Lawo announces the mc˛56 production console, the newest member of the mc˛ series.

Based on the existing mc˛ technology, the mc˛56 offers the Lawo HD core with up to 512 DSP channels, 144 summing buses, and a routing capacity of up to 8,192 crosspoints. The complete functionality of the mc˛ series is available — including the transfer of snapshots within the mc˛ family, as well as dynamic automation and networking with other Lawo products.

The innovative element of the mc˛56 lies in the newly designed control surface which offers direct access to essential operating elements. Functions which are rarely used are handled via the touchscreen graphical user interface. This design facilitates easy operation and a short learning curve. In addition, the new construction reduces fader width to 30 mm, which enables efficient and economic working. Every 16-fader bay offers fully featured metering on a high resolution TFT.

SONiVOX has released a new sample library for Kontakt users called Anatomy.

Anatomy is SONiVOX's re-imagination of the human form as an infinite template of sound, offering up over eight-hundred unique and uniquely playable instruments that transform the human body into one expansive collection of physiological melody and rhythm.

In fact it is pretty hard to describe the sound possibilities of this library, that's why SONiVOX is offering up some free fully-functioning Kontakt format instruments designed to give a taste of what can be found in Anatomy.

Anatomy is available now with an MSRP of $219. Note that it requires Native Instruments' Kontakt 2 or Kontakt 3.

Puremagnetik has released "Analog Bass Volume 2" for Ableton Live 7, Kontakt 3, Logic 8 and GarageBand which is a 24-bit collection of bass sounds focused entirely on the legendary Korg MS-20 synthesizer.

Features :

- Over 250MB of sounds sampled directly from the legendary KORG MS-20
- Optimized integration with Ableton Live, Kontakt, Logic and GarageBand
- Custom Macro control mappings and racks for Ableton Live
- Compatible with both Ableton Sampler & Simpler instruments
- Easy Edit KSP user interface for Kontakt
- High quality 24-bit 96khz content

For more information, please visit their web site.

TC Electronic announces immediate availability of the Tube-Tech CL 1B plug-in for Pro Tools|HD, which is based upon the legendary analogue sound of the Tube-Tech CL 1B compressor/limiter.

Features :

- up to 30 dBs of gain
- continuously variable ratio ranging from 2:1 to 10:1
- advanced metering
- innovative attack/release controls, with three different settings, enabling the CL 1B to be used as an insert- or bus compressor
- Sidechain/Link button in the stereo instance that emulates the dynamic master/slave relationship between the left and right channels
- up to two instances in mono/stereo at 44.1 / 48 kHz or one instance in mono/stereo at 88.2 / 96 kHz per DSP chip on Pro Tools|HD Accel hardware. On Pro Tools|HD Core hardware one instance is supported per DSP at 44.1 / 48 kHz.
- Pro Tools HD, HD Accel and VENUE systems compatible

The Tube-Tech CL 1B plug-in is available at €740 excl. VAT.

Spectrasonics has announced the beginning of their 10-week contest for Spectrasonics users called "Omnisphere Preview Remix Contest".

Why such a name ? Well, Spectrasonics provides special loops created from the eagerly anticipated Omnisphere Power Synth in order for registered users of a Spectrasonics product to create a music for the contest. Three winners will be chosen in July to receive a free copy of Omnisphere when it is released on September 15, 2008.

At the same time, Spectrasonics has also announced that Omnisphere Preview Video #5 is online now.