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Used everywhere from Hollywood post production studios to leading sound editing facilities, RX 3transforms troubled recordings into professional-grade material. Built for the toughest audio repair tasks, RX 3 will remove noise, clipping, hum, buzz, crackles, unwanted reverb and more with unprecedented power and precision. Rebuilt from the ground up, with a completely new interface and under-the-hood enhancements that will make your workflow up to six times faster, RX 3 gives you the tools to... Turn flawed audio into pristine, usable material using Denoise, Declip, Declick & Decrackle, Spectral Repair and more. Pinpoint problems faster than ever with the Spectrogram and Spectrum Analyzer. Easily finesse your sound with dedicated audio enhancement modules like EQ, Gain and Channel Ops. and more! As for the Advanced version, audio professionals will be blown away by the new revolutionary Dereverb modulewhich allows the removal or reduction of reverb from vocals, instruments, and more, plus, dialogue can now be cleaned on the fly with the Dialogue Denoiser – the new audio standard for real-time dialogue treatment. Furthermore, you can monitor your audio and loudness compliance thanks to the inclusion of iZotope's comprehensive metering suite 'Insight' worth £319! RX 3 not only excels at audio restoration activities, it's also a unique sound design tool that offers a new way of working with sound. Whether you're literally 'painting' with spectral sound, or using the Deconstruct module which separates the signal into tonal and noisy components, you'll get tons of mileage from RX 3! RX 3 and RX 3 Advanced are available now with special introductory pricing until 26th September 2013. Upgrades for existing RX users are also available. For more information visit: http://www.timespace.com/rx3 Hi-res images attached. Please contact me for additional images or to request RX 3 Advanced for review.

Godlyke is proud to announce the release of the TWA GD-02 Great Divide® Analog Synth Octaver effect pedal. Over three years in development, the Great Divide® combines classic analog octave division with proprietary Synth technology to create an extremely powerful tool for musical expression. The Great Divide® features five independent voices that can be continuously blended for a limitless array of sounds, from classic “stompbox” octave division to multi-layered, supersonic Synth mayhem! The Great Divide® features TWA’s proprietary S3™ “Shortest Send Switching” - a form of relay-based True Bypass that provides the most transparent bypass sound available and automatically reverts to bypass if power is lost.Other key features of the Great Divide® include: • Dry voice with Level Fader • -1 Octave Down voice with Level Fader & LPF controls • +1 Octave Voice with Level Fader & LPF controls • +1 Octave Envelope Mode • SUB voice with Level Fader – selectable between -1, -1.5, -2 or -2.6 intervals • SYN voice with Level Fader – Selectable between 0, -1, -1.5, -2 or -2.6 intervals • Four selectable waveforms for SYN voice • TRS Effects Loop to patch in external effects • 12 Internal controls to adjust various voice parameters • Proprietary S3™ “Shortest Send Switching” relay true bypass switching • External 9 VDC power required (no battery option) • “Division Symbol” status LED array • Made in USA • Direct Price $399

Detroit, Michigan, September 10, 2013 AweSome Musical Instruments has released their amazing S3 Electric Guitar. Using their high-performance patented Pickup Switch UpgradeTM product, this guitar gives you an amazing range of 35 pickup tones. This is 30 more pickup tones than any other stock "S-Style” guitar. This S3 Electric Guitar gives you all the additional pickup tones that you do not get from a stock guitar. Why restrict yourself with just the wimpy 5 stock pickup tones that all other inadequate instruments "offer" you? The S3 Electric Guitar gives you an incredible "Grand Canyon Wide" range of 35 unique pickup tones right out of the box. And this is before using analog or digital processing units to add even more flavor to your output. This is like an artist suddenly finding 30 more colors of paint to work with. Now you can break out of your “pickup tone prison” and sound better than millions of “5 tone” wannabes. Finally, you can have all the unique guitar sounds on just one instrument. This guitar will sound like a Strat, a Tele, an LP custom or studio, PRS, Ibanez and pretty much like every electric guitar ever made. You can get the complete range of pickup tones that are possible – all on one AweSome electric guitar: Blues, Jazz, Metal, Surf, intense Country twang, glass-shattering pickup tones and dozens of additional subtle pickup tones in between. Gives the heavy metal crowd pickup tones so "Fat" – they're OBESE! Even better, this S3 Electric Guitar gives you the Signature Sounds of ALL the guitar gods of every headliner group since the 1940s. This guitar is clearly for the veteran player who wants quality sound. Used in the studio, this S3 Electric Guitar gives you an incredible spectrum of pickup tones that you just cannot get with severely underpowered "stock" instruments that do not contain this Pickup Switch UpgradeTM product. When you perform on stage, this guitar gives you dozens of unique and exciting pure analog pickup tones that nobody else has. Your six strings will never sound the same again. Even the "AMI" (i.e., AweSome Musical Instruments) graphic cuts on the lower edge of the headstock give this S3 Electric Guitar its own unique "edginess" that has no equal. This is the first of several instrument releases that will give you the ultimate "Holy Crap" experience! Nothing on earth can give you more Pure Analog Pickup Tone Power than our AweSome Instruments. You can get more detail about the S3 Electric Guitar on the AweSome Musical Instruments website.

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, September 10, 2013 — Following the release of Avid Pro Tools 11, Waves Audio is pleased to announce its support for the AAX Native plugin platform. Waves has consistently strived to support as many plugin platforms as possible, including VST, RTAS, TDM, AudioUnits and others. With this new development, Waves Native plugins are now fully compatible with the AAX platform, also used by Avid HDX systems. Gilad Keren, Waves CEO and co-founder, stated, “AAX Native support has been a frequent request by many users. We are happy to respond to market demand with this new compatibility.” "The portfolio of processors offered by Waves is among the most respected in the world," remarks Ed Gray, Director of Partnering Programs for Avid. "They are a most welcome addition to the AAX platform, and great news for users of Pro Tools 11. We are grateful for this support.”

Option Knob Inc. introduces the newest edition to the Option Knob Inc. product line of advanced controllers with the new VKnob, which provides Advanced Dynamic Volume Control for electric guitars. It's an alternative for the volume knob on your electric guitar which enables any player to instantly execute fine-tuned volume control and lightning fast volume swells with ease! • Pull off the factory volume knob, push on the VKnob, and you're ready to go. • The "arm" design extends your volume control closer to the strumming area, so it's quicker and easier to adjust your volume on the fly. • You can rapidly move the arm up and down to create tremolo effects at whatever tempo you want. • Couple your pinky finger with the notch on the tip of the arm to fine-tune the volume level on every individual note you pick. • It's compact size leaves minimal footprint on your guitar Pull off, push on, rock out!TM MSRP $12.95 VKnob.com

Hannover, September 9th, 2013: Zynaptiq announces the immediate availability of UNVEIL version 1.7 and UNFILTER version 1.1, their award-winning real-time dereverberation and adaptive tonal contour linearization plug-ins. These free updates add AAX Native 64 support for Mac and Windows users, enabling the use from within Pro Tools 11, as well as several enhancements and fixes, and are available now. UNVEIL is a real-time, de-mixing based plug-in that allows attenuating or boosting reverb components within a mixed signal of any channel count, including mono sources. Additionally, UNVEIL allows bringing the key features of a recording into focus, or moving them to the background, by attenuating or boosting perceptionally less important signal components. UNFILTER is a real-time plug-in that removes filtering effects, such as comb filtering, resonance, or excessive equalization – effectively linearizing the frequency response of a signal automatically. UNFILTER can also apply a detected filter response to another signal, or export it to disk as an impulse response file (WAV), and can perform mastering grade adaptive, free-form, and graphic equalization. Whatʼs new in UNVEIL v1.7 and UNFILTER 1.1: • Now also supports 64bit operation as AAX Native in Pro Tools 11 on Mac and Windows systems. • For the AAX 32-bit plug-in, the minimum required Pro Tools version is now 10.3.5. • Enhanced compatibility to Mac OS Sandboxing and Windows UAC. • Improved batch processing behavior for UNFILTER. • Improved compatibility with various host applications. Zynaptiq GmbH, based in Hannover, Germany, creates audio software based on artificial intelligence technology, and is also known for the worldʼs first and only real-time polyphonic pitch processor PITCHMAP. The free UNVEIL v1.7 and UNFILTER v.1.1 updates are available now. For UNFILTER, users can download the update using the plug-inʼs “Check For Update” function, accessible through the “About” screen. For UNVEIL, users that have opted-in to receiving emails will be sent the installer URL, users that did not opt-in can email Zynaptiq to receive their update.

Audio Injection – Techno Tools Get your hard hat and hammer ready cause its time for Audio Injection to help build your next track or remix with hot underground techno samples and loops. Audio Injection's balls to wall techno pack is pumped up and ready for action weather your a producer, remixer or DJ. This dynamic pack features ISR's custom NI Traktor Decks. A hand picked selection samples which all work seamlessly in NI Traktor. All you need to do is launch the clips, and start rocking the crowd. This chart ready pack contains all the tools you need to build up a remix or a new micro track on the fly using NI Traktor. But that just the start. Techno Tools is also a great go to sound source for building up, adding to, and of course creating your own track in the studio. The pack features a cool selection of one shots all in NI Maschine, Battery 3. as well as a slick assortment of pumped up loops in Wav, Aiff and Rex.2 format for total control. Techno Tools serves up a license free selection of kick Loops, bass Loops, hat loops and a bunch of processed loops all in 24 Bit 44.1khz stereo for use in any DAW. Whether you're into producing, DJing or both this essential ISR sample pack has got you covered. Now get out there and get to work! House Acapellas Vol. 2 Loopmasters proudly announce one of the most anticipated sequels from our acapella series. House Acapella’s Vol2 comes loaded with a fresh set of hot vocal performances written and produced by Andy Lee and performed by some of the best session vocalists, working and recording within the dance music scene today. Female vocals are provided by Leanne Lawson & Natasha Watts, male vocals provided by Mike Prempeh. With more hooks than a cloakroom, House Acapellas Vol.2 has been tailor made for all House producers looking for upfront, feel good vocals that will work perfectly in many styles ranging from Classic, Deep, Tech or Garage. Included in this volume are 5 Sultry Female Vocal Tracks and 3 Reflective Male Speeches and folders of inspirational Ad Libs and Phrases ready to drop into your House based productions. Everything is supplied 100% royalty free and this means that you can do exactly what you want with the content, chop it, process it, layer it, use long or short sections and mould it to your sound. Only the best mics, pre amps and signal paths have been used recording every detail of these amazing vocalists in the studio. Acapellas are a goldmine for producers worldwide and this collection will not fail to deliver, you get verses, bridges, chorus plus additional harmony and single word phrases making it a breeze to arrange and remix the stems to your preference. With world class vocal performances from in demand vocalists your tracks can take on a whole new level of popularity when performed and released – and the cool thing is you avoid those awkward conversations that start with “About my Royalties” House Acapellas weighs in at 857MB and includes 155 24Bit Wav Samples at 44.1 KHz. The package contains 8 Stems from the Feeling Love Track, 20 Stems from Don’t Make Me Wait, 8 Stems from Saturdays, 7 Stems from Feel It In Your Soul, 14 Stems from Fabulous, 3 Spoken Word Male Speeches and 95 Male and Female Short Phrases. With the success of Vol.1 appearing in many Hot Club tracks, do not hesitate in picking up these incredible vocal samples today, check out the demos, stay ahead of the crowd and sample House Acapellas Vol.2 TODAY! Don Goliath – Reggae & Dub Acapellas Vol. 5 Don Goliath's, Reggae and Dub Acapellas Vol. 5 features a collection of top Jamaican vocals by true Reggae and Dancehall masters with full song vocal stems ready to mix and drop into your productions. It includes intros, verses, choruses, backing vocals and harmonies arranged into 5 full tracks plus a useful collection of ready chopped shouts and phrases. Vol. 5 comes complete with full vocal stems of artists Jahrooti, ADX, Asante, Lion Tafari and Piracy (The first Female MC in the series) together with chorus sections and harmonies by Don Goliath himself. Recorded at 140 and 184BPM perfect for Reggae Dancehall, Dupstep, Urban or chopping up for Drum and Bass productions. In detail expect to find 602 MB of 24BIT long vocal stems from 5 tracks including 22 Stems and 17 Shouts from Piracy, 21 Stems and 13 Shouts from Jahrooti, 18 Stems and 26 Shouts from ADX, 23 Stems and 12 Shouts from Asante, 19 Stems and 18 Shouts from Lion Tafari. Don is a talented singer and producer working in the Dubstep scene with many releases to under his belt from 2007 to the current date and only one of a privileged few Dubstep producers who have had the opportunity to work with the top Jamaican artists. His Silky Vocals have been heard on many tracks and can be heard throughout the chorus sections of this sample collection. To Date Don has worked with singers and Mc's such as Absorb, Rankin Joe, Chuck Fender, Junior Demus and Producers such as 6Blocc, Alien Pimp, Subversive amongst many others. This is your chance to get your hands on some truly authentic Jamaican Reggae and Dancehall vocals by some of the genres best known and up and coming artists, so check out the demo tracks to see how they sound in a full production, and sample Don Goliath Presents Reggae and Dancehall Vol 5. LoopMasters The Sample Boutique Loopmasters officially launched early in 2003 with the aim of producing flexible sample libraries for producers and musicians who required top quality playing from seasoned professionals to integrate into and inspire their music. From its inception, the company marched in sync with the sudden explosion of popularity of the computer-based DAWs like Steinberg Cubase, Apple Logic, Propellerheads Reason or Ableton Live, to name a few. Loopmasters populated the market of pro-quality sound design and was among the first to release samples from renowned performers, producers and DJs such as Deadmau5, Re-Zone, Coldcut, Full Cycle, Mad Professor, Meat Katie, Pete Moss, Santé, Dom Kane, Marshall Jefferson, Audiojack, Terry Grant, Steve Mac and many dance music icons. For the past 10 years, Loopmasters have provided customers with the best and cutting edge samples and music software that money can buy… and the beat goes on!.. The Loopmasters label continue close cooperation with known and established producers. The scope of musical genres released under this label covers various electronic music niches like Minimal House, Techno, Drum and Bass, Reggae as well as single-instrument sample libraries consisting of Loops and Sampler Presets. Loopmasters's close ties with the industry have yielded specialised Artist Series (with participation of established artists) and Label Series (with known music labels such as 2020 Vision, Tidy Trax or Full Cycle Recordings. Loopmasters is also a portal, commercially dubbed "The Sample Boutique", which sells sample packs online. The portal also features other sound design labels and the full catalogue of titles is growing at a weekly rate. The portal allows quick sample pack browsing by Label name, music genre or format.. The products are usually delivered as digital downloads and they are available in various delivery formats: Full Pack (which usually includes .WAV files + presets for popular samplers: Kontakt, Battery, EXS, Halion, NN-XT), AppleLoops, Ableton Live packs and REX2. All sample packs sold at Loopmasters are provided royalty free - whoever purchases the license to the sounds does not have to clear the samples for use in any music, TV or multimedia production. With a few exceptions most audio material is offered at 44.1 kHz / 24-bit quality. Loopmasters have also a blog - LoopBlog, which provides original and curated content for music producers and includes interviews with producers/DJs and music production tips & tricks. Although LoopBlog exists under a separate URL (http://www.loopblog.net <http://www.loopblog.net/>) the links in its articles are often integrated with the products featured on Loopmasters. The Sample Boutique currently carries sample packs from the following third party labels: 5 Pin Media, AMG Gold, Akai Professional, Cluster Sound, EarthMoments, Discovery Sound, Drumdrops, Dubdrops, eLab, Equipped Music, Galbanum, Global Underground, Goldbaby, Industrial Strength Records, Infrasonik, Mutekki Media, Organic Loops, Prime Loops, Producer Loops, Puremagnetik, Push Button Bang, RV_Samplepacks, Trackteam Audio, Wave Alchemy, Wavescape Studio and Zenhiser.

KromeCity.com is pleased to announce the release of Commanding the Korg Krome Vol 1: Basic Recording and Editing, a step by step songwriting workshop for players and producers of all levels. For a limited time the book is only $19.99 and includes 60 days of email support to help even the most technology-challenged command the Krome to realize one's musical objectives. The author, Mark Johnston, is also the author of the highly successful Commanding the Yamaha Motif series of books (http://www.motifcity.com). Commanding the Korg Krome is available now and can be purchased here: http://www.kromecity.com/order-book-nowv

Allen & Heath has introduced the ICE-16D, an alternative version of the ICE-16 multi-track recorder launched last year. Both units are 16 In/16 Out audio interfaces, allowing performers and audio engineers to easily capture high quality multi-track recordings direct to a USB drive or interface to a computer. Additionally, the ICE-16D has balanced I/O, designed for those customers using the unit in a studio environment or requiring fully balanced inputs & outputs on AES59 standard D Sub connectors. Fitted into a compact 1U rack design, ICE-16 and ICE-16D are capable of studio quality interfacing, converting and bi-directional streaming of 16 channels over high-speed USB or FireWire at 24 bit, 96kHz resolution. Alternatively, 16 channels can be simultaneously recorded straight to a USB hard drive or memory stick at up to 24bit 48kHz resolution as a .wav file. The unit is expandable, so you can link units together and synchronize recording of many channels. Signal and peak metering is provided for each channel and can be switched to show input or output. Headphone monitoring is also included and switches on each channel enable checking of individual or multiple channels. ASIO drivers and Core Audio compliance ensure full compatibility with all the main DAWs, including Logic, Sonar, Cubase and Pro Tools. “We listened to customers who prefer balanced connections to interface with their studio equipment or perhaps want to run longer cable runs.” comments R&D designer, Mike Griffin. “D Sub connectors provide a convenient way to connect multiple channels, with easily available cables from music stores or cable suppliers”. SRP is £825 + VAT and will be available September 2013.