Sample Logic has announced that Morphestra - The Cinematic Virtual Instrument is now available for pre-ordering at a price of $699. The website has also been updated with product demo tracks and in-depth videos.

Morphestra will ship on October 1st - if you order before then you'll receive a $25 gift certificate for future products.

Brainworx has announced the upcoming release of the bx_digital Equalizer V2.

Not only does V2 have many new features, but it also sounds better than ever thanks to completely re-designed filters and improved frequency range (>22kHz).

• 3 Modes (M/S mastering, M/S recording, L/R stereo)
• new and unique 6-knob Center Section (individual PAN for Mid and Side Signals)
• 11-band EQ (TDM, RTAS, VST, AU) incl. Shifter EQs up to 22 kHz
• built-in De-Esser / dynamic EQ (1 kHz–22 kHz)
• improved Mono-Maker (20 Hz–2kHz)
• precise Correlation- and Balance-Metering
• individual Bypass and Link for every feature
• 4 Presets, Copy/Paste, Undo/Redo for all functions
• new Auto-Solo and Auto-Listen modes for TDM & Native

Brainworx will offer fair upgrades and 14-days trials via iLok — starting Oct 1st.

bx_digital V1: 33% off until V2 is available.

JZ Microphones is introducing new and improved microphone in Black Hole series - BH-1s. The new mic is equipped with two large diaphragm capsules with three polarn patterns: omni, cardioid and figure-8. Also the mic has a switch of -10db and -20db options to handle high sound pressure levels without distortion.

Having the same sonic characteristics as BH-1, also BH-1s uses two separate back-to-back placed single diaphragm capsules which are manufactured using patented Golden drops technology. Every electronic component and capsule used in BH-1s is carefully hand selected and measured to achieve the best quality and sound. Therefore JZ offers life time warranty for every purchase of microphone.

The BH-1s is available worldwide at retail price $3999/€2799.

Tascam presents the US-100, a new USB 2.0 Audio Interface positioned at a breakthrough price. It features a microphone input as well as instrument level input for direct recording guitar or bass. Stereo line inputs are provided, and can be switched to phono-level to connect a favorite turntable to digitize a vinyl collection. All of this is housed in a solid aluminum chassis to withstand any abuse from the road to the dorm room.

The US-100 is a 48k/16-bit stereo audio interface that connects to a Mac or Windows computer using USB 2.0. A free copy of Audacity® software is included to start recording right away. Additional features like a 1/8" stereo headphone output and zero-latency monitoring make the US-100 perfect for songwriters and musicians getting started with recording.

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Universal Audio has just announced the availability of a new version of UAD Powered Plug-Ins Software.

UAD Software Version 5.4.1 provides functional and sonic improvements to the FATSO Jr./Sr. Powered Plug-In, as well as a new "Clear CPU Affinity" setting for Windows users, which reduces CPU spiking on most multi-processor systems.

This update is recommended to all UAD owners — and especially FATSO Jr./Sr. plug-in users and Windows users on multi-processor systems.

Note that FATSO Jr./Sr. v5.4.1 session and preset settings are not backwards compatible with v5.4.0.