The URS Classic Console Strip Pro v2.0 update combines powerful modern features with vintage analog sound to enhance the mixing experience.

Changes :

• All 30 Input Stages have been upgraded to add a more weighted effect with improved vintage odd and even harmonics.
• The Input Stage Bypass makes it easy to keep your settings and A/B the Input Stage effect.
• The Compressor section gets a lightning Fast Attack Algorithm that recreates the fast attack range of vintage Fet and Opto compressors.
• The Compressor's Wet/Dry mix control allows adding just the right amount of source material dynamics to the Compression mix.
• Windows 7 and and Snow Leopard Support
• TDM, RTAS, AU and VST formats

Available for $599.99 (Native) / $1199.99 (TDM). The good news is that it is a Free Upgrade for all existing registered users !

Waves presents MultiRack, a plug-in platform designed especially for Live Sound.

MultiRack is a software host that gives FOH and Monitor engineers the power to run the same Waves plug-ins used in recording studios and mixing rooms the world over. Armed only with a laptop, an I/O and MultiRack, you can now shape your Live sound at a fraction of the cost of hardware, and do away with racks of heavy effects units.

With easy setup and advanced preset capabilities, MultiRack delivers all the flexibility and portability of software, with sound quality and convenience that beats hardware.

Highlights :

• Take Studio Sound to the Stage and Back Again
• Quick & Simple Setup
• A Fraction of the Cost of Hardware
• Simple Routing: No Cabling, No Rack Mounting, No Trucking
• Full Recall, Full Control
• Set and save presets and snapshots per song and song sections
• Windows & Mac OS X Compatible

Bundled with the H-Delay and IR-L Native plug-ins, MultiRack will soon be available at a price of $600.

After meeting extremely favorable reviews at its AES introduction in October, Lexicon today began shipping the new PCM Native Reverb Plug-In Bundle.

The newest addition to Lexicon's legendary processing family provides seven Lexicon reverb algorithms that are designed to deliver the highest level of sonic quality and function while offering all the flexibility of native plug-ins.

The Lexicon PCM Native Reverb Plug-In Bundle feature set includes :

• Seven legendary Lexicon reverb plug-ins (Vintage Plate, Plate, Hall, Room, Random Hall, Concert Hall, Chamber)
• Over 950 brilliantly crafted studio presets
• Multi-platform compatibility (Windows XP, Vista, and 7; Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, PowerPC and Intel)
• Formats that work seamlessly in any VST, Audio Uni ...

A Public Beta version of the upcoming SPL Vitalizer MK2-T plug-in is available for donwload.

The Stereo Vitalizer MK2-T is an equaliser concept which makes use of scientific psychoacoustic technology to process audio signals. The Vitalizer-technology has been constantly improved over the past nine years since its invention by SPL's Wolfgang Neumann and Hermann Gier. The plug-in version is modeled after Hermann's (SPL CEO), original privately owned hardware unit.

The Vitalizer MK2-T plug-in will be available on December 7, 2009 for Windows and Mac OS X in VST, AU, RTAS and TDM plug-in formats. The native version will cost €239 Net (€285 incl. VAT where applicable). The TDM version will cost €385 Net (€459 incl. VAT where applicable). An introductory discount of 25% will be offered for the first month of release.

The Beta version is available now for Windows and Mac OS X in VST2.4, VST3, AU, RTAS, TDM and Venue plug-in formats. An iLok is required.

Sonnox has released its long-awaited new suite of plug-ins for professional audio restoration - Sonnox Restore.

Sonnox Restore is a suite of three plug-ins - Oxford DeClicker, Oxford DeBuzzer and Oxford DeNoiser - designed to accurately restore audio recordings that are impaired. Restore features advanced algorithms and novel features that allow fast and extremely effective removal of pops, clicks, crackles, scratches, hum, buzzes and extraneous background noise from virtually any recording.

Capable of high quality audio repairs, the three plug-ins are intuitive and easy to use, with each interface providing detailed graphical feedback, benefiting the user by saving time which of course is critical in the post-production process.