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Propellerhead introduce Record U, the University of Recording. Record U is a series of articles created for those who are new to Propellerhead Record, or recording in general. All you need to follow along will be a full or demo version of Record, and — of course — something to record.

Recording Electric Guitar is the first article in the Record U series – this article will teach basic techniques for recording electric guitar, with information about mic'ing guitar amps, and also recording directly into Record with no microphones or amplifiers at all, using Record's built-in Line 6 Guitar Amp device.

Loomer has released a new plug-in called Shift. It is a real-time diatonic granular pitch shifting and delay effect for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It has three independent, true stereo, delay lines, each with their own transposition and delay controls, which can be combined to build complex delay structures such as ping-pong delays or harmonized chord echoes.

Features :

• Three independent true stereo delay lines.
• Retro granular pitch shifting sound.
• Pitch shift each delay line by up to an octave up or down, with semitone transposition and finely grained cent detune controls.
• Three modes for each delay line: Chromatic, Recursive, and Diatonic.
• Diatonic pitch tracking for monophonic audio sources.
• Modulation LFO with independent time and ...

Vienna Symphonic Library's suite of nine audio processing tools, Vienna Suite, has just been released as a boxed edition.

Up to now, it has been available as a download product only. Both the download product and the physical product contain exactly the same software, now at version 1.1, that includes Vienna's brand-new Convolution Reverb. Vienna Suite is the only boxed plug-in suite with full 64-bit capability. It retails at €445/$665 and is now available from the company's worldwide network of distributors and dealers.

Voxengo has updated its mastering limiter plug-in Elephant to version 3.5.

Changes :

• Issues with DP/Mac OS X fixed.
• Popup windows appearing behind the main window in Logic 9 fixed.

Meatscience has announced the release of the Convolution Reverb AU plug-in for Mac OSX 10.5+. Here is how they describe it...

"Meatscience Convolution Reverb AU matches or exceeds Altiverb 6 and IR-1 on accuracy and low-latency while offering similar performance on Intel Macs. This means professional fidelity, an open IR library, and high track counts for $500 less. Apply impulse responses to recreate the unique characteristics of real spaces, speaker cabs, classic amplifiers, stompboxes, or experimental audio effects.

Automated Processes, Inc. (API) has received a formal complaint from electronics giant JVC Americas Corporation against API's use of the word "arsenal" in reference to API's recently introduced brand of pro audio equipment. Arsenal Audio by API products include a microphone preamp and two versions of a four band audio equalizer manufactured for use by professional recording artists and engineers.

JVC Americas Corp. is the registered owner of the word 'arsenal' in association with products for car audio equipment.

The complaint centers around the claim that API willfully infringed upon JVC's trademark with the "clear unmistakable intent and effect of causing confusion, mistake and deception among customers".

JVC contends that API's Arsenal Audio products would be confused with JV ...