Serato Audio Research announces the release of Scratch Live 2.0.

New features include:

• Support for three decks with the Rane SL 3
• Three chained DJ FX per deck with macro control for live performance
• Brand new Display Modes with a range of deck layouts to suit your performance style
• Enhanced Album Art browsing for quick identification of your music
• "Smart Crates" which auto-fill using keywords from your music library
• "Serato Playlists" enables sharing of your sets online - after your gig or as you play
• New File Management options allow you to easily copy crates and tracks to external drives for your gigs

Digital Performer 7.11 is now shipping. If you own Version 7, you can download the free Version 7.11 updater.

This maintenance release includes expanded control surface and MIDI device configuration options, improved waveform overview construction, and more, as well as features and enhancements first introduced in DP 7.1 and earlier. Improved control surface configuration options enable the use of applications such as Saitara Software's AC-7 applications for iPhone and iPad.

Refer to the download description and update Read Me documentation for complete details.

Celemony Software is pleased to announce that Melodyne editor 1.1 is now available. Melodyne editor is the first product to offer the patented DNA Direct Note Access technology. The free update improves the sound quality, performance and reliability of the software, optimizes numerous functions, and fixes a number of bugs. At the same time as the Melodyne editor update, updates will be appearing for Melodyne assistant and Melodyne essential RTAS.

Optimizations to the substructure of the new versions reduce their RAM requirements and allow smoother and more reliable performance, whilst the user interface has been fine-tuned to make working with the software still more enjoyable. Clear improvements have been made above all to the processing of monophonic material. Thanks to the enhanced ...

Euphonix has announced MC Control v2, the latest addition to its line of Artist Series media controllers. MC Control v2 features the same ergonomic layout and slim line design as the MC Control, but offers enhanced graphics thanks to a new LED-backlit touch-screen and even better tactile control of parameters via eight new custom rotary encoders. MC Control v2 is the new flagship of the Artist Series and provides a host of controls to speed up and enhance the workflow process with almost any audio or video application.

At the heart of MC Control v2 is a new high-resolution 800 x 480 pixel LED-backlit touch-screen interface that offers a wide viewing angle, bright graphics and excellent color consistency. The touch-screen not only displays all top-level project information like track nam ...

Genelec is now shipping its new 8260A Three-Way DSP System.

With the new MDC Minimum Diffraction Coaxial Mid/High driver technology, the 8260A aims to be a "master piece in electro-acoustic design".

As we know Coaxial drivers have existed for many years and are common in two way systems but not so much in three way systems reproducing only mid and high frequencies. Typical to all current coaxial design is somewhat ragged frequency response due to inherent diffraction problems. Though, crossover issues due to non-coincident location of sources are solved with a coaxial configuration. Here lay the seeds of Genelec's Minimum Diffraction Coaxial (MDC ) solution: while it benefits from typical coaxial design advantages, it now overcomes several shortages as well.

The main structure o ...