Bodhisphere is a unique collection of twisted textures, warped soundscapes and mangled mayhem inspired by FM3's celebrated Buddha Machine. Complete with 5 menus of high quality 24-bit audio, Bodhisphere joins Puremagnetik's "spheres" collection as a lush resource for sound designers, film composers or anyone looking to get their hands on some seriously tricked out audio! The following is a list of boutique effects and processors used in the production of Bodhisphere:

• Co-Pilot FX Mantis ii
• Co-Pilot FX Antenna
• Dwarfcraft Devices Shiva
• Symbolic Sound KYMA X
• Tech-21 Bass Sans Amp
• Line 6 X-Pod Live
• Effector 13 Truly Beautiful Disaster
• Moog MURF
• Malekko Spring Chicken
• Blckout Effector's Fixed Fuzz
• Ensoniq D ...

Zoom has presented the H1 pocket recorder.

The Zoom H1 handy recorder uses only one AAA battery, which enables it to record for up to 10 hours. It records in 24bit 96kHz PCM and MP3. Further more it features a lowcut filter, XY Mic capsules, USB 2.0, external mics and audio device in-outputs.

Pricing and availability : €119, expected in June 2010.

Korg has announced that their popular Electribe·R has been reborn as a dedicated iPad app – the Korg iElectribe virtual analog beatbox.

Main Features:

• Faithful recreation of the Electribe·R's entire sound engine and sequencer
• 64 Preset patterns ready for immediate use
• 8 Supercharged effects
• Advanced Motion Sequencing takes the iElectribe to new frontiers


Available now at Apple's App Store (inside iTunes Store) for a special introductory price of $9.99. Promotional pricing expires June 30, 2010 (regular price is $19.99).

Thermionic Culture has unveiled the Earlybird 4, a 4 channel all valve preamp using a Class A bias valves in a push-pull circuit. Company founder and chief designer Vic Keary believes that "this is one of the finest pre-amplifiers available today".

Specially designed Sowter transformers the Earlybird 4 boasts well under .01% distortion, as Vic explains that "it's like connecting a pair of wires with gain to your mic, it's so clean!" It has a very high output level of +32dB and if desired, 2nd order harmonics can be introduced by increasing mic gain and reducing output gain. The unit has switched gain controls with a maximum of 62dB of mic gain and a variable output along with pads, phase, 300 & 1200 ohm impedance and stepped filter. A pair of meters can be switched between 1 & 2 and 3 & 4.

Pricing and availability TBA.

Steinberg is pleased to announce an upcoming free update to its Cubase 5 and Cubase Studio 5 Music Production Systems. The free update to version 5.5 adds new features and capabilities as well as a range of enhancements to existing instruments, functionality and workflow.

"We're proud to offer such a large range of improvements in a free update, it's a way for us to thank our customers for choosing Cubase," comments Helge Vogt, Steinberg's Product Marketing Manager for Cubase and the HALion product range. "The enhancements cover many areas of the application, from multi-core support and a new video engine to added automation features and updates for the onboard instruments, to name but a few. The 5.5 update underlines our vision for Cubase, that it is not just a piece of software, it's ...