Crysonic today announced the release of SINDO v2, a hybrid stereo image expander (widener) / Narrower with new features offering a high level of mono compatibility with minimal side effects.

Features :

• PC and Mac Compatible (Mac OS Universal Binary AU,VST and PC VST Native)
• Greatly Improved Audio Quality
• Cross-Over Selection and Adjustment to bias Stereo Separation
• Targetable Rotations Per Frequency Range Without Altering Mix Level balance
• True Global 'Pan' Without Altering Mix Level balance
• Phase-compensated ' Shufflers ' for Low and Hi Stereo enhacement
• Three Modes of operation to suit all Audio material
• Individual Hi and Low Gain trim adjustments
• Double click to set each control to default value
• Press Ctrl for finer Adjustment
• Hybrid M / S Stereo image expander and narrower
• Minimum ' Phasiness'
• Retaining the tonal character of original audio
• Full automation for all parameters via the host
• Very Low CPU usage
• 64-bit internal precision

SINDO v2 is available now at a price of $59.95.

Arturia announces for the summer a promotional offer intended at synthesis lovers. For any Arturia software instrument purchased (which includes Moog Modular V, Minimoog V, CS-80V, ARP2600 V, Prophet-V, Jupiter-8V, BRASS and Analog Factory 2.0), customers will be offered another software instrument for free.

The choice for free product is to be done among the following instruments :

- Jupiter-8V
- Prophet V
- Analog Factory 2.0
- BRASS

This offer lasts from July 1st until August 31st 2008. For more information, please visit their web site.

On popular demand, starting on July 1 and ending on July 31, Modartt will offer a summer group buy for Pianoteq with prices ranging from 179 € to 229 € (ordinary price is 249 €). If interested in participating, please note that the number of participants is limited to 100. When this number is reached, the group buy offer expires.

For more information, please visit the link below :

After its announcement at the latest Winter NAMM, Eastwest has finally announced that EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra "Play" Editions will start shipping July 15th, 2008.

Play-Powered Quantum Leap Platinum Plus carries an MSRP of $1,295, Platinum $1,195, Gold $695 and Silver $295.

Special upgrade pricing is available to registered users of the previous Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra versions on the company's website until June 30, 2008.

Modartt has just released a new add-on for Pianoteq called Grimaldi.

This is a physically modelled virtual copy of a harpsichord by Carlo Grimaldi dating from 1697, copied by Andrew Wooderson (Bexley, 2007). Typical of a short-scaled Italian instrument it has a crispness of attack and transparency of tone that makes it ideal for continuo use, and is also well suited to 17th and 18th Century Italian and German solo repertoire. Its two registers can be played separately or combined together.

The Grimaldi harpsichord is part of the KIViR project with the aim to create virtual copies of historical keyboard instruments. It is freely available to all Pianoteq customers as an add-on instrument on the Modartt website.