It's a very good news for all NS-10 nostalgic people : Yamaha announces its new reference monitoring line, the HS serie. This white-coned reference monitors serie comes with three cabinet models : the HS50M (70W) at $249, the HS80M (120W) at $449 and subwoffer HS10W at $599. They will be available in October 2005 and they will replace current model MSP10 Studio.

These new monitors will be sold and packaged individually.

Digidesign introduced the Mbox 2, a next-generation USB-powered audio/MIDI production system that builds on the performance and simplicity of the original Mbox. Mbox 2 comes with the Pro Tools Ignition Pack, an impressive collection of powerful plug-ins, creative applications, and additional tools to help professionally produce and promote music. With the addition of the Pro Tools Ignition Pack, Mbox 2 includes more than 50 plug-ins and instruments. The new MBox 2 features :

- Four simultaneous inputs with analog and digital I/O
- Two analog inputs (XLR and 1/4" jacks) and two analog outputs (1/4" jacks)
- Two channels of S/PDIF digital I/O (RCA)
- 48V phantom power for condenser mics
- 24-bit/48 kHz audio
- MIDI in/out

SonicBirth has been updated to version 1.0.1. This new version features : runtime is now free, and several bugs fixed. SonicBirth is an AudioUnit designing application. The first in its category, it allows users to build their own AudioUnit plugins, either by working with existing circuits or by creating circuits completely from scratch. SonicBirth is also an AudioUnits package, as it comes bundled with a set of plugins designed for standalone use as plugins as well as pre-constructed circuits to modify or build upon for creating new plugins.

Arboretum Systems announces that Ray Gun Pro Audio Units has been updated to version 3.1.1. in order to change : better tuning of Attack and Decay in Noise module, and occasional problem when registering fixed. Ray Gun Pro is ideal for cleaning up scratchy vinyl, tape hiss, noisy dialog, HVAC noise, and any track with poor sonic quality.


 

Propellerhead announces that ReBirth 2.0.1 (for Mac OS9) and The ReBirth RB-338 ReFill are now available for free ! On September '05, Propellerhead announced that the era of the ReBirth had come to an end and created the ReBirth Museum, an online community with downloads, ReBirths songs and ReFills.