East West has announced Quantum Leap Gypsy, a new virtual instrument based on... Gypsy style instruments !

Features :

- Violin (true legato intervals) in classical and gypsy style.
- Classical Guitar.
- Flamenco Guitar.
- Django Style Guitar.
- Spanish Steel String Guitar.
- Campana Accordion.
- Silvestri Accordion.
- Excelsior Accordion Bandoneon.
- Bandoneon.
- Trombone (true legato intervals) in classical and gypsy style.
- Flamenco Dancer.
- Gypsy percussion.
- Reverb impulses recorded by Prof. Keith O. Johnson and Nick Phoenix.

Quantum Leap Gypsy is available now for Mac OS X (UB) in VST, AU, RTAS and stand-alone formats and has an MSRP of $395 (€295.00), plus tax.

As a direct result of feedback from users of their equipment, TFPro have developed the P110, a new microphone amplifier/compressor/EQ combination.

The P110 is a specialist single channel pre-amplifier employing transformer coupled class-A 'current mode' multiple amplifiers, giving extreme signal handling capability and overload margin. The phase shifter gives the option of switched polarity reverse in addition to 180 degree variable phase setting.
The compressor/limiter is of advanced optical design, retaining the warmth and drive of earlier TFPRO designs and adding versatility with ratios from a gentle 1.2 to 1, up to full extreme limit, and with switchable 'models' to provide a taste of other historic compressors, and add colour to the compressed sound. The 'make-up' amplifier is a ...

Neyrinck introduces the Mix 51 Surround Panning and Mixing plug-in for Digidesign Pro Tools LE/M-Powered systems. Mix 51 is a set of powerful 5.1 surround panning and mixing RTAS plug-ins that allow you to take advantage of any Pro Tools system with six or more outputs such as Mbox 2 Pro, Digi 002/003, or M-Audio interfaces such as the Delta 1010 or FireWire 410.

Devine-Machine has released Krishna, a virtual synthetizer. It includes a frame-oscillator, 2 analog-oscillators, filters, LFOs, envelop, a sequencer, various effetcs and play-modes, MIDI fonctions, a preset-manager, and last but not least ... 1146 audio presets, ranging from acoustic bass with World sounds to guitars, leads, pads, sequences, strings, voices and so on...

The price is : 259 euros (box and online version ), 199 euros for online purchase, 35 euros ( 6 months credit), 19 euros (for 12 month credit).

This software will be soon available in AU and RTAS formats . Devine-Machine is supposed to be compatibile with UB format , but it would be better to double check because the website doesn't make it very clear.

AudioFinder is an audio management system, and music production hub. You can build a catalog of every sound on your system, save it, and search it instantly to find the sounds you need when you need them. Use AudioFinder to create custom sets for sound categories and specific projects, with fast file browsing to audition, analyze, process, convert, and move or copy the samples in your library.

AudioFinder can visualize sounds instantly with the waveform overview and preview them at any pitch via MIDI or the built in keyboard, all in real-time. Sounds can even be previewed through your favorite AudioUnits.

Built 100% for Mac OS X 10.4) using CoreAudio, AudioFinder is PPC and Intel Native. Support for many audio formats : Apple Loops, AIFF, AIFC, SDII, REX, MP3, ACC, M4A, SYX, MID, WAV.