Propellerhead Software announces the Record Open Beta experience.

Musicians can testdrive Propellerhead's new Record Software for free until September 9th, 2009. Just visit the following link and request an invite code or get an invite code from a colleague who has already gotten a Record Open Beta.

Olympus unveils its new portable audio recorder, the LS-11, which is a follow-up to their LS-10 handheld audio recorder.

Like its predecessor, the LS-11 is capable of recording 24-bit/96kHz stereo WAVs, as well as MP3- and WMA-format files. It's got the same on-board microphones as the LS-10, as well as the rear-mounted speakers for quick auditioning of recorded material. New features include 8GB of internal memory, instead of the 2GB found on the LS-10, and the facility to work with SD cards of up to 32GB in capacity. What's more, the two memory drives are viewed as one storage destination, so the LS-11 can address an impressive 40GB of data in total (if using a 32GB SD card).

The LS-11 features a Voice Synchronize Recordin ...

MacProVideo.com has released the first in a new series of Logic 9 tutorial videos, called "Logic 9 First Look." This tutorial-video details many of the new features of Logic Pro 9. It is available for free from the company's website.

In this new title you'll explore the new interface features of Logic 9, while learning how this new version better optimizes CPU usage. You'll explore the new Notes function and the novel Bounce In Place feature. You'll also get a good introduction to Flex Time Editing, the convert to sampler instrument function, and the new Amp designer and pedalboard plug-ins.

Solid State Logic is proud to announce the release of Duende V3 and new X-Verb plug-in.

Duende V3 doubles the power that the Duende platform can be upgraded to with the introduction of an entirely new audio engine. Duende's new Hybrid Core Processing engine combines all of the advantages of dedicated DSP with use of your computers CPU processing power. V3 enables users to upgrade Duende Mini to 64 channels and Duende PCIe

Universal Piper is a new high-definition Bagpipe virtual instrument for Windows and Mac OS X.

Features :

• Play Highland Bagpipe (other bagpipes coming).
• Sculpt your sound on each note.
• Add effects (Reverb, EQ, ...).
• Listen to BWW and MIDIfiles with the Universal Piper sound.
• Switch between tempered and natural scale.

Universal Piper is available for Windows and Mac OS X in Stand-alone and VST and AU instrument plug-in formats. It costs €49.