Steinberg is pleased to announce a new update for its HALion Symphonic Orchestra VST instrument that provides support for 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, as well as new 'light' programs for customers using 32-bit versions of Windows. HALion Symphonic Orchestra is the latest Steinberg product to be made available in a 64-bit version, coming after the release of Cubase 5 for 64-bit Vista. Cubase 5 and HALion Symphonic Orchestra fully support VST Expressions, a new technology that offers dramatically enhanced handling of large sample libraries.

The update also includes a new soundbank featuring 'light' versions of each instrument. Specially engineered to use less memory than the full versions, it allows customers running 32-bit systems to employ even more articulations and instruments.
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Smart AV announces that it's latest Tango software now controls Final Cut Pro from Apple.

The powerful large touch screen interface of Tango with its user configurable Virtual Editor, combined with the power of MonARC makes Tango a powerful controller for Soundtrack Pro.

A development team spokesman at Smart AV said, "Our focus has really been on the control of the audio side of Final Cut, ie Soundtrack Pro. However Tango controls the Final Cut Pro package and we look forward over the coming months to developing improved graphics interfaces to cover all of the Final Cut applications."

Tango has the latest touch screen technology as well as the unique ARC Technology developed for the Smart Console. Tango also controls Pyramix, Nuendo, Logic, and Cubase direct as well as Protools through HUI.

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Apogee Electronics is pleased to announce the release of a new Symphony 32 update. The Symphony 32 PCI card is part of the Symphony family of low latency, high performance audio interfaces for the Mac, which include the Symphony Mobile card and the recently introduced Symphony 64 PCI card. The Symphony 32 Update offers new features such as SBus connectivity with Symphony 64, Euphonix EuCon support, and several other improvements described in the Read Me document included in the update package. It is recommended that all Symphony 32 users update their systems.

New Features :

- SBus - Connect one Symphony 32 card to the second port of a Symphony 64 card.
- Euphonix EuCon support - Control the Maestro mixer from EuCon-compatible control surfaces.
- Symphony Source - enable and disable PCI cards from the Maestro Control window (or the OS X utility Audio MIDI Setup) without the need to remove them from your Mac.

Toontrack Music announces the first SDX expansion pack for Superior Drummer 2.0.

The very first SDX expansion pack dedicated to Superior Drummer 2.0, Vol.2 of the NY Studio Legacy Series, contains unique sample recordings from two legendary New York Studios - Hit Factory NY and Allaire Studios.

"The New York Studio Legacy Series Vol.2" altogether feature kits recorded with seven kick drums, thirteen snares and a wide variety of cymbals sampled in extreme detail to work Superior Drummer® 2.0.

The recordings at Hit Factory NY were the starting point for Toontrack in developing
Superior Drummer 2.0 and the decision to record samples at Allaire was a result of
wanting to capture the best studio rooms in New York.

Sadly, for the music and recording industry both studios are now closed. Thus the sub title "The Lost New York Studios". Toontrack is privileged to have been given the opportunity to record these great rooms in collaboration with the world class recording team of engineer and producer Pat Thrall (Glenn Hughes, Black Crowes, Beyoncé etc), producer Neil Dorfsman (Kiss, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits and Sting) and drummer Nir Z (Genesis, Joss Stone and Chris Cornell).

"The New York Studio Legacy Series Vol.2 SDX" will be available world wide at the end of March 2009 with an MSRP of $179 / €139. Note that audio examples are already available at :