This week, we present a new review in our Articles section : Ambrosia WireTap Studio.
Our reviewer says all about this useful app, and to quote him : "[Sometimes] you'd like [to have] a small software, very light on CPU and which could be launch immediately. And what about an innovative audio editor, non-destructive and lossless, or the possibility to simultaneously record two audio sources, and manage recordings in a clever library, etc.
That's exactly what is offering Ambrosia with WireTap Studio, the new version of its WireTap Pro. Let's see if it holds all its promises."

Audeon's software synthesizer UFO is finally available for Mac OS X as a Universal Binary.

UFO is an innovative synthesizer plugin for Windows/OS-X, built upon Audeon's proprietary TransModal Synthesis engine wrapped in a unique and intuitive user interface. Programming a sound consists of placing dots on 2D controllers featuring perceptual attributes such as Periodicity, Brightness, Noisiness, Chaos, etc. Hundreds of simultaneous parameter modulations can be achieved by simply drawing coloured arrows on these 2D controllers.

Audeon offers a temporary discount on all versions of UFO. Until December 31st, orders placed on our online store using the UFO-XMAS coupon code will benefit from a 20% rebate off the regular price.

UltimateSoundBank offers a 66% discount on PlugSoundPro, their workstation combining a massive 8 Gb core library, easy groove manipulation, preset management and universal compatibility.

PlugSoundPro uses the very last version of the UVI Engine : 64 parts, 64 MIDI channels, key-switch, streaming, a synth engine with envelopes, LFO, Filters, quality audio processors. Plus a complete and flexible groove manipulation tool, including automatic synchronisation, MIDI and audio drag & drop.

Retail price : $299
CHRISTMAS PRICE : $99 (You save $200)

Ueberschall completes with Vol. 10 Adlibs the Liquid Player series. The Adlibs volume comes with vocal phrases and gives musicians and producers the possibility to add new color or ideas to tracks and songs.

The library contains over 2400 adlibs and phrases, both verbal and non-verbal, performed by three female and five male singers. No additional effects e.g. compression or any other processors have been used in Ueberschall's Liquid Adlibs to ensure the purest results possible.
The integrated Melodyne technology engine gives freedom to modify, quantize, re-groove, timestretch, pitch or change the formant of every single part of an adlib or phrase for individual expression.
Liquid Adlibs contains many different styles and lyrics (British and American vocalists) to choose from: Pop, Dance, Soul, RnB, Ragga, Rave, Electronica, screams and spoken words.

Ueberschall's Liquid Instruments Vol. 10 Adlibs is available for USD199 (174 €)

The editor has added lots of new features and improvements :
- Increased Audio Quality with less CPU usage
- Highly improved envelope code, making envelopes punchier and removing
occasional envelope aliasing noise.
- Arpeggiator and sequencer : keyboard entry mode via menu, allowing to enter notes by playing them.
- Added Ensemble and Compressor effect
- Optimized Amp FX (50% less CPU) and to a less extent other effects
- Increase the resolution of the modulating effects (chorus , flanger etc) ,
- FX commands : allows you to copy , paste , clear , swap , randomize , load &
save fx's
- Chord memory : this has 4 modes, off, learn, play & alt + strum timing.
- Unison 2 / 4 / 6 with detuning.
- Oversampling 16x added
-etc.

And furthermore, there is more than 400 new presets, using all the new features like Chord Memory, Unison and EnsembleFX. So there is now 66 banks and 1700 presets.