Blue Cat Audio has released several updates for Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer 2, their multiband processing plug-in with VST hosting capabilities.

The updates mainly improve compatibility with additional VST plug-ins (including VST Shells), adds support for virtual instruments hosting, tempo synchronization and more (full list below). A free add-on skin is now available for download to streamline the usage of the plug-in in single band (broadband) mode.

The plug-in can be purchased alone or as part of three bundles: Blue Cat's Energy Pack, Blue Cat's MB Dynamix Pack or Blue Cat's All Plug-ins Pack, the complete Blue Cat Audio collection bundle. The special introduction offer (20% off) is still available until september 30th.

Demo versions are available for download on www.bluecataudio.com, in VST, RTAS, AAX, Audio Unit and DirectX formats, for both Mac and PC (32 and 64-bit).

In addition to the unveiling of the forthcoming Nectar 2, iZotope have announced a huge limited time 70% price drop on Nectar Elements!

Nectar Elements is the ideal solution for those of you who want to treat your vocals to award-winning processing, professionally-designed Style presets and intuitive controls for dialing in your ideal vocal sound without diving into the advanced controls and features of the full Nectar.

Rapidly audition different vocal sounds with professionally-designed Style presets and personalise your sound with easy-to-use controls that drive sophisticated vocal processing.

For a limited time you can buy Nectar Elements for just £29.00 / €34.00 (normally £99 / €115) - that's a huge 70% off!

With the 9.1 update Live users gain the ability to open two windows simultaneously on one or two monitors. This allows Arrangement and Session Views to be open side by side, or for Live's sample display or MIDI note editor to be viewed in a separate window. This much-requested feature makes Live's interface even easier to use and promises to be a workflow booster for many music-making scenarios.

For users of Push the Live 9.1 update introduces a newly-developed melodic step sequencer. Using Push's pads, notes may now be entered manually or played by hand in real time. In addition, all of Live's automatable parameters can now be step-sequenced and edited directly from Push's encoders.

Additionally, Live 9.1 includes a new rendering algorithm for better quality audio when exporting from higher to lower sample rates - for instance, going from 96kHz to 44.1kHz. The update also brings a host of minor tweaks, bug fixes and improvements.

Ableton invites all registered users of Live 9 Suite, Standard and Intro to take part in the public beta testing of Live version 9.1.

AudioThing has released ChromaKey for AAS Chromaphone.

ChromaKey is a soundset for AAS Chromaphone featuring 60 patches divided in 6 categories: Keys, Pads, Plucked Strings, Sequences, Soundscapes, and Various.
Despite Chromaphone tagline "creative percussion synthesizer", ChromaKey focuses entirely on hybrid and organic melodic sounds.

Details:
- 60 Patches.
- 6 Categories.
- Chromaphone 1.0.5.

ChromaKey is available for the introductory price of €9.95 until September 23.
Full price: €12.

Eventide announced the immediate availability of the 2016 Stereo Room and Omnipressor® 64-bit plug-ins for AAX2, AU, and VST Native.

The new plug-ins are compatible with Pro Tools 11 and no longer require an iLok. 2016 Stereo Room Native retails for $199 is available now for a limited time for $79 and Omnipressor Native, regularly $149 is now $59. This special introductory pricing is good through September 30, 2013. Current owners of the Native versions of these plug-ins can download the new binaries on the support pages at Eventide.com at no charge.