Royer Labs, the well-known high quality ribbon microphones manufacturer, is pleased to announce the new Live Series microphones. Starting with the SF-24 Phantom Powered Stereo Ribbon Microphone, the R-121 Ribbon Microphone, and the R-122 Active Ribbon Microphone as the source for the three new Live Series offerings, Royer Labs has created road ruggedized versions of these three models—enabling live sound/touring professionals to capture the most subtle details of a live performance with the warmth and sonic transparency Royer's studio models are known for.

For Royer's new SF-24 Live Phantom Powered Stereo Ribbon Microphone, the thickness of the two ribbons has been increased from 1.8 microns to 2.5 microns. With the R-121 Live and R-122 Live models, ribbon thickness has been increased f ...

Klein + Hummel, a 100% Sennheiser subsidiary, introduces a new monitor speaker, the O 410 midfield monitor. The O 410 has magnetically shielded drivers: 10" bass driver, 3" soft dome midrange, and 1" tweeter. The respective drivers are attached to 340, 160, and 180 Watt hybrid class A-B amplifiers. Class H techniques reduce power consumption when signal levels are low. The high-capacity vented enclosure cleanly extends the bass response down to 34 Hz, even at high output levels. The most important part of the frequency spectrum is reproduced by a separate midrange driver resulting in extremely low harmonic and intermodulation distortion and a clean sounding audio reproduction.

Various input options allow the O 410 to be used with any source equipment: electronically-balanced analog inpu ...

Softube is now releasing the Vintage Amp Room plug-in in the RTAS format. Vintage Amp Room, that previously was available for Pro Tools|HD only, features three great-sounding vintage amp models that handle like real amps and give a raw and highly authentic sound. It has an intuitive 3D-rendered photorealistic user interface, complete with continuous click-and-drag mic positioning.

Pricing :

Native VST/AU/RTAS version : €349/$429, TDM/RTAS version : €649/$799.

Note that a free, fully functional, 10-day demo version can be downloaded.

Chameleon Labs has announced the Model 7720 Stereo Compressor which is based on a trusted design and is electronically balanced, utilizing 'THAT Corporation' (formerly DBX) VCA circuitry. It features a low component count in order to provide the cleanest signal path possible.

Features :

- Meter switch : it allows the meter to indicate either channels input level, either channels output level or the amount of stereo audio signal compression.

- Sidechain Control Section :this section modifies the control of the compressor with a mono audio signal introduced through the sidechain XLR input. A blue LED gives the user a visual indication that the circuit is active and that the sidechain audio is in control of the compressor, not the left and right audio inputs.

- High Pass Filter : ...

Db audioware has released version 1.1.0 upgrades of Sidechain Compressor and Sidechain Gate, its latest two dynamics processing plug-ins. All the enhancements in the release have been suggested by users since the plug-ins were launched in July 2007.

Sidechain Compressor gets a new manual Gain control, which can either be used independently for manual gain make-up, or to fine tune output levels when used with Auto Gain. This rounds out the Compressor's feature set and greatly improves its operation as a standard insert effect.

Both Sidechain Compressor and Sidechain Gate get enhanced external side-chain capability. It is now possible to side-chain multiple "receive" plug-ins from a single "send" plug-in, opening the way to one-to-many-tracks as well as one-to-one-track side-chain applications.

Finally, the noise bursts in the demo versions of both plug-ins have been reduced in repetition and volume so as to be less intrusive to potential users trying them out.