Native Instruments has announced an upcoming KORE 2 workshop tour for US and Canada. On 11 dates in different cities, NI product specialists will demonstrate the unique musical workflow of KORE 2, and how to efficiently integrate its versatile functionality in different studio and stage setups.

Workshop topics include: Introduction to KORE 2, efficient usage of the KoreSound database, sound design and preset morphing, host automation and plugin management, as well as live use as a performance instrument. The workshop will be interactive, and specific interests from the audience will be incorporated.

Attendance is free of charge, no prior registration required.

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Already available as a VST plug for Windows, NuGen Audio has finally released Visualizer for Mac OS X. Visualizer is an audio analysis plug-in which gives you all the tools you need to understand, compare and investigate your audio.

Features :

- Multiple metering meters (Peak/RMS/K12/K14/K20 etc.)
- FFT Spectrum Analysis
- Stereo Spectrum Analysis
- Stereo Spectrogram
- Vector Scope
- Stereoscope
- Stereo Bias meter
- Correlation Meter
- Intelligent window optimisation
- Frequency zoom and scroll
- dB Zoom and scroll
- Peak hold control
- Colour selection
- A/B snapshot

Priced at $89 Visualizer is available now for Mac OS X in VST format. Note that a demo version is also available.

Beyerdynamic unveils the DT 880 PRO studio headphones which combines all strengths of open, transparent headphones with those of more powerful, closed headphones.

Features :

- Semi-open studio headphone
- Analytical qualities
- Soft ear pads and and adjustable, sliding earpieces for highest comfort
- Single sided cable

Lawo announces the mc˛56 production console, the newest member of the mc˛ series.

Based on the existing mc˛ technology, the mc˛56 offers the Lawo HD core with up to 512 DSP channels, 144 summing buses, and a routing capacity of up to 8,192 crosspoints. The complete functionality of the mc˛ series is available — including the transfer of snapshots within the mc˛ family, as well as dynamic automation and networking with other Lawo products.

The innovative element of the mc˛56 lies in the newly designed control surface which offers direct access to essential operating elements. Functions which are rarely used are handled via the touchscreen graphical user interface. This design facilitates easy operation and a short learning curve. In addition, the new construction reduces fader width to 30 mm, which enables efficient and economic working. Every 16-fader bay offers fully featured metering on a high resolution TFT.

SONiVOX has released a new sample library for Kontakt users called Anatomy.

Anatomy is SONiVOX's re-imagination of the human form as an infinite template of sound, offering up over eight-hundred unique and uniquely playable instruments that transform the human body into one expansive collection of physiological melody and rhythm.

In fact it is pretty hard to describe the sound possibilities of this library, that's why SONiVOX is offering up some free fully-functioning Kontakt format instruments designed to give a taste of what can be found in Anatomy.

Anatomy is available now with an MSRP of $219. Note that it requires Native Instruments' Kontakt 2 or Kontakt 3.