M-Audio announces the limited availability of the GForce Future Retro Pack collection of GForce virtual instruments. The GForce Future Retro Pack combines all of GForce's emulations of vintage keyboards in one package. These software instruments —Minimonsta-Melohman, The Oddity, impOSCar and M-Tron —bring back the sounds that defined an era — the Minimoog, ARP Odyssey, Oxford OSCAR and Mellotron, respectively. They can be used alone or with most popular host software (in VST 2.0, RTAS and Audio Units).

This is a limited-edition collection that is only available approximately through the holidays. GForce Future Retro Pack costs $449,95.

Cakewalk announces the release of its new Dimension Pro v1.0 VST synthesizer. It combines real instruments with advanced synthesis, giving you endless sound possibilities. Dimension Pro offers an abundance of vital, usable sounds that range from pristine realistic acoustic instruments, thumping basses and cutting leads, to complex, evolving atmospheres. This wide tonal range can be attributed to both advanced sample mapping and a powerful sound-sculpting engine with analog sound generation that lets you mutate and recompose any sound you might imagine.

Dimension Pro costs $359,00.

Herman Gillis, the belgian designer of the acclaimed Sherman Filterbanks 1 and 2, and the infamous Quadfilter is preparing a version 3 ready by the end of the year. This wako all analogue filter will be a a mix of 2 actual filterbanks. For more details, extra features, looks and price, you'll have to wait for some weeks still…

Esigned with the live sound engineer in mind, Drawmer TourBuss offers four dynamics plug-ins exclusive to Digidesign VENUE systems. The Drawmer TourBuss suite includes a Noise Gate, Compressor/Limiter, Expander, and Bracketing Filter, all of which retain the layout and emulate the sound of Drawmer's renowned DS201 Noise Gate and DL241 Auto-Compressor hardware units. The Drawmer TourBuss suite integrates easily into the VENUE D-Show console and DSP mix engine.

Drawmer TourBuss full license costs $878.

Cwejman, manufacturer of the half-modular S1 analogue synth may well be, as the grapevine reports, preparing not a full modular system but some modules to add to your system in the near future. Given the sometimes unusual designs build into the S1 like the multimode filter with up to 6 poles, it'll be something to check once available.