Overloud has updated its Essential Guitar Effects Suite to version 1.1.

New Features :

- Two amplifiers: Overloud Custom and BassFace '59 (US) amps - 4 new channels and 10 operating modes;
- Amplifier adds a VariFire panel and control: a Gain-Character control for expanded distortion color control;
- Three Rack Delay Effects: Comb Delay, Spatial Delay, Pattern Delay;
- Mixer Pro with control on Phase, Stereo Width, Sample Delay and Mono/Stereo output switch;
- Splitter with Balance/Switch capabilities and with two Crossover modes (HPF/LPF and BPF/BRF) and frequency/width controls;
- Dual IR Cabinet module allows users to load commercial or their own cabinet Impulse Responses with balance, phase and micro-delay control with HPF and LPF;
- Dual IR Cabinet comes preloaded with Recabinet Demo (Recabinet - Album quality guitar tone, direct.) and the Experimental Cabinet collection from Wild Hades (Alu);
- Eight new Stomp Boxes: Noise Gate / Expander, Mild Flanger, Rich Flanger, Analog Flanger, D-Reverb, D-Delay, 7-Band Graphic EQ and 5-Band Amp EQ;
- Host, Internal and Variation-based BPM for maximum flexibility when it comes to BPM syncing.

Fixes :

- Better Noise Gate implementation in Master Section;
- You can use left and right arrow keys in the Browser panel to scroll through Variations;
- Dedicated button to open the Smart Connections window;
- Fixes for Digidesign Pro Tools 8 and Cakewalk Sonar 8 64-bit;
- Various automation fixes;
- Master parameters get saved with song/session and when quitting the standalone version;
- Mant more smaller fixes.

Available now, TH1 v.1.1 is a free update for registered users.

Muse Research has announced that the Receptor 2 is now shipping.

The Receptor 2 uses a single-core processor and a 250GB SATA 2 hard drive and provides significantly more performance than the previous generation. Additionally, it has a sleek, new look with a deep blue front panel, LCD, and blue power LED. The single core AMD processor and high speed DDR-2 RAM of this new second generation of Receptor provide performance that is similar to the previous generation's top-of-the line with a MAP price of $1999. Note thatthe unit also includes $700 worth of sounds in the form of the Univers Sons Plugsound BOX pre-installed and ready to use.

Togu Audio Line has released a new free VST plug-in called TAL-TiltEq.

TAL-TiltEq is especially designed after some tilt eq's from the 70's. This type of eq allows to adjust the audio material without changing the character of a sound to much. It's an easy way to make an audio signal sound darker or brighter with only one knob. The bass lift knob is a special addition that boosts or attenuates bass frequencies below 300Hz.

Features :

- 8 dB low / high shelf filter.
- 12 dB bass lift filter at 300 Hz.
- Variable center frequency (100 - 10'000Hz).
- Adjustable bandwidth (q: 0.1 to 2.0).
- Volume knob.
- On/Off switch.
- Very easy to use.
- Low CPU.

TAL-TiltEq is available for both Mac OS X and Windows as a free VST plug-in.

Mathew Lane releases version 2 of the DrMS spatial processor plug-in. Build on a completely new internal algorithm, this version allows to create wider and deeper soundstages while, of course, maintaining the excellent mono compatibility DrMS is known for.

DrMS v2.0 is familiar in operation to v1.1, with some cosmetic enhancements made to the GUI. The new algorithm however makes it easier and faster to achieve the desired results, with great sounds already when using just the 4 central green rotaries.

DrMS v2.0 also features a new installer, making installation a breeze.

Features :

- Completely new & improved soundengine
- Enhanced GUI
- MS encoding & decoding
- Spatial audio processing: Zoom in, add Depth, change Width or any combination and more
- Resonant HPF, TiltEQ and ...

Ueberschall unveils Urbanic II, the follow-up to their well known Urbanic collection. This massive release includes 30 Construction Kits providing 3.8 GB of full-range HipHop music as well as surrounding styles such as Crunk R&B and Dancehall.

All Construction Kits are filled with samples, beats, guitars, basslines, synths, pads, fx sounds and a whole bunch of drum- and Percussion-sounds. Every sample on Urbanic II is labeled with BPM information and root key (key signatures). Furthermore, every kit contains 3 sub-kits and a drum-shots folder, material is organized as follows :

• Main Kit - Includes the main theme, sounds and phrases
• Variation Kit - Provides an alternative track and phrases which are used to add contrast to the main theme
• Intro/Outro Kit - Here you can find the matching intro/outro track for the overall kit, along with it's individual parts
• Drum Shots - The single-shots are centralized in this folder, making it easy to find all percussive sounds used to make the kit.

This structure makes it easy to select the correct vibe needed for your track. Plus the integrated Elastik player allows you to fit the samples to your individual needs. The Content is geared toward Urban Music producers looking for authentic club sounds.

Urbanic II was made from well-established music industry professionals: Beneluxus, Drastic and Marc Steinmeier. This team has worked produced and remixed for well known artists such as, LL Cool J, Bootsy Collins, Alica Keys, DJ Tomekk and Eminem to name but a few.

Urbanic II is available now for Mac OS X and Windows in VST, AU and RTAS formats at a retail price of €99.