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iZotope has announced it has licensed a suite of audio repair and restoration tools for the debut of Sound Forge Pro Mac, Sony’s Professional Digital Audio Editor.

Built on a clean slate for OS X, Sound Forge Pro Mac provides a contemporary application environment that’s perfect for recording, editing, processing, and rendering broadcast-quality audio master files.

“Sony was looking for highly innovative, easy-to use technology to raise the bar,” says Alex Westner, Director of Business Development for iZotope, Inc. “We’re proud to be a part of the long-awaited release of Sound Forge Pro Mac.” Sound Forge Pro Mac includes three algorithms to solve common audio problems: iZotope’s DeClicker, DeNoiser, and DeClipper. These professional sound repair tools allow quick results directly in the Sound Forge interface. The inclusion of additional iZotope technology in Sound Forge’s Mac version is a perfect complement to the iZotope Mastering Effects Bundle, found already in Sound Forge Pro for PC since 2007.

“These new audio repair plug-ins are versatile, easy-to-use, and work like magic in a wide variety of situations,” says Dave Chaimson, vice president of global marketing for Sony Creative Software. “For more than a decade, audio professionals have turned to Sound Forge software for recording and editing, and we’re pleased to bring iZotope’s acclaimed tools into the mix.”

Sound Forge Pro Mac software, including audio repair algorithms and mastering effects powered by iZotope, is now available worldwide through software stores and online retailers for an MSRP of $299.95 USD.

More information: Sony Creative Software / Sound Forge Pro Mac

Plugin Boutique has announced it is having sales for the Waves Native Gold Bundle collection of effect plugins and the iZotope RX2 audio restoration software suite.

We’re pleased to announce the addition of the superb iZotope label to our catalogue with a sale on their amazing RX-2 software, and we’ve launched a new sale on the excellent Waves Audio Native Gold Bundle.

Get 50% off a collection of 30+ plugins with the Waves Native Gold Bundle.

Gold brings a wealth of signal processing power to your studio, geared toward tracking, mixing, and mastering. The Gold Bundle now includes Waves Tune LT, IR-L Convolution Reverb and Doubler as well as many of our most sought after processors. With dynamics processing equalization, reverb and more, Waves Gold Bundle is a great introduction to the power of Waves.

iZotope RX2 is 30% off for a limited time at Plugin Boutique.

iZotope RX™ 2 is the most complete audio repair toolkit on the market, enabling you to remove noise, hiss, buzz and hum, eliminate clicks and crackle, restore clipped audio, visually select and suppress unwanted sounds, resynthesize missing audio and much more.

More information: Plugin Boutique / Waves Native Gold Bundle / iZotope RX2

Pro Audio DSP has released version 2.0 of its Dynamic Spectrum Mapper prismatic compressor & mastering limiter plug-in for Windows and Mac.

The DSM V2 will capture both, the frequency-domain and the dynamic characteristics of even the most complex audio material. This “capture” can then be used in its original form (or even be altered using the Parametric Threshold EQ) to control the dynamics of the audio material and increase the loudness. That´s if you use the DSM V2 plugin as a mastering limiter.

In fact it can do much more than this. It can serve as a great de-esser, vocal enhancer and compressor, and it can add some nice magic to your audio.

Changes in DSM v2.0

• Supports 32 & 64-bit AU, VST, RTAS and AAX (Native & DSP).
• Effect blend control.
• Output level trim control.
• Save/Load multiple spectrum captures.

DSM V2 is available to purchase from the Plugin Alliance, at the introductory price of $279 USD (regular $329 USD). The upgrade is free for all customers who purchased the original DSM from August 1st, 2012 onwards.

More information: Pro Audio DSP

MacUpdate has launched a limited time promo for DSP-Quattro, offering the audio file editing, plug-in hosting and audio-CD mastering software at a 50% discount.

DSP-Quattro is an extremely powerful Audio Editor / AudioCD Mastering Application with extended real-time and off-line support of AU/VST plug-ins for MacOS X.

It is a highly innovative product that utilizes the latest technological advances of computer-based audio editing. It benefits from more than 15 years of development and professional use in the audio production community.

DSP-Quattro features

• Universal Binary support: DSP-Quattro runs natively on Macs based on Intel processors.
• Fully programmable PlayList with real time and non-destructive internal and/or plug-in effects and crossfades between tracks.
• Built-in audio CDROM burning capability that conforms to the Redbook standards, full CD-Text support.
• AudioUnit and VST Instruments and Effects real-time and off-line plug-in support.
• Advanced waveform editor for audio files and the Playlist, with tools for zooming, the state of art in graphic visual interface for audio editing.
• Many more features.

DSP-Quattro is available from MacUpdate for $49.99 USD (regular $99 USD) on October 17th, 2012.

More information: MacUpdate

AirGigs is an online service where you can hire pro studio musicians and audio engineers for your project.

AirGigs.com is where producers, sound designers and songwriters connect with and hire professional studio musicians and audio engineers online. AirGigs offers a whole new way to produce music through online collaboration. As a marketplace for music production services, users can literally browse through hundreds of different gigs from mixing & mastering, to custom instrumental tracks and arrangements. Most gigs feature audio samples, and it’s very easy to contact talent with questions or to request additional samples.

All the gigs have a “fixed price” so there is no negotiating or per/hour rates – just one simple price per gig. A number of the gigs offer a 100% (no questions asked) money back guarantees so that producers have literally zero risk in trying the service. We think that AirGigs provides an exciting new platform for music production projects and provides a live alternative to using loops or samples that’s cost effective and creative.

More information: AirGigs

Sony Creative Software has announced the release of Sound Forge Pro Mac, the newest addition to its line of award-winning audio and video production software products.

Sony’s popular Sound Forge Pro audio editor is now available for Mac OS X.

A multichannel audio recording and editing application, Sound Forge Pro Mac software was developed from the ground up on a clean slate for OS X and features an elegant interface that redefines the audio editing experience. The application ships with a full suite of audio mastering and repair plug-ins, making it a comprehensive solution for audio professionals who work on the Mac platform.

“People who work on audio editing platforms recognize the need for a fresh option in the marketplace, one that’s built for OS X as opposed to something that’s simply been ported over. In addition, it’s no secret that cross-platform professionals have been demanding Sound Forge for the Mac for years,” said Dave Chaimson, vice president of global marketing for Sony Creative Software. “Our response is Sound Forge Pro Mac, a truly contemporary OS X design. Producers will appreciate its simple elegance, uncluttered look and amazing flexibility. The included suite of mastering and repair plug-ins makes this 1.0 edition a value-packed editing powerhouse right out of the box. Sound Forge Pro Mac is our second major OS X application release this year, and we’re pleased to now be very actively engaged in application development for the Mac platform.”

Sound Forge Pro Mac features

• Focused Editing
  • Edit audio on a new user interface designed specifically for OS X.
  • Access dedicated viewing panels for the ideal workflow experience when recording, monitoring, editing, applying plug-in processing and browsing for content.
  • Toggle between features to view only those you need to see during a particular editing task.
  • Engage legacy Sound Forge event-based editing for effortless sequencing of audio on the timeline.
• High-fidelity recording
  • 64-bit /192 kHz maximum resolution.
  • Record up to 32 simultaneous channels.
• One-stop audio mastering
  • Produce broadcast-ready audio master files.
  • Make sophisticated processing tasks easier than ever with the new Plug-in Chainer design.
  • Apply plug-in parameter envelopes for precision mastering.
  • Use the included Mastering Effects Bundle by iZotope™ — a suite of six essential audio mastering plug-ins: EQ, Multiband Compressor, Exciter, Imager, Limiter and Reverb.
• Professional signal and effects processing
  • Full range of native processes.
  • Zplane™ elastique Pro time-stretching and pitch-shifting plug-in.
  • iZotope 64-bit SRC (sample rate conversion) and MBIT+ dither (bit depth conversion).
  • Supports AU and VST plug-ins for both offline and non-destructive processing.
• Restore and Repair Tools — An iZotope exclusive for Sound Forge Pro Mac software
  • Declicker: automatically identify and remove clicks and pops.
  • Denoiser: eliminate unwanted noise with noiseprint-based noise reduction.
  • Declipper: reconstruct peaks damaged by clipping.

Sound Forge Pro Mac software is now available to purchase for $269.95 USD (download) / $299.95 USD (boxed).

More information: Sony Creative Software / Sound Forge Pro Mac