URS has updated Saturation to version 2. It’s available nowfor RTAS, Audio Units and VST Mac on OSX. WinXP RTAS is currently supported via FXpansion’s VST-to-RTAS adapter (in other words, not really supported). There will also be a TDM upgrade path for an additional fee.
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RTAS/TDM plug-ins can be damn expensive as we’ve seen been discussed this week. But don’t fall into the trap of believing that you need to shell out big sums of money for a good setup of plug-ins. Here’s is one list of good plug-ins if you’re on a budget.
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URS has released Classic Console Strip Pro v1.1 for Mac OSX PPC/ Intel TDM, RTAS AU and VST. The upgrade is free. URS Strip Pro v1.1 for WinXP TDM, RTAS and VST coming soon. Here’s what’s new:

Input Stage Lock Function: The Input Stage Lock Function allows the Input Stage to be Locked from being changed by the Compressor Starting Points.

Seven Auto Release Algorithms: The Seven Auto Release algorithims digitally recreate the most popular Vinatge Compressor Program Dependent Release and Auto Releases modes.

The Seven Auto releases range from fast to slow.

A1 - 1970 Fast Auto Release
A2 - Opto3a Program Dependent Release
A3 - 1970 Slow Auto Release
A4 - Opto2a Program Dependent Release
A5 - 1980 Auto Release
A6 - Fet Program Dependent Release
A7 - Tube Child Auto Release

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The URS Saturation plug-in digitally recreates four different and distinct pre amplifiers each featuring: a different type of input stage saturation, even and odd ordered harmonics and soft clipping. The initial four Mic Pre Amplifiers models include:

Class A Tube Mic Pre Amplifier - Vintage Motorcity
Class A Tube Mic Pre Amplifier - German
Class A Discrete Pre Amplifier - British
Class A Discrete JFet Pre Amplifier - Modern
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Now THIS looks interesting! Both of them, very cool idea IMO.

The URS M series EQ Bundle includes two 7-band equalizers: MotorCity and Vintage Cinema. The MotorCity EQ is a meticulous digital re-creation of the legendary, custom-built 7-band program equalizers that were used to sculpt and define the sound of the Motown era. The URS Vintage Cinema equalizer digitally re-creates the even rarer 7-band passive equalizers used for film and cinema from the 1930s.

From Mix

Now that we have featured fourteen EQs totally in our series of Spotlights on EQs, as well as reviewed two in conjunction with these Spotlights, I think we should wrap this baby up with sort of an “ultimate conclusion”. There are of course many more EQs out there, but we can’t run Spotlight on EQs only, we have to make room for other stuff as well.
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Do you for some reason think that the huge amount of presets included in the Strip Pro isn’t enough? Luckily for you there’s a blog out there that focus on Strip Pro presets solely.

Check it out at

www.ursstrippro.com

There have been quite a buzz about the URS Console Strip Pro. It was announced a very long time ago and was thought to be released then as well. When it arrived after a long wait it did so with a bang. Was it worth the wait? And more importantly, is it worth the money?
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For part four of our Spotlight on EQs we’re going to review two more URS EQs, two that are very different than those we reviewed in part 3. This time we’ve also added an EQ of another brand, namely Sonalksis. Lets see how they stack up to the competition.
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You didn’t think we’d run an entire series of Spotlights on EQs without including those made by URS, right? The problem wasn’t if we would include them or not, but more like how many we would include. They have 10(!) EQs in their product line (not counting channel strips), and while we could make three additional Spotlights on EQs with only URS products, I don’t feel like that would be fair. So this is what I’ve done, shorter articles on the more “simple” EQs today, and a little longer articles on the two more “advanced” EQs in the upcoming part 4. OK?
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