BeesNeez unveils James, a new large diaphragm tube condensor microphone, hand built in Australia.

The James is built around the BeesNeez K47b capsule. This capsule is similar to the K47 capsules found in the Neumann U47's in that it is a single backplate 34mm capsule. It does though have a different hole configuration and depth helping to create the crystal clear and mid forward tones.

The James' tube is a hand selected European NOS. It has a very quiet noise floor and great frequency response. The mic circuit is point to point wired, paper in oil and film capacitors and is followed by a Cinemag Transformer.

Last but not least, it features a 10db pad, and a selectable SRO (Sibilance Roll Off).

The James is available now at an introductory price of $899. It ships with Suspension Mount, Power Supply, Lead and Flight Case.

Today we are glad to publish an article about Spectrasonics' Omnisphere. This epic 'Power Synth' breaks completely new sonic ground by combining a wide variety of hybrid realtime synthesis techniques, an epic library of remarkable 'Psychoacoustic' sounds, and many innovative features that have never been seen before in any hardware or software synthesizer.

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The AAS Modeling Collection includes five great instruments from Applied Acoustics Systems : Tassman 4, Lounge Lizard EP-3, Ultra Analog VA-1, String Studio VS-1, and Strum Acoustic GS-1.

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Here's a picture found on the web... it seems like McDSP is about to release new plug-ins called Retro Plug-ins. In the bottom of this advert we can read :

"The Retro plug-in line from McDSP is new class of plug-ins with vintage style and completely original design backed by McDSP's reputation for superior reliability and customer support.

See McDSP's Retro Plug-ins at the Winter NAMM 2009 show (...) and find out how a software plug-in is better than hardware"

Better than hardware... wait and see !