PC and Music News

Blue Cat Audio has announced the release of a 64 bits version of Blue Cat's Freeware Pack, its free audio plugins bundle. This version is dedicated to 64 bits applications running under Windows x64. The existing 32 bits and new 64 bits versions of the plugins can be installed on the same machine and will share settings. 64 bits support is in final beta stage, so the company welcomes feedback about the usage of these free plugins.

With winter holiday season approaching, Blue Cat Audio also announces 15 to 25% discount on their entire catalog of professional audio plugins until December 31st. Existing customers are granted an even higher discount (40% off) on all plugins as well for the same period.

Two Notes Audio Engeneering will be attending the NAMM Show (National Association of Music Merchants). The event takes place in the Anaheim (Calif.) Convention Center, January 14-17, 2010.

"We will be presenting our new product, the VM-202. The VM-202 is a dual-processor guitar/bass cab simulator. It handles both analog (line balanced/unbalanced) and digital signals (S/PDIF, AES/EBU).

Plug in your bass/guitar pre amp (or other instrument with a line output) and benefit from our exclusive tube stage simulator, along with our acclaimed Torpedo algorithm. You can play 2 cab + microphone simulations simultaneously and reproduce a multi microphone miking process.

Please meet us at booth 1675, Hall E, and try out the products."

Sonic Reality presents its Ultimate Studio Drums Group Buy:

• 1-25  Joined   $149.
• 26-50 Joined $139.
• 51-100 Joined $129.
• 101-150 Joined $119.
• 151-200 Joined $109.
• 201+ Joined $99 (Final Price)

Final price of $99 already reached!

Most of Expert Sleepers plug-ins are now available in money-saving bundles. On top of that, from now until 6th January 2010, these bundles are available at massively discounted prices.

• The Ultimate Bundle includes Augustus Loop, Crossfade Loop Synth, Little Spacey, Meringue, Minky Starshine, Oomingmak and Warbler.
Regular price: $140 (37% saving).
Holiday price: $100 (55% saving).

• The Delay Effects Bundle includes Augustus Loop, Little Spacey and Meringue.
Regular price: $65 (33% saving).
Holiday price: $50 (48% saving).

• The Instruments Bundle includes Crossfade Loop Synth and Minky Starshine.
Regular price: $55 (29% saving).
Holiday price: $40 (49% saving).

• The Creative Effects Bundle includes Oomingmak and Warbler.
Regular price: $35 (27% saving).
Holiday price: $25 (48% saving).

Lexicon announces that their brand new PCM92 Stereo Reverb/Effects Processor is now shipping.

Features :

• Lexicon studio-standard reverbs, delays, and modulation effects
• Comprehensive library of over 700 finely crafted factory presets, including recognizable classics from Lexicon's immense library of sounds
• Lexicon's flexible Room algorithm used to generate a vast array of room-related effects for music and post
• Multi-voice pitch shift to enhance vocals
• Mono and stereo versions of all algorithms
• Full system configuration and control with HiQnet System Architect
• 44.1 to 96 kHz sample rate, 32-bit floating point processing
• Two channels balanced analog I/O (XLR and ¼")
• Two channels XLR digital AES/EBU I/O
• External BNC Wordclock
• MIDI in, out, and thru
• Ethernet connectivity
• Foot controller inputs make it easy to change presets and adjust parameters during live performances
• High-resolution OLED display is easy to read in all light conditions

The PCM92 has a suggested retail price of $2,699 and is now available at authorized Lexicon dealers.

FabFilter has announced a Holiday Bundle Sale running until December 31, offering 25% discount on all plug-in bundles in the online FabFilter shop.

On top of that, FabFilter has updated its Pro-Q equalizer plug-in to version 1.02.

Changes in Pro-Q v1.02 :

• Fixed several issues in the EQ display when changing the Q value of multiple selected curves, especially when they have both negative and positive gain values.
• Fixed bug that caused disabling EQ bands not to work in the mono version of Pro-Q.
• The parameter value display in the EQ display is now positioned correctly when dragging multiple selected curves.
• Double-clicking on a knob and typing a new parameter value now correctly adds a new Undo ...