The world held its breath when Celemony Founder Peter Neubaecker unveiled the groundbreaking DNA technology at Musikmesse 2008. 2009 is the year when DNA becomes available to the users. For the first time at Namm Celemony will present the new Melodyne editor to the public.

Melodyne editor is the first product which will include the DNA technology and features all the functionality Melodyne PlugIn is famous for. Melodyne editor is a brandnew application featuring the latest state of the art software engineering for best performance and usability. Enhanced with Multi Threading to support modern Multi Core Processors the application offers ultra fast note detection, sizeable editor window, monitoring individual note shifts, scrubbing and "edit play" host independent playback.

Melodyne editor is expected to be available in spring 2009 and will retail for $349 / €349.

112dB announces that their virtual vintage sampler Morgana has been updated to version 1.2.5. This version introduces native RTAS versions for Windows XP/Vista and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)/10.5 (Leopard). Version 1.2.5 is a free update for all registered users.

To celebrate this release 112dB runs a Morgana Group Buy with discounts of up to 56% percent. The maximum discount is achieved if a minimum of 50 people sign up on or before Friday January 16, 2009. To participate in this Group Buy, simply register at the 112dB.com forum and visit the Morgana product page.

Morgana is available in VST/RTAS formats for Windows and VST/AU/RTAS formats for Mac. Morgana is sold exclusively from the 112dB online store €169/$199.

Here's a good news for all UAD-1 users :

"Due to overwhelming success of the UAD-2, effective immediately UA is eliminating the UAD-1 to UAD-2 plug-in upgrade fee. The UAD-2 project was an ambitious undertaking, and porting the plug-in library to the new platform has taken a tremendous amount of time and effort. However, as the free plug-in upgrade period is coming to a close and we've only just released version 5.2 which is the first version to have all the UAD-1 plug-ins ported over and offer Pro Tools support, it became obvious that we would at least need to extend the program for these customers.

Upon further reflection, and taking into account the increasing customer objections to the fees associated with the upgrade program, we have decided to eliminate all fees associated with upgrading from a UAD-1 to UAD-2. We are confident that this will help even more of our UAD-1 customers move up to the new more powerful UAD-2 platform. For those of you who bought a UAD-2 during the upgrade period, you will have received a Bonus Voucher in appreciation. This bonus voucher promotion will continue for the rest of the 2008, so it's still a great time to buy. Anyone who registers a UAD-2 card by Dec 31st will receive the following:

UAD$100 voucher for a new UAD-2 Solo , Nevana 32, or Solo Flexi
UAD$150 voucher for a new UAD-2 Duo , Nevana 64, or Duo Flexi
UAD$250 voucher for a new UAD-2 Quad , Nevana 128, or Quad Flexi

But hurry up, because these bonus vouchers are going away January 1, 2009 ."

Five12 Inc. today announces the release of Numerology 2 for Mac OS X. Numerology is a modular music sequencing and audio plugin environment which uses an innovative approach to electronic music composition based on the techniques of step sequencing and pattern sequencing, augmented by a modular environment that encourages improvisation and experimentation.

Features of Numerology 2 Include:

• A modular step sequencing music composition environment.
• MIDI-based Note Sequencing modules for monophonic, polyphonic and drum sequencing.
• Flexible CV & Gate Sequencer modules for 'component-based' sequencing.
• GrooveClock module for building custom grooves.
• A variety of analog-synthesis-style modules for generating and processing streams of control (CV) data, including LFO's, Envelopes and XY controllers.
• Several MIDI processing and filtering modules.
• Audio Unit hosting.
• An eight-part sample-based DrumKit synthesizer.
• A polyphonic sample-based AudioSample module for audio synthesis.
• A flexible virtual-rack system for organizing modules into musical parts, called Stacks.
• An integrated preset system for coordinating all module settings within a stack.
• An easy to setup parameter modulation system for modulating almost anything from anything else.
• MIDI remote control of almost any parameter.
• A timeline-based playlist arrangement system.
• A dedicated audio mixer with 8 stereo aux sends per stack.
• Custom routing of CV, Audio & MIDI data streams.
• Stereo audio recording of the Master and Alt output busses.
• Flexible synchronization via MIDI Clock, MTC or ReWire.
• Universal binary for Mac OS X, 10.4.11 or later.

Numerology 2 is currently available for purchase from the Five12 Web Store for an introductory price of $99 (US). After January 4th, the price will be $119 (US).

Univers Sons / Ultimate Sound Bank introduces a brand new UVI Soundpack : Acoustic Piano.

"Acoustic Piano features surely one of the best sounding sampled pianos in the market. True to our beliefs, we don't think it's about figures (like velocity , memory, number of mikes) but about feeling. A good sounding piano is a rare alchemy between the instrument, the acoustic in the recording studio, the microphones and above all, the engineer's taste. This piano is not our first endeavour, in fact it's the fourth, so we got the chance to see the "magic" thing happen.", said Alain Etchart, Founder and Director of Marketing at Univers Sons / Ultimate Sound Bank.

Thanks to the UVI Soundsource download concept, the price/quality ratio is unbeatable and explicit audio demos are available for users to make up their mind.

Compatible with every configuration thanks to the free UVI Workstation, Acoustic Piano is available now for $59 as digital download at :