SoundLib today announces the availability of G-Player version 1.1

G-Player is a GigaStudio file player for Mac OS X available as a stand-alone application, VST and AudioUnit Plugin (RTAS should be available soon). No conversion required, the audio engine of G-Player was created from scratch to fully support the Giga format. Complex features such as dimensions, key switch and multi-layered instruments with individual cross-fades are natively supported. G-Player runs on PowerPC and Intel Mac with low CPU and RAM usage.

G-Player 1.1 includes the following improvements :

• New user interface
• MIDI LED indicators
• User configurable Pitch Bend
• User configurable Filter
• The filter can now be manually activated
• Support of the 3 GigaStudio velocity curves
• Built in Giga file browser
• G-Solo has its own keyboard
• Increased stability and streaming capacity

G-Player (including G-Solo) price is currently $139. Last but not least, G-Player can also be purchased at DontCrac[k] via instant download delivery for only $129 !!! Up to 20% extra discount can be obtained by adding other products to the shopping cart (-5% per product added). That is DontCrack's permanent "Make your own Bundle" offer which is quite a good deal if you look at it closely.

In this 3rd installment of the Guitar Rack series, Puremagnetik has cranked it up a notch! This Micropak includes a collection of highly expressive guitar instruments as recorded from a classic 1963 Guild Starfire hollow body. Slides, hammer-ons, staccato and jazz articulations are all available at your fingertips with Guitar Rack 3.

Guitar Rack Volume 3 includes 5 expertly programmed multisample instruments complete with easy edit controls. Menus like "WalkingChord" and "OctaveLead" put the classic sound of the hollow body directly in your hands. Over 70 looped clips for are ready for immediate playing in your session. Each Live Clip comes with a preloaded amp effect while the Logic version contains a library of Apple Loops ready for rocking!

Additionally, the Ableton Live version includes an add-on amplifier effect pack for Live 8. Making use of the latest features in Live 8, PM's resident guitar gurus have programmed a healthy dosage of raw rock effects!

Guitar Rack Volume 3 Includes :

• Over 700 24-bit multisamples
• 5 sophisticated hollow body instruments
• Over 70 Live Clips and Apple Loops
• Add-on Amp Effect Pack for Live 8
• Custom Kontakt KSP GUI and native Kontakt effects

Pricing : Basic Monthly Subscription: $5.75/Month Basic Yearly Subscription: $60/Year All Access Pass - $198/Year.

It's been 70 years since the original Shure model 55SH Series II Unidyne Microphone debuted in 1939. Now, the model once advertised as 'The Microphone That Needs No Name' is getting an upgrade. Shure has taken the iconic 55SH body that has been in production since 1951, dropped in a new supercardioid motor, and added some vibrant blue color. The resulting hot rod has the same retro-cool look as the original when parked on a mic stand but with a contemporary upgrade in performance. Its name is the Super 55 Deluxe Vocal Microphone.

Features :

• Modern Sound : Tailored frequency response for natural vocals and speech
• High Output : Neodymium magnet and output transformer for increased sensitivity
• Vintage Design : Iconic chrome-plated design with vibrant blue color additions
• Supercardioid Polar Pattern : High gain-before feedback and excellent off-axis rejection
• Internal Shock Mount : Minimizes handling/stage noise and ensures quiet operation
• Rugged Die-Cast Chrome Casing : Reliable under rigorous conditions

The Super 55 Deluxe Vocal Microphone is now shipping for $249 and carries a two-year limited warranty. Note that the current 55SH Series II model will continue to be available at a price of $179.

Imagine, if you will, being able to sit in on a major recording session with Alan Parsons. What do producers do ? And, specifically, what does producer Alan Parsons do ? In a phrase, he makes sounds and parts sound like a record.

Alan Parsons' Art & Science Of Sound Recording is a top-to-toe, soup-to-nuts examination of the sound recording process. The program covers everything from dealing with room acoustics to creating timed delays. From demo loop to iTunes.

This set of 3 DVDs will be available next month with an MSRP TBA.

GotharMusic has announced the release the Gotharman's deMOON, an affordable 4 note polyphonic filterbank synthesizer with build-in granulator and distortion effects, step-sequencer and note randomizer.

Features :

• 4 voices with each 1 oscillator or 1 voice with 4 oscillators in unison mode.
• Oscillators has continuously variable and modulatable waveforms.
• 4 resonant multimode filters (lpf/bpf/hpf) that are separately programmable and each can be parallel or serial connected to each other.
• Distortion effect with 5 different types.
• Granulator effect build in.
• 4 LFOs with continuously variable and modulatable waveforms.
• 2 envelopes.
• Note randomizer.
• 32-step step sequencer.
• Most parameters can be controlled by a midi-controller.
• Small and compact.
• Memory: 128 sounds and sequences.
• Output: 16-bit delta-sigma with 256x oversampling.

The Gotharman's deMOON is available for a fee of €250. For more information, please follow the link below :