Native Instruments announces that its new KORE system has been updated to version 1.0.1. This release adds a new "Live View" mode, six new effects, optimized audio drivers, and a pre-configured "Easy Access Pages" allowing to automatically assign plug-in parameters to the KORE controller for several virtual instruments from Arturia, Gmedia, Korg, Spectrasonics and others.

KORE is now shipping at $559 or 499€.

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Expert Sleepers announces new Universal Binary versions, compatible with both Intel-based and PowerPC Macs, for their plugins : Phaser, Multitap delay, Latency fixer, Buffer delay and Merger. Remember that Minky Starshine v1.0.4, Crossfade Loop Synth v2.1.2 and Augustus Loop v1.6.1 are already available as Universal Binary versions.

These Universal Binary plugins from Expert Sleepers are freewares.

M-Audio announces a ProSessions special offer in May : to thank you for registering your M-Audio product during the month of May, M-Audio would like to offer you a special coupon that entitles you to purchase three ProSessions volumes for the price of one ($49.95).

Simply register your product, and choose the titles you want on the M-Audio web site.

Trillium Lane Labs announces two new plugins : TL Drum Rehab 1.0 RTAS and TL AutoPan RTAS/TDM. The first one, TL Drum Rehab, is a drum track fix utility providing engineers and mixers with precise enhancement of drum tracks in real-time, regardless of performance, equipment or recording limitations in the original track. The seconde one, TL AutoPan, is a stereo and surround panning plugin for Pro Tools. Borrowing the flexible tempo synchronization, trigger, and envelope detection features from TL EveryPhase phaser plug-in, TL AutoPan offers rhythmic, musical panning effects ranging from the subtle to the extreme.