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set-menu actually has some tasty stuff in it. First up is TC Electronic, which launched Production, Mastering, and Studio Complete bundles for the Digidesign Pro Tools|HD platform. The latter is the most complete, and all take their contents from the cream of TC crop, including NonLin2, Izotope's new Ozone . Master X3, UnWrap, VSS3, Tube-Tech CL 1B, TC-Helion > preset manager. A demo on the Harmony 4, and more. show floor showed just how well Digigidesign launched its implemented the UI is for Ozone own bundles for the Pro Tools LE – sharp, clean, and platform: The 003 very green would Factory Complete, probably cover it. and the 003 Rack McDSP is another Factory Complete. plug-in player with Each comes with a green theme, and its respective 003 at NAMM it was hardware, plus retro green with a the Complete new line called the Production Retro Pack, includToolkit, which ing the 4020 Retro turbocharges PT8 EQ, the 4030 Retro LE and throws in Compressor, and the a sackful of plug4040 Retro Limiter. ins and virtual Also new was the instruments. Channel G Compact Steinberg Cubase  On the control (same sonics, lower Steinberg made the headlines ‘DSP footprint’) and at NAMM with the introduction side, there were a Channel G Surround of Cubase  and Cubase Studio . couple of developments. Novation (with four compresNew features for the native DAW unveiled version sor sets: LR, C, LsRs, include new beat creation tools, 3 of its AutoMap and LFE). McDSP has also suped up an integrated vocal pitch editing Software Control the Emerald Pack toolset, extended composing system. The major to a version 4 by features, a convolution reverb, and i m p r o v e m e n t s adding the Channel full Vista -bit support. The beat- include the abilbased extras include the LoopMash ity to use multiple G Compact. SPL added to its VST instrument, the GrooveAgent control devices, Analog Code plug- ONE drum sampling plug-in, and drag and drop ins with TwinTube, Beat Designer; while the new pitch of its parameters based on the SPL tools involve VariAudio, and the new between controls, RackPack hardware VST PitchCorrect plug-in. Several and the ultranamesake (two main of these additions come directly useful Autoview feature, which processing sections from closer development ties with shows a relevant – harmonics and Steinberg’s parent company, Yamaha. GUI when you saturation effects). Overloud showed Other frills include improvements to touch a control, its new TH1 guitar MediaBay editing windows, new then hides it again processing plug-in recording features, and advanced after you’ve let go. Jazzmutant featuring free mic batch support. came with the V2 positioning around www.steinberg.net upgrade for its cabinets, BREVERBown innovative based reverbs, plus Lemur controller. loads of mics, cabs, The update adds amps, pedals, and other effects. new interactive objects, workflow While not strictly new product launches, there were a couple of improvements, scripting additions, and more – especially some major new plug-in bundles launched – Ableton Live benefits. great for those who find that the In DAW hardware there were a few new significant bits to see. Since Universal Audio launched its supercharged UAD-2 DSP solution for native DAW users, it’s been riding a wave of power hungry customers. The company’s R&D machine has not Overloud TH guitar processor. stopped churning since, 18 Focusrite Liquid Saffire  The clue is in the title of Focusrite’s latest offering to the audio world. The Liquid Saffire is a combination of the Saffire Pro FireWire interfacing and the pre-amp emulation of its Dynamic Convolution ‘Liquid’ product line. Two of the unit’s eight preamps use the Liquid technology, complete with variable harmonic adjustment, variable input impedance, and more. Additional I/O includes  analogue outputs,  channels of ADAT I/O, S/PDIF or AES I/O (RCA), MIDI I/O, and two virtual ‘loopback’ inputs for routing digital audio between applications. The unit comes complete with Saffire Mix Control  x  mixer/router software, and the Focusrite plug-in suite (compression, reverb, gating, and EQ for VST/AU). www.focusrite.com as evidenced by the launch of a more compact UAD-2 variation – the UAD-2 Solo/Laptop. It’s an expressCard version of the UAD-2 SOLO that still supports VST, AU, and RTAS plug in formats on both Mac and PC, plus the full range of Universal Audio’s Powered Plug-ins. Lexicon bolstered its DAWfriendly product range with three new USB recording interfaces – the I•ONIX U22, U42S, and U82S products. Each interface comes with Steinberg’s Cubase LE, the Toontrack EZdrummer Lite virtual instrument, and the Lexicon Pantheon II VST/ AU reverb plug-in. Other features include dbx mic pre-amps and 24-bit/96kHz conversion. I/O card specialist Lynx Technology made news by incorporating AES50 interfacing into a new product – the AES16e-50 PCI Express card. As well as 16 channels of 192kHz AES/EBU I/O via two D-sub connections, it also has a Cat5E/Cat6 connection for 32 bi-directional channels using the AES50 standard, already embraced by manufacturers such as Klark Teknik, Midas, Sadie, Merging, and more. Microphone Madness One of the surprise new product ranges at NAMM was the M-series microphones from ART. This is a new product category for the manufacturer, which has up until now, specialised in small hardware solutions for the recordist, > Celemony Melodyne editor. JZ Mics BT-. AUDIO MEDIA FEBRUARY 2009 http://www.focusrite.com http://www.steinberg.net

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