Roland announced that the R-05 WAV/MP3 Recorder is now shipping. This handheld, easy-to-use, and affordable compact digital recorder provides crystal-clear audio quality, enhanced recording and editing features, and an extended battery life of over 16 hours of recording time.

Whether onstage, in rehearsal, at school, on the street, or in the boardroom, the R-05 provides pristine, uncompressed stereo recording directly to SD cards with up to 24-bit/96kHz resolution. Record directly with the built-in stereo microphone, or capture sounds from an externally connected microphone.

A variety of practice and performance features make the R-05 ideal for the recording musician. Specified regions of audio can be looped, and the playback speed can be adjusted without causing a change in pitch. ...

Roger Linn just released a new version of AdrenaLinn Sync, a software plug-in that provides the same unique beat-synced filter modulation and sequencing effects of the AdrenaLinn III guitar pedal, plus quite a bit more. Though intended for guitar, it adds fascinating rhythmic tonal effects to any instrument or processed audio. AdrenaLinn Sync Version 2 is a dramatic improvement over the original. And it's free to all purchasers of the original version.

AdrenaLinn Sync Version 2 is written in conjunction with Way Out Ware, makers of TimeWArp2600 and KikAxxe, critically-acclaimed emulations of vintage Arp analog synthesizers. Version 2 is completely rewritten and takes advantage of Way Out Ware's flawless analog-modeled filters and audio processing technology, resulting in a very wide variety of truly exciting, unique and inspiring sounds.

Here's a video demonstrating the wide variety of sounds you can create with AdrenaLinn Sync v2:

Sony Creative Software just released new versions of Sound Forge Audio Studio, their editing and production software. Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 offers professional tools for mastering audio projects with ease. The new workflow enhancements, including floatable/dockable windows, improved maximum audio bitrate, and enhanced vinyl restoration wizard, enable users to record audio, edit, and master with pro-level control. The software is perfect for anyone wanting to record, edit, and convert audio from almost any source. Prepare audio files for export to the PSP, iPod, iPhone, and burn audio to CDs or create files for the Web.

Enhanced Vinyl Recording Wizard: Advanced automatic track detection and editing in Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 now makes it easier to convert vinyl and cassettes to ...

Sony Creative Software announced ACID Music Studio 8, a new version of its leading software application in multitrack, loop and beat matching functionality. ACID Music Studio 8 provides users with a comprehensive toolset for music and mashup creations. There are several new features, including an audio and MIDI mixing console, enhanced remixing tools, and exclusive élastique Pro timestretching tools. ACID Music Studio 8 now comes with over 3000 high quality music loops and includes the Studio Devil British Valve Custom guitar amp, as well as the TruePianos Amber Lite piano plug-in. You can also upload your project to the ACIDplanet.com social networking and music website directly from within the interface.

The new Mixing Console provides an integrated view of all tracks and busses in yo ...

SugarByte announces that they have just released a free version 1.4 update of Effectrix, their cool Effect Sequencer. Effectrix is now compatible with all 64 bits operating systems and sequencers, so it can now be used in all super modern production environments without problems. Additionally there are some new improvements like MidiLearn for Bypass, Chaos and Random.

Summer is not yet here, but promotions have already started at Universal Audio. You might save up to 40% on almost 40 individual UAD plugins and bundles. Please note that this great promotion will end on July first, 2010.