Allen & Heath has introduced a fourth control surface to the iLive digital mixing console system, joining the existing iLive-122, iLive-144 and iLive-176. The new iLive-80 is the smallest in the range of control surfaces, designed for smaller applications such as theatres, churches and touring bands.

Providing 80 control strips grouped in 2 sections, each with 4 banks, there is an LCD display with multi-colour backlight above each fader for labelling and colour-coding channel information. The channel controls for preamp, filter and EQ are laid out across the top of the surface on rotary controls with LED indicators, while a colour LCD touch screen presents a graphical view of the processing and access to gates, compressors, limiter/de-essers, graphic EQ's and effects, as well as the au ...

Flux has launched the Spring Pack bundle which features Solera, Pure Compressor, Pure Expander, Pure DCompressor, Pure DExpander and Epure with 30% discount. SPring pack is online available for €889.

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Sony Oxford Plugins will be trading under the new name of Sonnox, effective April 2007. In addition to continuing to support and promote the existing range of Oxford Plugins: EQ, Dynamics, Limiter, Inflator, Reverb and Transient Modulator, the new company will be concentrating on new innovations to expand the product line.

Sonnox also launched a full native range of Oxford plug-ins at Musikmesse last week. Compatible with Audio Units, VST and RTAS applications such as Logic, Digital Performer, Cubase, Nuendo and Pro Tools LE, the new range has been widely anticipated by users of native workstations.

IK Multimedia and Sonic Reality have also announced SampleTron which is sample based product powered by SampleTank too, but focused on "Tron" sounds. It has samples of 18 rare, vintage keyboard instruments such as Mellotrons, Optigans, Chamberlins and other related "Tron" family instruments.