Native Instruments has announced the release of Guitar Rig 2 Producer Pack, a limited edition "software + hardware" bundle for recording and arranging guitars and bass. The package consists of the Audio Kontrol 1 audio interface and the Guitar Rig 2 Software Edition.

Guitar Rig 2 Producer Pack offers a price advantage of more than $ 230 / € 200 (36%) as a bundle over the combined individual price and is available now at selected dealers and online for a short time only.

Minnetonka Audio Software ships AudioTools Batch Pro, the industry's first fully automated processing tool for audio assets. Batch Pro is a flexible, easy to use, and powerful tool for editing, converting, transcoding, encoding, and applying plug-ins to sets of audio files in a batch mode. Users specify input files, configure a chain of processors, set parameters for each processor and run the job. All files are automatically processed and placed in the specified output location. Integrated access to vintage analog processors, external digital processors, and VST plug-ins both stereo and surround, including Minnetonka's SurCode for Dolby® Pro Logic II VST plug-in, is possible.

AudioTools Batch Pro is available now at a retail price of $1,495 (USD). For more information, please visit the link below.

Steinberg has announced the release of the Universal Binary update for Virtual Bassist, making the virtual bass player compatible with Apple's Intel-based Macintosh computers.

This update is available as a free download for registered owners of Virtual Bassist.

Audio Ease has updated Altiverb to v6.0.7.

Changes :

- Fixes not running installer bug.
- Altiverb now always opens in low latency mode by default.
- Reads old format custom IR
- [PT] automation shows all parameters now.
- [PT] Page table fixed for 002.
- [PT] Page tables created for D-Command/Control.
- [MAS] fixed unnecessary "save preset" message.
- [VST] fixed latency compensation.

Big Fish Audio has released VI.ONE, a massive multi-disc sample library. It includes drums, drum loops, basses (including acoustic, upright, electric, and synth), world and ethnic instruments (organized by geographic regions), sound effects, guitars (acoustic and electric), keyboards, a full collection of orchestral instruments, screaming B3 organs, world-class acoustic pianos, prepared pianos, electric/synth pianos, pop horns and brass, a bank of vintage synths, and cutting-edge synth patches.

Contents :

* 20 Gigs on 3 DVD's
* Over two thousand sampler patches
* Standalone, AudioUnit, VST, RTAS

VI.ONE is powered by the Kontakt Player 2 engine, bringing instant access to the sounds via the standalone application, as well as being accessible within sequencers via every major plug-in format: AudioUnit, VST and RTAS. VI.ONE is available now at a retail price of $399.95.