Purchase a pair of Dynaudio Acoustics BM5A Compact studio monitors from any authorized Dynaudio Acoustics dealer between March 1, 2009 and April 31, 2009 and receive a TC Electronic Level Pilot volume control for free !

Please note that this offer is valid only to residents of US and Canada.

Waldorf has just released a new version of the Blofeld firmware.

Improvements :

- MIDI Clock reception fixed
- Program change reception fixed
- Convenient category selection in Multimode
- Storing in Multimode improved
- Upgrade Terminal application for OS X added

Do you remenber Reactable, the tangible modular synthesizer from Barcelona ?

Well it seems that this incredible instrument from Universitat Pompeu Fabra is about to be released as a commercial product !! After 2 years of development, it is now in the hands of a dedicated company, Reactable Systems, with the same people working on it.

Watch this space, it's worth keeping an eye on...

Discover Reactable on 440tv !!

Steinberg is pleased to announce a new update for its HALion Symphonic Orchestra VST instrument that provides support for 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, as well as new 'light' programs for customers using 32-bit versions of Windows. HALion Symphonic Orchestra is the latest Steinberg product to be made available in a 64-bit version, coming after the release of Cubase 5 for 64-bit Vista. Cubase 5 and HALion Symphonic Orchestra fully support VST Expressions, a new technology that offers dramatically enhanced handling of large sample libraries.

The update also includes a new soundbank featuring 'light' versions of each instrument. Specially engineered to use less memory than the full versions, it allows customers running 32-bit systems to employ even more articulations and instruments.
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