The d16 Group has just released the latest addition to its "Silver Line" of products : Decimort, a a bit crusher plug-in.

Electronic music producers have always been aware that classic samplers had a character and sound of their own. They added a "grit" and "colour" to the samples and loops they played back which made them sound "Fat" and sit well in a mix. This sound colouration was due to the encoding techniques, lower sample rates, lower bit rate and conversion circuits which these early samplers used. Decimort aims to recreate this colouration in order to add the vintage sampler magic to any loop, bass line or sound played through it.

Features :

- Ultra accurate resampling algorithm (ADC emulation, no harmonics above 22kHz).
- Anti-alias lowpass filter conjugated with resampler.
- Analogue-like filters with adjustable resonance and cutoff.
- Two independent process paths in stereo mode with different parameters per each channel.
- Presets organised into groups.
- MIDI learn function.
- 64-bit internal processing.
- No harmonic distortions at output (unwanted).

Decimort is available now for both PC and Mac in VST and VST/AU formats respectively. It has a retail price of €35.

Sonalksis has announced the release of its mastering plug-in series : the Sonalksis Mastering Suite. This bundle includes :

- MultiLimit - Multiband Mastering Limiter
- Maxlimit - Maximizing Mastering Limiter
- StereoTools - Stereo Imaging Processor
- Ultimate-D - Ultimate Dithering

The Sonalksis Mastering Suite is available now for Mac OS X and Windows in VST, AU, DirectX and RTAS versions for a fee of $599.99 / €479.99. Demo versions are available.

This month VirSyn has a special offer for you : from now till October, 31st, 2008 you can get a total discount of 25% if you buy two or more plugins from their FX series. This includes the following plugins: Bark, Matrix, Prism, Reflect, TDesign and VTape.

In the meantime VirSyn has also released bugfix updates for Cube 2 (Mac only), Matrix (Mac only) and Tera 3.

For more information, please visit their website.

McDSP celebrates 10 year Anniversary with a great special on the HD and Native Classic Pack Bundle. Classic Pack HD will be offered for $995 and Classic Pack Native will be offered for $495.

The Classic Pack Bundle includes Analog Channel, CompressorBank, FilterBank and MC2000. The McDSP Native product line supports RTAS and AudioSuite formats and the HD product line supports TDM, RTAS and AudioSuite formats. Both bundles operate on Pro Tools HD, LE, and M-Powered. Special available only via electronic delivery.

Hurry and make your purchase today, this offer ends October 31, 2008.

Audio-Technica introduces the AT8022 X/Y Stereo Microphone and the BP4025 X/Y Stereo Field Recording Microphone. Designed for broadcast and professional recording, these two new stereo condensers are perfect for use with professional audio and video equipment. Each offers an innovative coincident capsule configuration that allows for a smaller housing while producing a stereo image with the spatial impact and realism of a live sound field.

Both the AT8022 and the BP4025 are ruggedly constructed to protect against damage from day-to-day use during field recording. The microphones are also fully RoHS-compliant (free from all substances specified in the EU directive on the Reduction of Hazardous Substances). Each mic offers an 80 Hz high-pass filter for easy switching from a flat frequenc ...