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The McDSP v5 release includes Audio Unit (AU) support, the 6030 Ultimate Compressor and Classic Pack Next Generation. The McDSP v5 release will initially support Intel-Mac systems only running Mac OS 10.5.x (Leopard) and 10.6.x (Snow Leopard). A PowerPC version will be available in late December 2010, followed by a Windows version in Q1 of 2011. The PowerPC version will not support the Audio Unit (AU) plug-in format – it will be a Pro Tools only version.

McDSP will continue to offer two main product lines – HD and Native. HD versions support TDM, RTAS, Audiosuite and Audio Unit (AU) plug-in formats. Native versions support RTAS, Audiosuite, and Audio Unit (AU) plug-in formats.

Existing McDSP customers can upgrade each McDSP plug-in (HD or Native) to v5 for $29 per plug-in for a limited time.

McDSP Audio Unit (AU) support is provided across its entire product line, excluding Chrome Tone, Synthesizer One, and Project Studio. These products will continue to be available as Pro Tools only products.

Soundminer HD PLUS is a value packed product that gives you access to advanced Soundminer v4 technology, lightning fast searches, easy to use interface and compatibility with the most advanced asset management system in the world.
Soundminer HD Plus steps up the already jam packed features of the HD Basic Edition to include specialized support for AVID Media Composer, Pro Tools 9, Apple Final Cut Pro and Logic 9, Nuendo5/Cubase 6 and much more...
Soundminer HD PLUS - $399US. Includes all the features of HD Basic and adds the following features:

- Support for Pro Tools 8/9 Spot to Timeline support.
- Support for AVID Media Composer. Transfers dragged into the current Avid Bin get auto enriched with critical metadata. Another Soundminer first!
- Support for Final Cut Pro - drag to the timeline or batch transfer right into your Project complete with metadata. Another Soundminer first!
- Support for Logic 9, Soundtrack Pro, and Pyramix for Spot to Timeline.
- Advanced Transfer Settings with user definable handles, sum to mono, remove illegal characters, Spot as Region and more.

Keolab is happy to annouce its special deal for Christmas: a 40% discount on Spicy Guitar 1.1.
Spicy Guitar is a physically modeled acoustic guitar synthesizer. Relying on a break-through technology, its sounds are rich, natural and lively. With an easy-to-use chords detection system and many guitarist playing techniques included, Spicy Guitar enables complex rhythms composition and advanced physical-based sound design. Spicy Guitar is available in VST, AU and standalone versions for PC and MAC.
This offers will end January 7, 2011.

Sir Sampleton is inspired by sampling Casio and Yamaha toy keyboards of the 80's. These classic keyboards were great toys, but are now expensive because they are sought after by professional musicians for their warm, low-fi sound and simple operation. Now, it's possible to have similar sound and functionality in an app, plus the features that you wish the old keyboards had, like the ability to save samples.

FEATURES:
- Sample through the microphone and then play your samples on the dual keyboards
- Save and recall your samples
- Add rhythm with the built-in beats and random beat generator
- Tweak advanced sound settings such as vibrato, note trail length, and sample time
- Put one sample on each keyboard in dual-sample mode
- Tracks up to five fingers at once
- Ten voices

As an early Christmas gift to our customers, we hereby release a virtual copy of a 1926 Pleyel grand piano Model F, available in the latest version of the KIViR add-on collection of historical instruments.

Chopin preferred to compose and perform on Pleyel pianos and it was also used by other major composers, such as Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky. The Pleyel sound can be described as round, warm and sensual.

ABBEY ROAD MODERN DRUMS complements the previous 60s, 70s and 80s installments, and is based on two renowned drum kits that are a staple of modern studio productions – a Drum Workshop Collector's Series "White Kit" and a Pearl Reference "Sparkle Kit". Further expanded with various distinctive cymbals from Sabian and Zildjian as well as three snare drum options each, both kits were recorded with painstaking precision in Abbey Road's Studio Two and Studio Three, taking full advantage of the acoustic properties of these famous recording rooms.
ABBEY ROAD MODERN DRUMS is available for purchase in the NI Online Shop on DVD and as a download for $119 / 99 EUR