BIAS has just announced the release of SoundSoap Pro 2, a major upgrade to its professional audio noise reduction and restoration software plug-in for Mac and Windows operating systems. SoundSoap Pro combines four restoration tools - Broadband noise reduction ; Click and Crackle removal ; Hum removal ; and a Noise Gate.

SoundSoap Pro's intelligent broadband noise reduction is significantly enhanced in version 2 by new adaptive noise reduction (ANR) algorithms from BIAS. "SoundSoap Pro 2 provides 'super-intelligent' noise reduction", said Jason E. Davies, VP Sales & Marketing for BIAS, Inc. "Traditional approaches to broadband noise reduction require a selection of isolated noise in order to work effectively. In cases where the broadband noise changes over time — the results can suffer ...

Best Service presents Accordions, a new Kontakt Player-powered sample library produced by Eduardo Tarilonte. It is designed and scripted to perform, in real-time, ultra-realistic accordion melodies and chords. All the subtle sounds from an accordion have been carefully captured to increase the realism of your performance, like key and button noises.

Features :

• 7 complete independent instruments plus 1 bonus accordion : Bandoneon, Concertina, Single Reed Piccolo Accordion, Single Reed Musette Accordion, Single Reed Bassoon Accordion, Double Reed Musette Accordion, Left Hand Bass Accordion, Steirische Accordion (Bonus)
• 8 perfectly balanced multis with fine-tune combinations to create new ready-to-use registers : Oboe Register, Celeste Register, Bandoneon Register, Organ ...

Cytomic has announced the release of 'The Glue', a high quality analog modeled plug-in based on a cross between an E and G series SSL 4000 buss compressor with some additional features.

Features :

• 4 in / 2 out stereo compressor (second stereo input for external side-chain processing)
• Accurate analog model of famous British mix bus compressor of the 80's
• Ultra-fast attack time of up to 0.01 mS
• Range knob to naturally control the maximum compression applied
• Peak Clip to optionally hard limit transients
• DSP coded using C++ and assembler, Interface coded using the Juce framework (C++)
• VST, AU and RTAS plug-in formats for Mac OS X, only VST fot Windows but an RTAS version will follow soon.

'The Glue' costs 99$.

DSK Music has released DSK Top Keys vol. 1, a free collection of high quality multisample instruments, featuring 9 acoustic pianos, 9 electric pianos & 9 organs.

DSK Top Keys vol. 1 is available in the following formats :

• HALion format (160mb)
• Kontakt format (160mb)
• Refill format (75mb)
• Sampletank format (160mb)
• Soundfont format (160mb)

DSK Top Keys vol. 1 is a donationware. All donations received go to support cancer research, through the Spanish Association Against Cancer.

TC Electronic has announced the release of the TC Konnekt software version 2.2.2 which brings Snow Leopard support to the entire Konnekt family.