Spectrasonics has announced that the world premiere of its highly anticipated new bass virtual instrument "Trilian" will be in Paris, France on October 22, 2009. The event will take place at the IRCAM Facility (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique) in central Paris. Although the event is free, seating is limited and attendance is set by RSVP to a special webpage, first come first served. There will also be a raffle at each of the two sessions, 3pm and 6pm, where a copy of the Trilian Total Bass Module software will be given away free to one of the lucky attendees. Representatives from Spectrasonics will be at the event presenting the live demonstration and answering questions afterwards.

Spectrasonics' Trilian Total Bass Module is the successor to its award-winning Trilogy bass module. The virtual instrument has a much larger core library and features highly detailed new acoustic, electric and synth basses, as well as enhanced versions of the classic Trilogy sounds. Sporting a brand new user interface with numerous software innovations, Trilian is the

Audio-Technica unveils its first-ever ribbon microphones, the AT4080 and AT4081 Bidirectional Active Ribbon Microphones, two new offerings from A-T's expanding 40 Series.

Audio-Technica's R&D team in Japan engineered and manufactured the AT4080 and AT4081 from the ground up, utilizing a hand-built, proprietary design and rugged, durable construction. Both offer smooth, warm and natural sound with precise, articulate detail to meet the critical requirements of today's recording, broadcast and sound reinforcement professionals. With 18 patents pending, Audio-Technica's innovative ribbon transducer advances the evolution of ribbon microphone technology, combining remarkable durability and high SPL capability with smooth, rich audio quality.

The AT4080, whose footprint is that of a cla ...

MOTU has released version 7 of its famous DAW Digital Performer.

Digital Performer 7 offers new features, enhanced operation and improved performance at all levels, from hundreds of small enhancements driven by user requests to major new features and plug-ins that add unprecedented value.

• Custom '59 - A meticulously detailed guitar amp emulator modeled after all-time classics from Fender® and Marshall®.
• Live Room | G - A superb physical modeling speaker cabinet emulator with four mixable mics (close, near and far) and 3-band EQ per mic.
• Guitar pedals - A new suite of stunningly accurate classic guitar pedals modeled after all-time favorites from Boss®, Ibanez® & others.
• Inline EQ & dynamics - Control DP's multi-band graphic EQ and vintage dynamics proce ...

Unfortunately Sugar Bytes has to rename their midi sequencer product Eloquence. The owner of the trademark Eloquence has been pretty clear about the mighty power of their lawyers, so Sugar Bytes changed the name rightaway.

Sugar Bytes has decided for the new name Thesys. The product will be updated to Thesys 1.0.2 on upcoming monday, September 14.

FXpansion is proud to present the latest addition to the BFD2 Expansion Pack range, a collection of Yamaha artist signature snares for your BFD2 library.

The snares are captured in the same room as the previous Yamaha expansion kits and the Jazz & Funk, Percussion and B.O.M.B expansion packs, in Omega Studios, Rockville, MD, USA. The tight, precise and very playable sound makes them sound great when combined with any kit-pieces in the BFD library.

BFD v2.1's support for custom articulations allows these snares to offer 'rim clicks' in addition to the standard snare articulations, as well as positional sensing when used with electronic drums.

Feature Highlights Include :

• Five signature Snares
• 1.Roy Haynes Signature Snare Drums (14" x 5.5")
• 2.Bamboo Snare ...