Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today are happy to announce three professional signal processing plug-in bundles which make up the newly introduced Yamaha Vintage Plug-in Collection: Vintage Channel Strip, Vintage Open Deck and Vintage Stomp Pack. The plug-ins of this unique collection have previously only been available as VCM add-on effects for high-end Yamaha digital mixers, but are now for the first time available in VST 3, VST 2.4 and AU plug-in formats for multi-instance use within digital audio workstations.

- Vintage Channel Strip (EQ 601, Compressor 260 and Compressor 276)
- Vintage Open Deck (four legendary tape recorders: Swiss '70, Swiss '78, Swiss '85 and American '70)
- Vintage Stomp Pack (Dual Phaser, Yamaha Phaser and Max 100).

The JUPITER-80's expressive, organic approach to synthesis makes a new world of sound design possible with multilayered SuperNATURAL textures under the control of a full-color touchscreen and creative hands-on controllers. Experience the metamorphosis of a legend with the all-new JUPITER-80!

Some features:
- Powerful integrated SuperNATURAL synthesis engines designed for legendary vintage synth sounds to realistic organic acoustic sounds and more
- Single Tone is equivalent to the performance of powerful single synthesizer—stack four of these to create a mind-blowing "Live Set"
- Tone Blender tweaks multiple parameters of tones in realtime for complex, emotive sonic movement during performance
- Fast, friendly operation with intuitive front panel and color touchscreen optimized for live performance
- 76-note semi-weighted synth keyboard, and 256 polyphonic voices (varies according to sound-generator load)
- USB-memory Song Player/Recorder for backing tracks or quick idea capture
- Easy integration with computers via built-in USB-MIDI/Audio interface

The first desktop POD featuring revolutionary HD modeling
POD® HD represents a giant leap forward for amp modeling. It is the only desktop multi-effect to boast 16 state-of-the-art Line 6 HD amp models, 100+ modern and vintage-styled M-class effects, and a collection of essential digital and analog ins and outs. POD HD is the most up to date version of the original, time-tested lineage of Line 6 desktop direct-recording devices.

Amp Models:
Fender® Twin Reverb®, Hiwatt® Custom 100 (DR103), Supro® S6616, Gibson® EH-185, Fender® Bassman®, Fender® Blackface, Deluxe Reverb®, Divided by 13 JRT 9/15, Dr. Z®Route66, Vox® AC-15, Vox® AC-30 (Top Boost), Marshall® JTM-45 MkII,
Park 75, Marshall® JCM-800 (2204), Bogner® Uberschall, Mesa/Boogie® Dual Rectifier®,ENGL® Fireball 100

Best Service presents Forest Kingdom. Developed by Eduardo Tarilonte - the renowned producer of "Epic World" and many other highly regarded libraries - Forest Kingdom is a unique sample library inspired by Nature. It is the sound of forests and jungles, the sound of Mother Nature herself in one sample library!
Forest Kingdom is a 7 GB library with more than 200 patches and 7.500 individual samples (44Khz-24bits) that includes flutes, harps, percussion, fantasy creatures, voices and sonic landscapes.
Thanks to Best Service ENGINE 2 sample player, you will enjoy a beautiful, intuitive and easy to use interface. No sample player is required.
Deep in the forest you'll find:
Real instruments playable in real time - deeply sampled, true legato and portamento, round robin and multiple ornaments with key switches.
Price 199€, 175£

Compared to standard console designs, Neos' operational voltage is increased fourfold. More power results in higher overall performance: • more than 30 dB input overload resistance • 125 dB dynamic range, 100 dB S/N ratio
Why is most award-winning audio mixed analog?
Common digital specification is 24 Bit/96 kHz. 24 Bit provides sufficient dynamic resolution, but in mixing, 96 kHz is far from being sufficient on the time scale. A resolution adequate to our hearing capabilities would require sample rates of around 500 kHz. Therefore, those small signal structures carrying spatial and localizational information are lost in digital mixing – while analog equipment overshoots these demands.