Puremagnetik has just released Test Run - a free "Live Ready" pack with over 100MB of sound content. It contains a collection of the best sounds from past Puremagnetik packs.

Test Run is compatible with Ableton Live 6.0.5 and higher and is available for immediate download at Puremagnetik's web site.

Forever For Now has released Octave Shifter 2.0, the second generation of their popular real-time pitch shifting effect.

Building on its predecessor, Octave Shifter 1.5, it features a revamped generic Cocoa and Carbon GUI, a new low latency processing mode and a multitude of usability enhancements.

Key features include :

- real-time, low latency processing for live performances
- high precision post-processing for studio quality results
- four full octaves of pitch adjustment
- continuous pitch change, enables automation of pitch parameter
- extensive user manual

Octave Shifter 2 is available for Mac OS X (UB) as an Audio Unit plug-in. By the way, it is freeware so enjoy !

ASK Video Interactive Media is now offering Editors Keys keyboard overlays for many popular digital audio workstations to customers and dealers in the US and Canada.

Editors Keys Keyboard Key Sets help users of popular DAW's work up to 40% faster by transforming a standard keyboard into a fully functional audio editing keyboard. Each Key is easily applied to your standard keyboard using a handy applicator, and contains the program shortcut icon, key letter and also a text reference telling you exactly what each tool is. The keys are color grouped for greater efficiency. They are made from over 40 micro-interweaved PVC layers of the highest quality, both for optimal durability and to help blend in with your own keyboard. They are manufactured to the highest quality standards, ensuring th ...

Digidesign today announced a new family of bi-amplified, professional-grade studio reference monitors—the Reference Monitor Series (RMS). Developed jointly with PMC (the Professional Monitor Company, based in the UK), the new RMS monitors unite Digidesign's deep expertise in digital audio with PMC's legacy for fine, cutting-edge loudspeaker designs and meticulous manufacturing.

Available as a 5.5-inch two-way (RM1 ) and a 6.7-inch two-way (RM2 ), the Digidesign® RMS monitors incorporate innovation in almost every aspect of their design—from amplifier topology to acoustics and the deployment of advanced digital signal processing. Key technologies employed in Digidesign RMS monitors include the following :

- Advanced Transmission Line technology from PMC
- Bass Port Emulation provid ...

Antelope Audio launches the Isochrone 10M, an atomic master clock device, ideal for professionals and audiophiles demanding the highest possible accuracy. At the heart of the Isochrone 10M is the chemical element rubidium, which thanks to the hyperfine structure of rubidium's energy levels produces a clock that is 100,000 times more stable than crystal oscillators. Whereas an average crystal oscillator running free at 98Khz would lose one audio sample a second, this unit can be relied on to be sample accurate for eight days. With impressive stability of 0.03 ppB (parts per billion), it has a practically immeasurable jitter, while the Rubidium technology ensures the most stable and accurate clock reference possible.

The Isochrone 10M is compatible with any audio converters that can lock to an external clock source using either Wordclock BNC, S/PDIF or AES connectors. For more information, please visit their web site.