Nektar Technology, Inc. the California based new brand for Advanced Control Enhanced Workflow Controllers today announces Panorama P4, the first dedicated Keyboard Controller for the highly acclaimed Propellerhead Reason Music Creation Software is shipping.

Nektar Panorama P4 is available in stores worldwide for Msrp US$ 599.99/UK £ 399.99/EU EURO 479.99 with an anticipated street price of US$ 499.99.

IK Multimedia today announced Version 2 of ARC - Advanced Room Correction System - for Mac/PC DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations). ARC is the first acoustic correction system that combines a measurement microphone, measurement software AND a correction plug-in for most popular DAWs to improve the acoustics and sonic reliability of your studio.

- Better Correction: 4X greater resolution
- Streamlined Measurement Proces
- Mix for Multiple Devices
- "Monitor Control" Panel

ARC 2 is now shipping from IK Multimedia and its network of professional music resellers worldwide at a price of €249.99 (ex VAT).

Users of the previous version of ARC System can update to the new software online in the IK store at a special limited price of only €84.99 (ex VAT) valid until August 31, 2012, after that the price will go up to €124.99 (ex VAT).

This is the first batch of AAX DSP and AAX Native plug-ins are now available as a public beta for version 5 customers.

New features include:

- 64-bit audio path Double-precision processing
- Real-time control smoothing Just like analog gear
- Operation above 0dB A huge step up from TDM
- DSP chip sharing With McDSP & non-McDSP plug-ins.

Independent Developer Gerald Flossmann has released a major update of ChordPro Buddy, his easy and powerful song editor and viewer for the Mac. ChordPro Buddy allows musicians to create, edit and view songs, lyrics and lead sheets. It makes it very easy to transpose, change chords and create beautiful formatted printouts or PDF. The new V1.2 of ChordPro Buddy now adds the long awaited ability to show and change graphical chord shapes. Chordpro Buddy earned 4.5 stars at the Mac App Store.

Audio Mind Project has released Pure Energy vol. 2, a soundset containing 100 brand new sounds for Amber and Fusor of FXpansion's DCAM: Synth Squad. This is an extension to the previous Pure Energy vol. 1 soundset which contained 177 sounds for Strobe and Fusor.

In this new soundset you will find sounds usable in all kinds of electronic music as well as modern pop and soundtrack, atmospheric contexts. The set contains 49 Amber sounds and 51 of their Fusor counterparts. Various modulation capabilities are used, including mod-wheel and aftertouch and all 8 macros are assigned in Fusor. In connection with Amber's architecture, there is a lot of pad and string-like sounds in the set, but also interesting FX presets, synths, keys, textures and others.