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 :

Lexicon unveils its new IONIX U22, U42S, and U82S USB Desktop Recording Interfaces.

The I-ONIX Desktop Recording Series is designed to between your keyboard and monitor in order to bring all the monitor and input level controls at your fingertips. Each of the three models allows for a different level of recording capability. The U22 can record two channels simultaneously and includes two analog combi-jack mic/line inputs, two TRS balanced line outputs, a Hi-Z instrument input, a 1/4" high-power headphone output, and MIDI I/O. The U42S records four analog and two digital channels simultaneously, and the U82S can record eight analog and two digital channels. In addition, the U42S and U82S include four and eight analog combi-jack mic/line inputs respectively, S/PDIF I/O, two instrument inputs, and two 1/4" headphone outputs. Dedicated knobs and meters provide quick and easy access to input and output levels and locking combi-jacks make sure that a connection is not lost in the middle of a performance.

Features :

- USB 2.0 connection to the DAW, up to 480Mbps
- 44.1 to 96 kHz sample rates, 24-bit resolution
- Two, Four, or Eight analog 1/4" and XLR combi-jack mic/line inputs
- Two analog TRS (Stereo Main) outputs
- dbx high-voltage, ultra-low noise mic preamps on all analog inputs
- 48V phantom power for each input pair
- Input signal metering via 8 LED's per channel
- Signal mixing and stereo bus signal metering
- Up to two 1/4" high output headphone connections
- Up to two Hi-Z instrument inputs
- Zero latency Direct/Playback monitoring
- Low latency ASIO drivers
- Pantheon II VST/AU reverb plug-in
- Steinberg Cubase LE4 and Toontrack EZdrummer Lite software packages
- Supports Windows® and Mac® platforms

Pricing and Availability TBA.

Koblo announces the re-release of the NexSyn software synthesizer.

NexSyn, designed by Koblo Co-Founder Max Gronlund, is a Powerful Hybrid Synthesizer with a huge range of loadable oscillator types to meet the sound demands of modern musicians and composers. Now consisting of a core library of waveform sounds with additional sounds soon to be offered as expansion packs, the groundbreaking NexSyn is now a manageable 130Mb Download. The preset library has been completely refined, with Presets grouped by type and sound to make browsing quick and easy, and now includes great presets designed by Pro-Sounds sound designers Frank Genus, Torben Hansen and Bryan Lee, as well as presets by musicians DirtyHertz, brian botkiller and many others.

NexSyn is compatible with Mac (Universal Binary) and PC (Windows XP, Vista), and comes standard in RTAS, VST and AU plug-in formats, as well as a Standalone application. NexSyn is now offered at the price of $49.99 via Koblo's online store,
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