Steinberg is proud to present a new all-in-one production package offering a complete hardware and software solution : Cubase Producer Pack.

The limited edition package includes Cubase 5 and the MR816 CSX FireWire audio interface, and is now shipping to Steinberg resellers throughout Europe. Cubase Producer Pack supports Mac OS X, Windows XP and Windows Vista and is priced at €1555.00/£1296.00*.

To coincide with the launch of Cubase Producer Pack, Steinberg has also announced a special competition to win a 2-day production workshop at its Hamburg headquarters by one of its product specialists, with travel and hotel accommodation included.

*Suggested Retail Price. Pricing may vary regionally.

Ueberschall announces the release of Club Toolz. Each sound, of the over 2GB assortment of material, has been individually processed, branded with a tempo and key signature. This enables you to adjust this library in a variety of ways and create your own additional content. This library doesn't rip sounds from standard drum sequencer or synth romplers, content is genuine and has never been sampled before. Full mixes can be assembled completely from scratch with this engine alone.

With this sample library you can create your own club tracks within the various House and Techno styles such as :

. Deep Tech
. Electro
. Tribal
. Minimal
. Maximal
. Oizo-ish
. Progressive
. Neo Trancy

Club Toolz has an MSRP of $119 / €99 / £69. The included Elastik Players is available for Mac OS X and Windows in AU, VST and RTAS plug-in formats. To hear a demo go to :

Audio Ease has updated Speakerphone to v2.0.1.

Fixes :

• Importing SP1 settings in Nuendo & Cubase works correctly now
• Fixed bug in preset browser: a single click opens the user section.
• Importing Speaker & Room IR Automation data works correctly now (a speaker selection bug in Speakerphone 2.0.0 prevented some Speakerphone 1 sessions to come up with the wrong speaker selected. The bug is fixed, but the consequence is that sessions made with speakerphone 2 may load with the incorrect speaker selected, so please double check which speaker is selected in the speaker module.)

Let me introduce you to Tank-FX, a non-virtual effect device. The reverb is generated by a huge [11m] tank made of ferroconcrete. Some mics and speakers have been put in it and connected to a unix box, so everybody can use it now from the internet.

To try it out, just upload some audio material. It will be processed in real-time. Check it out !

Since January 2009, the Pleasurize Music Foundation is fighting the "Loudness War", trying to introduce a new dynamic standard through several phases.


The free TT Dynamic Range Meter plug-in (and standalone app.) makes it possible to provide releases with a whole-number dynamic value to be printed on the recording medium as a logo, giving consumers an immediate means of knowing the dynamic quality of a recording.

The TT Dynamic Range Meter plug-in is available for both Mac and PC in VST, AU and RTAS formats. The standalone version is only available for PC, Mac version is scheduled to be released in June 2009.

Want to learn more about the "Loudness War" and how to fight it with the TT Dynamic Range Meter ? Then follow the link below :