The XLR to XLR combo 16 point patch bay is a simple unit that allows 16 XLR Combo on front available as 16 Male XLR on back. The XLR F/TRS combo and XLR male connectors are gold plated contacts and high quality Neutrik products. The Female and Male can be interchanged (front or back) in group of 8 or customized to your need.

Features :

• 16 channels of XLR F/TRS on front
• 16 channels of XLR Male on back or Combo
• Reversible in group of 8 or 16 or customizable
• Compact 1U rack mount chassis & solid steel
• Neutrik XLR quality, gold plated and durable connectors
• Solid mounting of connectors to chassis and board
• Modular approach with reversible options
• Mount the unit front or rear on the rack
• Enclosed box to shield any outside interference
• Only 2" depth
• All connectors are mounted on PCB
• All connections are routed on board (No wires)
• No interference and clean analog pass thru

Pricing :

• 16X2C - 16 XLR F/TRS to 16 XLR M : $199
• 16C2C - 16 XLR F/TRS to 16 XLR F/TRS : $229

Univers-Sons / Ultimate Sound Bank has updated their free, advanced virtual sampler UVI Workstation to v1.0.15.

Changes :

• [Imp] Allow MIDI Modulation for most controls (editable using Alt (Option) + Right Click).
• [Fix] fix some crashes.
• [Fix] fix possible issues with favorites folders.
• [Fix] More flexible text conversion to value when editing controls values.
• [Fix] fix CPU issue when opening popup menu on Windows.
• [Fix] fix MIDI edition range on int parameters (now can access to all values).

Apple unveils 3 new songs to the Artists section of the GarageBand Lesson Store. Sting's Message in a Bottle and Fragile and Sarah McLachlan's Angel bring the total number of artist lessons available to 13.

Lessons cost £3.95/€4.95 each and can be purchased from within the GarageBand application, part of the iLife '09 suite.

MOTU has just annonced the release of Volta, its new virtual instrument plug-in that allows users to play and automate modular synthesizers — or any hardware equipped with control voltage (CV) inputs — from their favorite host audio workstation software.

Volta is now available for Mac OS X as an Audio Unit plug-in instrument at a list price of $249.

Ueberschall announces the release of Studio Works, their latest Elastik Soundbank. This 1.8 GB package is immensely compatible with Soul, Funk, RnB, Acid Jazz, House, and Downbeat sound environments. In addition to construction kits, a substantial selection of individual phrases are also provided. Ueberschall strived to maintain richness of tone from the ground up in their approach and implementation of methods to assemble this collection. Zero Virtual Instruments/Virtual Effects were used, leaving the material in it's most transparent valve, tube, tape enhanced state, to further alter and treat at your discretion.

Studio Works has an MSRP of $119 / €99 / £69. The included Elastik Players is available for Mac OS X and Windows in AU, VST and RTAS plug-in formats. To hear a demo go to :