Native RTAS versions of SSL Duende Plug-ins now available on SSL web site

The Duende Native Plug-in suite is a collection of audio processing tools which bring professional audio quality, sophistication and benchmark performance within reach of all DAW users. Duende plug-ins provide the superior precision, advanced feature set and legendary tonal characteristics of SSL console products in affordable VST/AU/RTAS* plug-in form. They are quite simply the easiest way to get your hands on professional tools that will help you make professional mixes that sound like a record.

Line 6 announces POD HD Pro Rack Multi Effect Processor

Line 6 announces the immediate availability of POD HD Pro rack-mountable multi-effect processor. Line 6 POD HD Pro Rack Multi Effect Processor is based on Line 6 HD modeling technology and it delivers the highest-quality tones to performing and recording guitarists

“As the flagship product of our new POD HD line, POD HD Pro is the best of the best,” remarked Elliot Chenault, product manager for Line 6 POD HD products. “It’s got all the features, connectivity, flexibility and tone that today’s professional guitarists and producers need.”

Sennheiser provides invisible digital microphones for YouTube Symphony Orchestra

In 2010, 101 musicians from 33 countries uploaded videos to You Tube of themselves auditioning for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011. Chosen with the help of leading orchestras around the world and the YouTube community, the musicians finally made it to the end of their journey to perform in an extraordinary concert conducted by Grammy-award winning YouTube Symphony Orchestra Artistic Advisor, Michael Tilson-Thomas and streamed live on You Tube directly from Sydney Opera House. The Grand Finale was a multimedia extravaganza of soaring music accompanied by extraordinary projections on the interior of the Concert Hall and the exterior sails of the iconic Sydney Opera House.

Shure PSM 1000 Personal Monitor System is now shipping

Shure Incorporated has announced that the new PSM1000 Personal Monitor System is now shipping. “The Shure PSM 1000 Personal Monitor System outperforms other in-ear monitor systems in many ways,” said Matt Engstrom, Category Director for Monitoring Products at Shure. “With best-in-class audio and RF performance, networking connectivity, and a diversity bodypack receiver, PSM 1000 delivers on the demanding requirements of sound professionals.”

Native Instruments Komplete 8 and Komplete 8 Ultimate are now available

The world’s leading pro studio bundle of instruments and effects is now available for purchase, so make your choice: Komplete 8 – the quintessential production package or Komplete 8 Ultimate, the whole range of Komplete Instruments and Effects on a dedicated hard drive for easy installation.

Coming Autumn 2011 from Steinberg … New Controller for Cubase ?

We don’t know what is it and we don’t know when exactly it will come … We are sure that the launch date is near because it is September 1st today so it is autumn … And, yeah, it is coming from Steinberg.

Blue Microphones Reactor is now Widely Available

After a limited release, Blue Microphones announces that Reactor, their latest large diaphragm, multi-pattern studio mic is widely available at authorized Blue Microphones dealers! Blue Microphones Reactor unites Blue’s proprietary pre-amp circuit and innovative pattern selection method (cardioid, omni or bi-directional) with a swiveling capsule head for precise positioning, making it inherently well-suited for multiple mic setups.

Multiple Patterns and Sonic Signature: Drawing from the design of Blue’s renowned B6 capsule, Reactor’s capsule technology delivers a full sonic signature with a detailed top end, texture mids and a full bottom end. With the versatility of choosing between the cardioid, bi-directional and omnidirectional patterns, Reactor’s sound can be tuned to specific uses such as full and present vocals, warm guitar acoustics, even capturing the room frequencies of drums.

Features: Featuring an innovative swiveling design, Reactor’s capsule head rotates fluidly across a 90 degree range, with resistance to hold the head in a precise position. Facilitating ease-of-use in multiple mic setups such as Mid/Side or X-Y recording, Reactor’s swivel head allows for accuracy and fine-tuning of setup geometry and microphone tone.

Audio Sample Libraries | Prime Loops Vocal Allstars

Prime Loops presents The Vocal Allstars Series. For the first time ever you can now get your hands on seven huge hit anthems with a massive vocal hook, broken down into all of their remixable parts such as vocal harmonies, drum beats, basslines, synth melodies and much, much more.

Mixing and Mastering | 2 New T-RackS Legendary Compressors / Limiters Now Available

IK Multimedia released two new mixing and mastering plug-ins which can be used as single plug-ins for any DAWs or they can be integrated in the new T-RackS suite of mixing and mastering effects, recently updated to 64-bit compatibility both as standalone software or plug-in mode. The Black 76 Limiting Amplifier and the White 2A Leveling Amplifier Plugins are virtual identities of the well-known analog compressors.

Video | Audio Technica US Facility Tour

If you have a microphone or your headphones are from Audio Technica and also if you ever wondered how their headquarter looks … now you have the possibility because the guys from Audio-Technica USA – Stow, Ohio together a video tour, giving an interesting inside look at a typical AT day.