Modartt has updated Pianoteq to v1.0.4, launched a Group Buy and announced a forthcoming major upgrade. The Group Buy will begin on January 19th and end on February 11th with €179 the lowest price achievable (MSRP is €249). The number of participants is limited to 100. When this number is reached, the group buy offer will end. The new version, which is in development, will introduce an improved soundboard model, a brand new piano preset and more. The upgrade is due out in March and will be free to all customers.

Version 1.0.4 is out now and includes the following changes:

* Many small bug fixes.
* MIDI controllers pre-assigned to the various sliders of the interface.
* Handle program-change MIDI messages (VST only).

The Sound Guy has released version 1.1 of SFX Machine Pro.

Changes:

* Added an extra programmable slider to the main screen.
* Provided separate Wet Mix and Dry Mix controls for most presets.
* Added 3 new presets: Mono Unlike Stereo, EnvFol->Pitch Shift, and Feedback Eliminator.
* Set latency value correctly.
* Fixed invisible parameter numbers in the Preset Editor (VST version).
* Added additional VST 2.4 support.
* Fixed potential crash bugs.
* Fixed a bug which caused the preset Editor controls to superimpose over the main screen.

Overloud has announced Breverb, a hi-end algorithmic reverberation plug-in that aims to faithfully recreate the sound of revered hardware reverbs while keeping CPU load very low. Breverb's no frills hardware-like user interface gives you immediate control over all of the parameters, allowing you to dynamically map parameters to six assignable controllers and to store, recall and automate presets in any way you want.

Main Features:

* 4 main Algorithms: Hall, Room, Plate and Inverse.
* Modeled after the most sought-after hardware units.
* Each Algorithm is engineered with no compromises in order to achieve maximum quality.
* Full EQ section to tailor Breverb frequency response.
* Extended Nonlinear section to forge reverberation shape.
* "Motion" controls to add liveness and ...

PSP Audioware has just released the successor of the famous PSP VintageWarmer. The new PSP VintageWarmer2 adds the following features :

- FAT (Frequency Authentication Technique) - PSP's quality double-sampled processing
- Disengageable brick-wall limiting
- Two Release Multiplier ranges for fast or relaxed processing
- Semi-automated release mode
- Extended band saturation levels and band release multipliers for MultiBand mode
- 64-bit host<>plug-in audio streaming support in VST version
- Platform-independent preset management system

PSP VintageWarmer2 is available for Mac OSX (UB) in VST, AU and RTAS formats at a retail price of $149. The owners of the PSP VintageWarmer can get the new plug-in at discounted price of USD 49.00. As previously promised, all users who bou ...

RME/Synthax Audio AG today announced their first recording solutions for the new PCI-Express bus found in current Apple OS and Windows based desktop computers. The HDSPe PCI Card and the HDSPe MADI card are newly engineered PCI-Express versions of their PCI successors. Still based on RME's famous Hammerfall DSP series features and quality the new PCI-Express core ensures full compatibility and maximum performance with the latest high-speed serial bus technology found in all newer motherboards and computers. Furthermore RME's FPGA core ensures full update capability via RME's Secure Flash technology, for further hardware and driver updates. Both cards come with drivers for Windows XP (multi-client operation of MME, GSIF and ASIO 2.0) and brandnew Windows Vista drivers. Apple users are perfe ...