Justin Bua, famed urban artist, and audioMIDI.com enter into a reseller agreement for his art. Russ Jones founder of audioMIDI.com has long been a fan of Bua's art depicting musicians. "We decorated our Chatsworth office with framed Bua posters when we moved in, back in 2001. I've been a fan ever since" says Jones.

As part of this launch audioMIDI.com, Native Instruments, and Line 6 have agreed to offer a free Bua poster to customers purchasing online select products from these vendors. Further, audiomidi.com will be selling all Bua posters that have a music theme. This will include four posters that sell for $30.00 and five limited edition giclee's on canvas ranging in price from $500.00 to $750.00. "We felt this would be a great addition to the Studio Furnishings section on our site" says Jones. Bua's work adds a nice touch to your home studio or any studio for that matter...

Version 3.0 of DJ-1800, a complete, self-contained professional DJ system for the Mac, has been released.

Improvements :

- Pitch Lock (Master Tempo)
- Automatic BPM Calculation
- Universal Binary for native Intel support
- Your iTunes library within the DJ-1800 Rack
- Integrated support for multiple iPods
- New Setup Assistant
- Support for new controllers, including the PCDJ DAC-3
- Many other improvements and fixes

DJ-1800 v3.0 requires Mac OS 10.4.9 or later and QuickTime 7.2 or later.

Audiowish has released Note Gate 2, a real-time pitch-based Audio Unit volume filter effect for Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. Combining innovative features like scale independent volume patterns, a robust pitch tracker and independent attack and release times, this effect helps you to instantly create volume swells, backing swells and complex multi-layered effects.

Key features :

- Key independent volume patterns.
- Separate attack time and release time parameters.
- Integrated gate and pitch monitor.
- Real-time, low latency processing for both live and studio work.
- Extensive user manual.

Note Gate 2 costs $19,99 and a demo version is available.

Nady Systems recently announced the introduction of their new condenser microphone, the USB-1C. Using the supplied USB cable, the mic connects directly to any computer with a USB 2.0 (or higher) input port for easy plug-and-play operation.

Features :

- large pressure-gradient condenser gold-sputtered diaphragm and FET preamplifiers
- full frequency response
- minimal self-noise, increased dynamic range, and maximum SPL capacity
- rugged compact construction with protective mesh grill and internal shock absorption
- basemount mic holder fits any standard mic stand
- 10' USB cable included

Nucleus SoundLab is proud to announce the release of DataBank Two. DataBank Two is the next installment in the popular line of Native Instruments Massive presets by Nucleus SoundLab.

Designed by Jeremy Janzen, DataBank Two was created over the course of 6 months—using the lessons and experience gained in the production of DataBank One. These presets take into account customer feedback to provide another unique, useable and flexible set of sounds. The resulting presets are unsurprisingly even better than the first product. Psychedelic leads, round sub-basses, future pads and of course mindbending multitrack sequences are all present and accounted for. Every one of the 100 included presets is fully Kore-ready with all 8 Macro Knobs mapped to appropriate, useful parameters. Often Knobs control multiple related parameters to trigger powerful morphs across many different sonic dimensions. Of course, the presets also fully conform to Kore categorization as well.

Not only that, but DataBank Two carries on its predecessor's utility as a sound design tutorial: DataBank Two is isn't just a patchset—but a Massive programming masterclass! Virtually all presets include valuable programming notes to help you better understand the presets and Massive itself.

DataBank Two is available now for electronic distribution at the low price of 29.95 EUR. A demo bank is available for free download.