Tascam has announced its first condenser microphone, the LD-74. Designed by MXL, the LD-74 features a 1" gold-sputtered diaphragm, FET preamp, brass construction and a heavy-duty mic clip for attaching to a stand. This microphone is going to be available separately, or as part of the new TNT Bundle (a package containing the US-122L audio/MIDI interface, the LD-74 microphone and 48-track Cubase LE software) for a street price under $200.

ReKon audio has released VST Virus A Editor v1.1, a VSTi plug-in that offers advanced control of the Access Virus A hardware synthesizer from directly within your VST host application, including patch management and automation of all parameters.
reKon audio will also be releasing versions for the Virus B and C models, which will also support the Virus Rack and Rack XL models.

VST Virus A Editor is available for Windows and Mac OS X and costs $49.95. Demo versions will be available soon.

Nomad Factory has quickly released it's new Liquid Bundle II package to version 2.1. As requested by users, GUI color has been changed from purple to skyblue.

Bug fixes :
• Fixed sample rate problem on the Liquid Delay II at 48K and higher.
• Fixed Square and Sawtooth waveforms introducing 'pops' to the output signal (Liquid Delays II, Liquid Mods II, Liquid Phase II)
• The save dialog option has been removed and replaced by a 'Save' menu options.

Liquid Bundle II is available at a discounted price at DontCrac[k].

Iced Audio has released version 4.0 of their sample library manager AudioFinder.
Key features :
* Add File System notifications so that currently viewed browser column updates when other applications make changes in the current folder.
* Change Gain settings are saved for the next time and now show the value in dB.
* Brand new Auto Crop signal processing feature that works with all bit depths.
* Added the ability to drop a folder on the AudioFinder application icon to play the contents.
* Dozens of User Interface enhancements.
* Fixed the organizer path display to show "..." in the middle when the name is too long.
* New timer views.
* New waveform preview.
* New icons in the Scanner.
* Folders can now be moved to the trash with the Browser.
* Added Escape shortcut to close the Meta Editor.
* Bug fixes.

Celemony has updated Melodyne studio and cre8 to v3.1.2.
Bug Fixes :

Audio transfer using the MelodyneBridge:

* Transferring audio via the MelodyneBridge could in some cases damage previously edited files that have been exported using the Save audio command before.
* Exporting split stereo files could keep the MelodyneBridge from doing further transfers.

Ableton Live and the MelodyneBridge:

* Removing a previously inserted MelodyneBridge (AU version only) from a track in Ableton Live could crash Live.

Known issue: Broadcast WAV Time Stamps:

* Melodyne doesn't recognize time stamps in broadcast WAV files. It can load and save such files, but the time stamps get lost.