Starlight is Applied Acoustics Systems' third sound bank title for Ultra Analog VA-1 and lands with sounds "collected at the confine of the galaxy". Its 149 presets scatter across ambient, arpeggiator, arpeggiator bass, chime, effect, keys, lead, rhythm, and synthesizer categories, and breach into outer space for an impregnable intergalactic landscape. Whether you want to teleport your music into another dimension or simply leave for an orbital spaceflight, Starlight is your ideal shuttle.

The Starlight sound bank for Ultra Analog VA-1 is available now at $39.

Additionnally, until April 1st, 2010, Ultra Analog VA-1 is at $179 instead of $229 and includes the Starlight sound bank.

Ultra Analog VA-1 runs on both Mac OS X and Windows as a standalone application as well as in host sequencers supporting the VST, Audio Unit, and RTAS plug-in formats.

SPAN is a freeware real-time "fast Fourier transform" audio spectrum analyzer plug-in. For the most part it was derived from Voxengo GlissEQ dynamic parametric equalizer and reproduces its spectrum analysis functionality.

New features :

• Multi-channel analysis
• Mid/side analysis
• Correlation meter
• Multi-platform support
• Undo/redo
• Preset manager
• User interface coloration
• User interface re-scaling
• Plug-in instance naming

SPAN v2.0 is available now for Mac (AU, VST) and Windows (VST).

D16 Group launches the "Buy 2 and Get 3rd Free" promotion : for every customer who purchases 2 products in March, D16 Group adds 3rd product for free.

Promotion covers only the following products: Phoscyon, Drumazon, Nepheton, Nithonat, Devastor, Fazortan, Decimort, Redoptor, Toraverb and Syntorus.

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JZ Microphones has announced the release of the second microphone in JZ Vintage series — V67, a newly, high quality studio microphone.

The capsule of V67 is made close to original U67 capsule but it has a couple of design and sound improvements. By taking advantages of technology for transistors, the V67 is not having a tube and with Mr. JZ improvements it still provides the same well known range of U67 sound.

Features :

• Original design in a flask shape
• Built-in shock-mounting system
• Swivel mount which works as a perfect positioning option
• Double diaphragm capsule
• Golden drops sputtering technology on capsule
• Improved electronics according to the nowadays standards
• 5 year warranty
• Pricing : $1999 MSRP

The new mic will be presented in Pro Light+Sound show 2010 at booth #H26 in hall 8.0, March 24. — 27.

Camel Audio has released Alchemy Player, the perfect solution if you lust after the sounds of their virtual synth Alchemy but don't want to create your own presets. It's also extremely affordable at just $59 / €49 / £39. The Player is included free when you purchase any Alchemy soundbank, turning each of these banks into a standalone instrument in its own right.

Alchemy Player includes 150 presets and 360 MB of samples taken from the full factory library, including evolving soundscapes, lush pads, and pulsing arpeggios.

Alchemy Player features the same advanced sample manipulation engine as its big brother, with additive, spectral, granular, sampling and VA synthesis for totally unique sounds, and is easily controlled via a simple and compact interface. This provides sixteen pe ...