Best Service announces that Titan is now shipping.

Titan offers 5,500 multi-samples of the best sounds from 200 classic Analog Synthesizers and Modular Systems, including the biggest and most famous Digital Synths and Workstations of the 80s and 90s, and from the newest virtual instruments and current synths, all in one massive plug-in. That means 40 years of synth history and sound variety. Best Service put great emphasis on preserving the unique sound character of each instrument - that's why many of the instruments were partially sampled with their original effects and filters, which can be hard to reproduce in the virtual domain. All instruments were sampled and looped perfectly and inserted into the new Best Service ENGINE. ENGINE was developed by Best Service in cooperation with Yellow Tools. It is based on Yellow Tools' high-end sampler Independence Pro and offers all performance features of a contemporary sample engine.

Titan is available for Windows and Mac OS X in VST, AU and RTAS plug-in formats. MSRP is €249 (incl. VAT).

MUTEC from Germany, manufacturer of professional digital audio and video equipment, now ships the new MC-4, a digital multichannel audio format and sampling rate converter.

Features :

• ADAT , AES/EBU and S/P-DIF interfaces working in one box
• Format and sampling rate conversions from 32.0-192.0kHz
• 16 channel SRC engine for bidirectional conversions
• AES11, Grade 1, internal reference clock (0.5ppm)
• Built-in international power supply

Applications :

• Interconnection of consumer and professional digital audio devices
• ADAT , AES3 and S/P-DIF format and sampling rate conversions
• Bidirectional conversions with different sampling rates
• Clock recovery and signal regeneration
• Usable within small studio set-ups up to broadcast installations

The MUTEC MC-4 is available at all MUTEC dealers and distributors worldwide from now on.

NuGen Audio has just updated its audio analysis tool Visualizer to version 1.9.

This update introduces a new feature in views supporting chromatic scaling. In these views, the frequency axis now displays frequency as a note name and number. The tone generator (right-click tone function in Set-up options) also snaps to note values at the appropriate dB level, when chromatic options are chosen.

This new feature can be used to simplify and accelerate tonal detection (including individual notes within existing audio), harmonic & overtone inspection and tuning compatibility analysis.

Apogee presents GiO, an audio interface and foot controller for the Mac, designed to work seamlessly with Apple's new Logic Studio and GarageBand '09. Powered by USB and built into a rugged aluminum case, GiO gives guitar players hands-free control over recording and many new features in Logic Studio, including Amp Designer, Pedalboard, MainStage 2, Playback and Loopback. GiO is also plug-and-play with GarageBand '09 making it easy for GarageBand users to connect their guitar to their Mac and control recording functions and stompbox effects with their feet.

GiO's instrument input is specially designed for guitar and the 1/4" stereo output offers a true Apogee listening experience. GiO's five transport control buttons let guitar players record, play, stop, and quickly navigate through a ...

Apple has unveiled the next version of Logic Studio with major upgrades to Logic Pro, MainStage and Soundtrack Pro and more than 200 new features that simplify complex tasks.

Logic Pro 9 features new Amp Designer and Pedalboard plug-ins that provide realistic virtual guitar amps and stompbox effects to create amazing custom guitar rigs. A new set of Flex Time tools allow Logic users to manipulate the timing and tempo of audio quickly and easily. MainStage 2, Apple's live performance application, includes the new Playback and Loopback plug-ins to provide backing tracks and creative, real-time loop recording for performing on stage. Logic Studio also includes the new Soundtrack® Pro 3, with new multitrack audio tools for video production, and Compressor 3.5 for encoding in a variety of fo ...