For the first time in Europe, Two Notes Audio Engineering will be presenting its new product, the VM-202, at the upcoming MusikMesse.


The Torpedo VM-202 is a dual-processor guitar/bass cab simulator. It handles both analog (line balanced/unbalanced) and digital signals (S/PDIF, AES/EBU).

 Plug in your bass/guitar pre amp (or other instrument with a line output) and benefit from our exclusive tube stage simulator, along with the acclaimed Torpedo algorithm. You can play 2 cab + microphone simulations simultaneously and reproduce a multi microphone miking process.

Please come and meet the Two Notes team at booth C48, Hall 4.0, and try out the products.

SONiVOX has released a new Grand Piano Virtual Instrument called Eighty Eight.

Conceived and designed as an exceptional virtual embodiment of a Steinway CD 327 grand, Eighty Eight affords piano and keyboard players alike the opportunity to experience a world-class grand piano from the relative comfort and proximity of their digital audio workstation.

Exhaustively sampled and expertly voiced, Eighty Eight was recorded within the same acoustic confines as the SONiVOX Symphonic Collection, utilizing the same recording philosophy of the simplest signal chain with the highest quality A/D converters and mic pre's.

The Eighty Eight package also provides a wealth of additional instruments, pads, and textures which, when taken as a whole, supply the composer a considerable arsenal of tools ...

Shuriken has released BitTest, a free bitcrusher VST effect plug-in for Mac OS X.

BitTest converts your data to 8 bits, then you can turn the bits off (the top row) or invert them (the bottom row) individually. That is you can individually flip and invert the bits.

BitTest is available for free at :

MXL Microphones will display their new Cube microphone at this year's Muskimesse (booth B47, hall 5.1). This mic caters to musicians who want a tool for recording drums and percussions.

Features :

• Gold sputtered, 6-micron diaphragm
• FET balanced output
• Cardioid
• Small size, low-profile
• Supplied with mic clip (optional shockmount available)

The MXL Cube is now shipping with an MSRP $159.95.

SoundToys has announced the release of the SoundToys V4 bundle, offering two new plug-ins, a new built-in preset management system and an exclusive V4 set of presets. The new plug-ins are the much anticipated Decapitator analog saturation modeler and the PanMan rhythmic auto-panner.

Existing customers can upgrade for $199 for SoundToys TDM Effects or $99 for SoundToys Native Effects. V4 upgrades for single plug-ins also available. New customers can purchase the bundle for $1195 (TDM) / $495 (Native).

SoundToys is now offering individual plug-ins in native formats for $179 per plug-in, with support for RTAS, VST and Audio Units. For Pro Tools HD users, single TDM plug-ins are still available for $349 each.