Steinberg announces the release of two new CI interfaces: CI1 and CI2+. Both CI1 and CI2+ are USB-powered audio interfaces, housing two combo connectors, phantom power and allowing for high-impedance input. While the entry-level CI1 comes bundled with the Sequel LE sequencer and WaveLab LE 7 audio editing application, CI2+ is an advanced interface, seamlessly combining Advanced Integration control capability with the included Cubase Essential 5 music production system. Both CI1 and CI2+ will soon be available for EUR 119 and EUR 339, respectively.

CI1 provides two high-quality microphone and line channels, comprising balanced XLR/TRS combo connectors with microphone preamps, phantom power and dedicated high-impedance switching on the first input channel for direct electric guitar or bas ...

During the next few months Arturia is offering a two for one deal on all of their software synthesizer titles: moog modular V, CS-80V, Minimoog V, Prophet V, ARP2600 V, Jupiter-8V, Analog Factory, Brass, and The One. Which means for any Arturia software synthesizer instrument purchased, customers will be offered another one for free!

Also, customers purchasing the V Collection 2 will not miss out on the savings either: during the same period, the V Collection 2 is $100/100Eur off!

These offers last from July 1st until August 31st 2010.

Eventide announced the agreement for exclusive worldwide distribution of the Princeton Digital Reverb 2016 bundle and the SST-282 Space Station plug-ins for Pro Tools TDM. To kick off the new agreement, the Reverb 2016 plug-in bundle will be available for the month of July at a special reduced price of $299 (regularly $699).

The Reverb 2016 bundle includes the three algorithms originally included in the SP2016, the first multi-effect processor ever, introduced by Eventide in 1982. Included are the Stereo Room, Room Reverb, and High Density Plate. Widely used on hit records for the last three decades, this plug-in suite offers a distinctive palette of reverberant spaces that add that special sparkle to your tracks.

The Space Station SST-282 plug-in, developed in cooperation with the S ...

MOTU has announced the MicroBook, a USB bus-powered audio interface that delivers studio-grade audio performance in a compact size small enough to fit in your pocket. The MicroBook turns a Mac or PC computer into a personal 4x2 recording studio with all the audio I/O and mixing needed to make professional-quality recordings.

The MicroBook gives users a complete personal recording solution for a Mac or PC laptop or desktop computer, with four simultaneous inputs for a microphone, a guitar, and a keyboard or other stereo line level device. The mic preamp delivers neutral coloration and pristine sound, with 20 dB pad and 48V phantom power for condenser mics. Programmable analog, digital, and headphone outputs provide flexible monitoring options. The guitar input provides the proper impedan ...

Voxengo PHA-979 version 2.2 update is now available for download. Voxengo PHA-979 is a track phase and time alignment audio plug-in, available in AudioUnit and VST plugin formats, for Mac OS X and Windows computers.

PHA-979 is useful during mixing sessions, especially when working with the sound material recorded through an array of microphones. In many cases this allows you to solve various phasing problems arising from the microphone placement chosen during the tracking session. In other cases this process may help you to align drums and other instruments to each other bringing punch and time coherence not attainable by the ordinary time-aligning alone.

PHA-979 version 2.2 includes the following changes:
- Plug-in initial loading time reduced.
- Crash problem on inserting the plu ...