Avant Electronics is now shipping the Avantone CV-12 which is a large capsule multi-pattern tube mic that comes with three different interchangeable tubes (6072A, ECC81 & ECC83 tubes from Russia and the Slovak Republic) that can be swapped out in less than a minute... "With the addition of three tubes, the user can "Hot Rod" his microphone to satisfy his sonic taste by changing the gain stage just ahead of the output transformer," stated Glen Heffner, National/ International Sales Manager for Avant Electronics.
The CV-12 large capsule multi-pattern mic has a -10 dB pad, 80 Hz roll-off switch, dual 32mm capsules and features a metallic wine-red finish with polished nickel trim. The mic kit comes complete with power supply, providing nine switchable patterns, a vintage style shock mount, cable, real wooden mic box and an aluminum road case to hold everything.

The Avantone CV-12 is available at a retail price of $399.00. For more details visit Avant Electronics' web site.

Sonalksis has just released the SV-719, an analogue-modelled gate/expander. Aside from all the standard gate parameters, the SV-719 features external side-chain inputs, multiple band side-chain filtering, midi triggering capability, and independent left/right channel triggering possibilities. In addition, a hybrid analogue/digital signal chain path allows look-ahead processing if required.

Other features :

- Separate gate and expander models, with soft or hard-knee expansion capability
- Ducking capability - a mechanism often used in voiceover production, but which can also be used creatively for example to de-emphasize effects which might cloud a mix when there's too much going on.
- Zero latency throughput - enables the gate to be used in the monitor path for tracking situatio ...

Ueberschall has announced the release of a new update for the Elastik Instruments Series Loop Player. Elastik version 1.5 features the new élastique Pro 1.5 algorithm by zplane.development.

Improvements :

* New élastique Pro 1.5 time stretch/pitch shift algorithm by zplane.development.
* Redesigned setup dialog.
* Unlimited number of soundbanks slots.
* Easier soundbank registration process.
* Response key needs to be entered only once for all soundbanks of a product.
* Response keys of activated soundbanks are being remembered even after reinstalling.
* New option to reassign a moved soundbank.
* Intelligent response key reader.

Bug fixes :

* Render cache problems solved.
* Registration problems solved (soundbank turns and stays black after successful registr ...

Toontrack has updated EZdrummer to v1.0.4, bringing Universal Binary / Intel-Mac compatibility to the Mac OS X version, VST 2.4 compatibility and a few bug fixes.

Changes:

* Mac Intel support added (Universal Binary).
* VST2.4 compliance implemented.
* AU not compatible with Digital Performer under Panther.
* Looping issues with some user/3rd party grooves.
* Better conf files case sensitivity immunity in relevant environments.
* Cosmetic drum menu header bug fixed.

Laurent Colson has released version 4.0 of MusicMath, his highly popular music conversion software. This new version is now Universal Binary to support new Intel based Macs and adds the following features:
- Values in Hertz and in Ms can be modified in Delay module to obtain the tempo
- The result in the Tap Tempo module can be copied as global tempo.
- Bug fixing in SMPTE calculation.
- New icon
- Localized version in one application.