Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH has released its new CMC controllers. Dedicated to Steinberg's Cubase advanced music production system, the six USB-powered CMC units offer an integrated control solution that provides a desirable degree of flexibility and configurability.

The CMC controllers are equipped with a combination of control elements that provide tactile control over certain Cubase functions. Each unit can be used separately or hooked up together with the included joint plate, resulting in a control desk that leaves no wishes unfulfilled.

Softube is having its biggest sale ever. We are offering all our plug-ins at up to 50% discount!

Get all the juicy details on our web store or from your local participating dealer.

Even better: the More is More bulk discount still applies in our web store and bundles are available at a discount from our dealers.

Sale starts on September 16 and ends on October 16.

Applied Acoustics Systems releases Plastic Pop – a synthpop from the Eighties sound bank for the Ultra Analog VA-1 and AAS Player plug-ins.

The 127 presets of Plastic Pop muse back at arpeggio, bass, effect, lead, and pad sounds of the 80s. Included are analog and digital favorites from the Juno, DX7, Wavestation, and D-50 as well as guitar synths, the TX81Z's LatelyBass, and of course the Honkytonk sound! A superb kit to revisit the top new wave and synthpop albums from Duran Duran, Japan, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and ABC. Shoulder pads are not included.

Arturia announces a major update to its classic synthesizer, the Minimoog V. The software recreation of the "Holy Grail of Synthesizers" is now fully compatible with 64- bit hosts. This new version also includes better MIDI control assignment, and a new triangle LFO waveform.
The Minimoog v 2.5 still offers an unchallenged quality of sound thanks to TAE®, Arturia's proprietary technology for emulating analog circuits.

Main Features:
- Full compatibility with Cubase 64-bit and Logic 64-bit.
- Support for Pro Tools 9
- Support for Mac OSX 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7 Intel
- MIDI control assignment improved • New triangle LFO waveform.
The 2.5 upgrade is free for all registered users.

Mark On The Iron today introduces Musician's Little Helper 1.0 for Mac OS X. Musician's Little Helper is here to help inspire your next classic, and can help spark those first few notes that can create a killer riff or beautiful melody.

First, pick the scale you want from an exhaustive list of 68 available. Then, pressing the 'Random' button will jumble up six individual notes relevant to the chosen scale to create something totally unique.