Channel strip... it doesn't roll off the tongue or smack of a high fidelity recording device. Maybe thats why its taken Grace Design so long to build one. But they got over it. All labels aside, the new m103 is a powerful tracking tool for virtually any recording scenario. It starts with their m101 transformerless microphone preamplifier circuity. Headroom, detail, clarity, musicality – its all there. Complete with their exclusive ribbon mic mode, a 75Hz HPF and 48V phantom.

The 3 band EQ section is built around single stage parallel tuning architecture, which minimizes circuitry and delivers natural, musical tonal shaping at all frequencies. Controls include a fully parametric mid, with shelving and peak modes on the high and low bands.

The compressor circuit is based on an optical ...

It's at the IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique) on October the 22nd, 2009 that Spectrasonics will have the world premiere of its highly anticipated new bass virtual instrument "Trilian", successor of its award-winning Trilogy Total Bass Module.

There will also be a raffle at each of the two sessions, 3pm and 6pm, where a copy of the Trilian 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.

Due to limited seating, registration is required. So hurry up and visit the following link :

Ohm Force has announced that they are globally reducing their advertised prices. And it's not a promo: it's for real and forever !!

Not only the plug-ins licenses are globally much more affordable when purchased individually, the big ALL-ALL Bundle can now be grabbed by only €299 instead of €493.

Ohm Force has also unveiled a new bundle especially tailored for live performers : the ALL-Live Bundle. It contains the 3 from which features are specially suitable for live tweaking: Ohmicide:Melohman, Symptohm:Melohman and the Quad Frohmage – the three for only €199. The first two, as the Melohman part of the name suggests, have extended preset morphing capabilities: it's possible to morph from one preset on the fly to another using a midi keyboard controller, with a full set of configurable parameters. The latter is one of the most powerful filter banks out there, with an advanced XADSR module, 6 midi controlled envelope followers, 6 event generators, among many other killer features.

For more information, please visit the link below :

Wave Arts announces the 5.49 update for all Wave Arts plug-ins that are part of Power Suite 5 and Master Restoration Suite. This update features official Snow Leopard support on Mac and a number of other fixes and enhancements.


Improvements :

• (Mac) Snow Leopard compatible (fixed graphics glitch)
• fixed RTAS/AudioSuite window bugs (wrong offset, controls behaving strangely if RTAS/AS window open at same time)
• fixed problem with TrackPlug menus sometimes not visible
• fixed TrackPlug Height knob not reverting to default value properly on certain bands
• fixed Mac installer issue (running it the first time would result in Resource Not Found error)
• fixed occasional graphics glitch in MultiDyanamics in which hi/lo arrows appear above frequency display
• fixed pops in MAS versions when using pre-render mode or bouncing
• fixed issue with vintage RMS compression causing constant attenuation for thresholds below -48 dB
• added peak input/attenuation level displays in TrackPlug

Waves has unveiled LoAir, a subharmonic generator targeted at post-production engineers.

LoAir adds rumble to extant audio, perfect for accentuating ominous soundtracks or earth-quaking sound effects. Waves claims that LoAir is the first subharmonic generator for Pro Tools that can process polyphonic or 5.1 surround material.

LoAir will be available soon for both Mac and PC as a TDM plug-in. Pricing TBA.