Native Instruments Classic Keys Bundle could be considered classic in two senses: the first being that the three plug-ins included emulate classic hardware, and the second being that the plug-ins are sort of classics in their own rights. How do they stack up today? Are they still worth owning?
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Toontrack Music will on September 30, 2007 discontinue its original Superior virtual instrument title dfh Superior (TT103). dfh Superior is currently out of print and will not be reprinted or distributed in its current form.

The Superior Custom and Vintage (TT 105) and the Superior Vintage add-on (TT 107) titles will continue to be available with the original Superior sampler engine.

dfh Superior was Toontrack Music’s first Virtual Instrument release and was pivotal in building the Toontrack and Superior brands.

Toontrack Music will shortly make an announcement on the dfh Superior sequel Superior Drummer 2.0

With AES getting closer and all the talk about Pro Tools killers, I decided to post a roundup on the rumored new features in Pro Tools 7.4, rumors on new Digidesign hardware and a new Pro Tools.
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Roger Nichols Digital has introduced the Signature Bundle, a collection of their entire plug-in range, including the new SPL-IZER. Besides SPL-IZER the Signature Bundle includes DYNAM-IZER, DETAILER, FINIS, FREQUAL-IZER, INSPECTOR XL, UNIQUEL-IZER and UNIQUEL-IZER LE.

More details on the Signature Bundle can be found at the RND website.

Analog FX is a sophisticated sample collection boasting a massive library of premium and designed analog Sounds and Loops which contain over 1.7GB of cutting-edge sound material. It is a state-of-the-art FX collection of samples offering a huge variety of atmospheres, noises, basslines, leads, sweeps, LFO as well as hundreds synth loops. The library is produced for: advertising and gameaudio, trailer creation, cinema and tv post production, animation, sound design, multimedia presentations and for all the different musical styles and producers looking for analog production fx elements. All sounds are simplistically organized into folders. Loops are enhanced with B.P.M. information and tonal effects are accurately described and assigned to their root keys. The complete content provides a wide range of styles.
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I’m a sucker for strange instruments so I just had to report about this after I got it in my inbox:

Precisionsound releases the Moldova Concert Cimbalom for HALion and Kontakt.

The concert cimbalom is the biggest instrument in the dulcimer family and are very typical for European gypsy music.

More info on the Precisionsound website

M-Audio is proud to announce the KeyRig 25 keyboard controller and software bundle, which closely follows the release of the previously announced KeyRig 49 package. These complete solutions each include a keyboard controller plus M-Audio’s award-winning Key Rig software (PC only), so users can create music on a computer right out of the box.
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Propellerhead Software has announced that Reason 4 is here. Major changes includes the new synthesizer Thor, the ReGroove mixer, the arpeggiator RPG-8, and the redesigned sequencer among other things.

Available today, Reason version 4 is priced at MSRP is EUR €449 / USD $499.

Upgrades from any prior registered version of Reason are MSRP EUR €99 / USD $129. All users who purchased Reason after June 1, 2007 are entitled to a free upgrade with proper invoice/receipt documentation.

Head straight over to the Propellerhead website for more info.

Or to Slapdelay.com for some additional comments and a video.

Or stick around and read the popular previous post here at ProTooler.

Universal Audio today announced the web release of v4.8 software for the UAD Family of DSP Card’s & Powered Plug-Ins. Version 4.8 includes 14-day fully functional demos of the new Precision Maximizer and Precision De-Esser. Registered UAD customers can purchase full authorizations of the Precision Maximzer plug-in for US$199 and the Precision De-Esser for $99 at my.uaudio.com. For a limited-time, the new plug-ins will be eligible for discounts via the UA coupons issued to existing UAD users as part of the current promotion at my.uaudio.com, which expires at the end of September 2007.
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Features

- ProTools/PC: Parameter Automation.
- ProTools/PC: Complete page table support for all supported control surfaces.

Bugfixes

- ProTools: problem noises on instantiation fixed.
- CPU spikes on some programs removed.
- Tracktion 3: workaround for “white window” GUI problem.

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