Control v2, the latest addition to its line of Artist Series media controllers. MC Control v2 features the same ergonomic layout and slim line design as the MC Control, but offers enhanced graphics thanks to a new LED-backlit touch-screen and even better tactile control of parameters via eight new custom rotary encoders. MC Control v2 is the new flagship of the Artist Series and provides a host of controls to speed up and enhance the workflow process with almost any audio or video application.

At the heart of MC Control v2 is a new high-resolution 800 x 480 pixel LED-backlit touch-screen interface that offers a wide viewing angle, bright graphics and excellent color consistency. The touch-screen not only displays all top-level project information like track nam ...