Toontrack Music has just updated Toontrack Solo to version 1.2.1. It fixes a number of faults with the new Metronome feature as well as expand the game controller support launched as part of version 1.2.0.

The changes in a nutshell :

• added support for Mad Catz XBox Rockband® drumkit on PC
• metronome should now work as expected on PC
• click sounds are correctly recalled/found regardless of the project
location on PC
• default metronome settings are remembered
• fixed a bug when opening save files with incorrect paths on PC
• Open/Save/Save as/New combinations should remember the filename
• some minor graphical issues in the mixer have been fixed

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The virtual drum machines Nepheton and Drumazon by the D16 group have been officially updated and since now, they're are also available in Mac OS X Audio Unit format.

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SPL has just announced the release of three new plug-ins in its new Analog Code MicroPlugs series : Attacker, Mo-Verb and De-Verb.

The MicroPlugs employ the same processing technique like the original Transient Designer. SPL's Differential Envelope Technology has revolutionized dynamic processing with a level-independent method, according to SPL. This radically different approach allows to forego the setting of a threshold. Other parameters are set automatically and in a musical manner as they follow the characteristics of the input signal.

Attacker: The Transient Designer's attack enhancement
Working with the Attacker is simple: All attack events can be amplified – regardless of their signal level. However, the possibilities for studio and live applications are seemingly endless.

The legendary Polivoks from Russia now available for Ableton Live. All 5 original Polivoks waveforms where captured and integrated carefully into special Multiwaveform Oscillators. Each waveform is represented by 32 single samples that cover all five registers of the Polivoks 32' | 16' | 8' | 4' | 2'.

Due to the semi-modular principle of Ableton Live the Vox Populi Synthesizer can be extended by users far beyond the original Polivoks layout.
For this purpose 4 different types of Multiwaveform Oscillators including Waveform Shaping, Frequency Modulation, Amplitude Modulation and Pitch Modulation possibilities where designed. Additional 24 oscillators containing further sets of multisampled Polivoks timbres are also included in the download.

Each one of these 28 different oscillators is hot-swappable and can be used easily to extend the sound spectrum of the Vox Populi Synthesizer.

A video and audiosamples can be found at :