Musicrow releases Analog Sound Collection, a massive collection of 1200 sounds for Arturia software synthesizers.

- Analog Sound Collection includes six soundbanks:
- Jupiter Trip: 200 sounds for Jupiter 8V
- The Heavenly Prophecy: 200 sounds for Prophet V
- Modular Dreams: 200 sounds for Modular V
- The Arp Kingdom: 200 sounds for Arp 2600V
- Classic Minitunes: 200 sounds for Mini V
- CS Vibes: 200 sounds for CS80 V.

In an effort to truly empower everybody with a desire to make music, anytime, anywhere with their Mac/PC, IK Multimedia is proud to announce a new, more affordable pricing structure for its entire range of professional software and plug-ins for guitar, bass/keyboard players, producers and audio engineers.

Price reductions of up to 60% on must-have studio tools such as AmpliTube®, T-RackS®, SampleTank®, as well as the entire range of IK software products for Mac/PC are effective today.

Native Instruments today introduced a new collection of high-end effects, capturing the warm, natural sound of tube-driven hardware. PREMIUM TUBE SERIES is made up of three individual effects:

PASSIVE EQ, VARI COMP and ENHANCED EQ, available either individually or as a high-value bundle. PREMIUM TUBE SERIES makes these effects available for the first time as native plug-ins that run individually within a DAW in VST, AU, RTAS or AAX format. The effects are modeled by Softube, the renowned team behind Native Instruments' VINTAGE COMPRESSORS.

Apple has launched new iPhone 5 during the lastest keynote in San Fransisco.
This smartphone is not Not really revolutionary but some features are interesting.

Audio
- Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
- User-configurable maximum volume limit

Video:
- Retina display
- 4-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
- 1136-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi
- 800:1 contrast ratio (typical)
- 500 cd/m2 max brightness (typical)
- 8-megapixel iSight camera
- Panorama
- Video recording, HD (1080p) up to 30 frames per second with audio
- FaceTime HD camera with 1.2MP photos and HD video (720p) up to 30 frames per second
- Autofocus

The Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 is a 2 in / 4 out USB recording interface.

Scarlett 2i4 has four outputs and a separate headphone socket so you can connect it to speakers and send a separate signal to a recording musician.

If you are DJing with a laptop you can send one stereo signal to the mixer and cue up your next track on headphones via the other stereo channel. 2i4 also has MIDI in /out ports which will allow you to connect your MIDI keyboard or digital piano to your music software.