Toontrack Music starts shipping the newly announced Jazz EZX for EZdrummer this week.

The Jazz EZX features samples performed by the legendary Drum Virtuoso/Pioneer Roy "Futureman" Wooten. Roy's ground breaking percussion technique takes playing drums way beyond just simple time keeping. His approach to his craft is a much more all-encompassing and universal one. He views himself as a storyteller playing music to reach beyond the limits of common musical understanding. His recordings for the Jazz EZX, captured at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, set a bench mark for how sampling percussive instruments specifically and any musical instrument in general will be done in the future.

The Jazz EZX is available now at a price of $89/€59.

Avlex Corporation, the name audio professionals turn to for world-class wireless technology and microphones, proudly introduces the new Superlux HD681 Semi-Open Professional Headphones.

With excellent frequency response and crystal clear detail, the Superlux HD681 dynamic headphones employ a semi-open design that enables one to monitor the audio source with breathtaking realism without being acoustically isolated. Key to the HD681's exceptional performance attributes are the large, 50mm dome type, neodymium diaphragms. Featuring a 10 Hz / 30 kHz frequency range and total harmonic distortion of less than 0.25%, the highly efficient HD681 headphones deliver wide dynamic range and enable one to listen for extended periods without experiencing ear fatigue.

Designed as classic "cans", the HD681's large, circumaural, padded vinyl earpieces envelope the listener for a remarkably comfortable experience. Further, the self-adjusting headband provides the listener with a great fit and these durable headphones can even be twisted for use in single ear monitoring. At just 8.3 ounces, the Superlux HD681 headphones are lightweight and can easily be worn for extended periods.

Shipped with a protective storage pouch, the Superlux HD681 carries an MSRP of $49.95.

PSP Audioware has just announced the release of PSP sQuad, a new bundle of four equalizer plug-ins inspired by the best features and characteristics of classic analog hardware-musicality and simplicity.

The four processors of PSP sQuad are PSP ClassicQ, a Neve-style EQ ; PSP ConsoleQ, an Amek-style EQ ; PSP preQursor and PSP RetroQ. These EQs are CPU efficient enough to be used at every stage of the creative process, from composition to tracking to final production/mixing/mastering.

The Processors in PSP sQuad have a number of features in common with each other, and with other PSP Audioware plug-ins :

- FAT double sampling. In the PSP sQuad bundle, unlike other PSP Audioware plug-ins, FAT is automatically switched on for low (below 50kHz) sample rates, and off for higher sample rates. This ensures the most accurate processing independent of the sample rate.
- 64-bit double precision floating point computations for ultra low accumulative errors in the filters.
- An optional second generation SAT(uration) option in the output of each plug-in. This both protects against digital clipping in software or hardware following the plug-in, and adds a smooth, overdriven sound to hard-driven signals. The SATuration algorithm is located after output level control in a plug-in's internal chain and its ceiling reference level is setup a fraction of dB below 0dBFS.
- All actual parameters like gain, frequency or Q may differ from displayed values which is a typical feature of analog equalizers.

PSP sQuad is available now in VST and RTAS formats for Windows ; AudioUnit, RTAS and VST for Mac OSX (UB). The introdutory price is $199 until February 14th. Note that a fully operational 14 days demo which doesn't require any hardware dongle is also available.

Line 6, Inc. is proud to announce the release of Pocket POD Pack.

This pack includes Pocket POD (32 fully adjustable classic and modern amp models, 16 cabinet models and 16 essential effects), a 1/4-inch guitar cable for connecting a guitar to Pocket POD, a 1/8-inch auxiliary cable for connecting an MP3 player to Pocket POD, earbuds for silent practice, a DC-2 power adapter, a USB cable, and a CD-ROM that's loaded with jam tracks and Pocket POD tone-editing software.

The Pocket POD Pack has an MSRP of $209.99.

Puremagnetik has just announced the release of a new Micropak for Ableton Live 7, Kontakt 3 and Logic 8 called Microtron Tape 1.

Microtron Tape 1 contains an expertly recorded Brass, 8 Voice Choir and String Section library. All of the original imperfections, vintage analog quality and performance nuances of the Mellotron M400 have been immaculately captured through a Neumann U47 Microphone and Reeves Custom 50 Amplifier.

The Ableton Live version contains 3 individual multisampled instruments and a full "tape" instrument that has similar sound blending functionality as found on the original M400. Microtron Tape 1 for Live also comes packed with 50 Live Clips complete with Macro and effects integration.

Microtron Tape 1 for Kontakt includes all 3 multisampled instruments complete with effects and a custom KSP user interface. Logic and Kontakt versions both include a collection of 50 Apple Loops in SIAL format.

Pricing : Basic Monthly Subscription: $5.75/Month Basic Yearly Subscription: $60/Year All Access Pass - $198/Year.