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Paul Davis has released version 3.0 of Ardour, the open source digital audio workstation application for Mac and Linux.

Ardour 3: Record, Edit, and Mix on Linux and OS X.

Changes in Ardour v3.0

• Major New Features
  • MIDI recording, playback and editing, including plugin instrument support for LV2, VST and AudioUnits.
  • Parallelization of DSP operations to use any number of processors.
  • Matrix-style patching/routing.
  • Overhauled export system (multiple formats at once, stem exports, multichannel exports).
• New & Improved Audio Signal Handling
  • Monitor section.
  • Solo operation redesigned, includes Solo Isolate and correct AFL/PFL modes.
  • Per-channel visible phase invert buttons.
  • Internal aux sends and explicit aux busses.
  • Improved send control.
  • Stereo panning via width+position.
  • Track/Bus groups extended.
• Audio Editing
  • Option for Automation moves with Regions.
  • Rhythm Ferret improvements.
  • Vertical stacking of overlapping regions in tracks.
  • Non-destructive, non-overlapping recording mode.
  • New region editing features.
  • Strip Silence.
  • Media search path.
• New & Improved GUI details
  • Session overview pane.
  • Unified processor list (plugins, sends, returns etc).
  • Extended Region list.
  • Extended Track/Bus list.
  • Improved and expanded editor cursor set.
  • Dynamically resizable big clock window.
  • New and improved preferences dialog(s).
  • New editing implementation for clocks.
• External Control
  • MIDI binding maps
  • Dramatically improved Mackie Control support.
  • Linear Timecode support.
  • Improved MTC chase.
  • MIDI Clock chase.
• Miscellaneous
  • 64 bit timeline
  • Dynamically resizable disk buffers.
  • JACK Session support.
  • Undo system internals use less memory and improve speed.

Ardour 3.0 is now available for Mac, Linux and as source code.

More information: Ardour

Steinberg has released Nuendo 6, the latest version of the state-of-the-art production environment tailored to post and audio production studios.

“Nuendo 6 has undergone intensive development, and we are proud to make this solution available to our customers,” comments Timo Wildenhain, product marketing manager at Steinberg.

Nuendo 6 provides new mixing facilities featuring full-screen mode and scalability, Insert View for displaying activated insert slots, plug-in and channel search and integrated Control Room. The brand-new channel strip comprises high-pass and low-pass filters, a noise gate with sidechain support, various compressors and a brickwall limiter while the overhauled Channel Settings window provides immediate access to channel parameters.

Further highlights of Nuendo 6 are the EBU R128 standard compliant loudness metering with RMS metering scales, the Loudness Lane for tracking and editing loudness efficiently and the new ADR taker system including on-screen dialog for dialog recording and language dubbing.

Prominent plug-ins are MixConvert v6 for individual downmixing, Voxengo’s 64-band CurveEQ and IOSONO’s Anymix Pro 1.3 for automatic EQ and loudness adjustments to surround sound signal panning and upmixing up to 8.1 surround sound.

MemZap stores and recalls zoom settings and positions within the project, VST Connect SE plug-in allows for online collaboration and the Remote Control Editor is utilized for easy mapping of effect and instrument parameters to external controllers.

Other newly implemented features include a redesigned user interface, VariAudio 2.0, ASIO-Guard with drop-out prevention algorithms, a 1.5 GB library by Pro Sound Effects and 90 minutes of free online video tutorials.

The optional Nuendo 6 Expansion Kit (NEK) comprises features that turn Nuendo into a fully fledged composing application. Included are the new Chord Track, which detects and modifies the harmony structure of MIDI and audio tracks edited in VariAudio, and Chord Assistant, newly introduced to bridge chords and generate harmonic chord progressions. The feature set is complemented by Hermode tuning for dynamic retuning in real time, 300 new instrument sounds for HALion Sonic SE as well as the Retrologue virtual-analog and Padshop granular synthesizers.

Nuendo 6 is available to purchase for MSRP 1,699 EUR. The Nuendo 6 Expansion Kit is MSRP 249 EUR. Prices including German VAT. Various boxed and downloadable updates are also available from resellers and through the Steinberg Online Shop.

Customers who have activated Nuendo 5 since November 14, 2012, are eligible for a free, downloadable Grace Period update to the latest version. Restrictions may apply.

More information: Steinberg / Nuendo 6

PreSonus has announced it is offering a free PRM1 reference microphone with a purchase of the StudioLive 24.4.2 digital mixer with Smaart.

We’re celebrating the release of PreSonus® Universal Control 1.7 with integrated Rational Acoustics Smaart® audio-analysis and optimization software – and we want to spread the good cheer! So if you buy a StudioLive™ 24.4.2 digital mixer between March 1 and May 31, 2013, you’ll not only get a great mixer and software bundle – including Universal Control 1.7 with Smaart – you will also get a free PreSonus PRM1 precision reference microphone!

Smaart Measurement Technology™ provides a spectrograph and real-time analyzer (RTA) that let you see, graphically, what’s going on in your mix and quickly fix frequency problems and squelch feedback. But that’s just the beginning. The new Universal Control 1.7 adds three amazing Smaart wizards that make it easy to view the frequency response of a venue, quickly calculate and set delay-system timing, and verify output connectivity. Now you can quickly tune your PA to whatever venue you’re in-no engineering degree required!

To use these new wizards, you’ll need a reference, or “measurement,” microphone like the PRM1 – a super clean, omnidirectional mic with a flat frequency response for capturing the sound in the room as accurately as possible.

Until May 31, the purchase of a StudioLive 24.4.2 comes with a free PRM1 reference mic ($129 USD value). This offer is valid at all U.S. PreSonus dealers and at dealers in several other nations. Customers outside of the U.S. should check with their local dealers to find out whether they are participating.

More information: PreSonus

10 Soundware has introduced Mixer Feedback model B K, a sound library for Native Instruments Kontakt 5.

Designed by Taichi Furudate, these patches are based on audio captured from a no-input mixer, an instrument contrived by connecting the output of an audio mixer with its input to incite feedback. The second in a series of four titles, each centered on a different mixer, this release features a contemporary, mass market model by a German manufacturer.

The timbres generated by the mixer used in Mixer Feedback model B K can be described as “like a cheap digital synthesizer”, according to Taichi Furudate. Due to its inexpensiveness and replaceability, this model is the most violently handled mixer in his collection (it has been thrown during performances), and bares damages to its electronics, resulting in a highly “customized” device. Driven by his preference for physical interaction and “rough and chaotic” behaviors of no-input mixers, this model is often configured with a piezoelectric microphone and a small speaker to form the feedback loop. In this configuration, the angle, position, and pressure of the two components serve as parameters in which to acoustically shape the feedback signal, by introducing precariousness and imperfection.

The 53.7 MB download includes 50 .nki files and 100 WAV files (24-bit/44.1 kHz).

Mixer Feedback model B K is available to purchase for $29.99 USD.

More information: 10 Soundware / Mixer Feedback model B K

Native Instruments has announced a price drop on its critically acclaimed TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 DJ system, reducing the price permanently to $899 USD / 799 EUR.

TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 represents an unparalleled level of software and hardware integration that makes DJing more versatile, intuitive and fun. The full-featured controller combines a four-channel mixer section with ergonomic, high-quality control elements and an integrated audio interface – all built to professional specifications.

The included TRAKTOR PRO 2 software offers powerful performance functions such as Remix Deck™ technology, a loop recorder, and newly designed Macro FX. Based on ten years of digital DJing expertise, the highly successful TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 gives DJs of all genres unparalleled creative possibilities with supreme workflow and ease of use.

TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 is available at retailers worldwide and at the NI Online Shop, while supplies last.

More information: Native Instruments / TRAKTOR KONTROL S4

Steinberg has announced the release of version 1.1 of its Cubasis sequencer app for iOS.

“Cubasis 1.1 takes full advantage of the many music apps supporting Audiobus, resulting in a flexible and more powerful DAW for your iPad than before,” comments Carlos Mendoza Rohde, product marketing manager at Steinberg.

Audiobus allows multiple iOS apps to integrate seamlessly with Cubasis for audio input and processing in a single project.

“Cubasis now boasts one of the best implementations of Audiobus known to me,” adds Sebastian Dittmann from Audiobus.

Cubasis v1.1 features

• Unlimited audio and MIDI tracks (depending on the device used).
• Over 70 virtual instrument sounds based on HALion Sonic.
• Mixer with over 10 effect processors (insert and send effects).
• Over 300 MIDI and audio loops.
• Virtual keyboard and virtual drum pads.
• Sample Editor and Key Editor.
• Export to Cubase, Dropbox, SoundCloud, AudioCopy and email.
• Core Audio and Core MIDI compatible hardware supported.
• Sequence other Core MIDI apps (MIDI recording only) and run Cubasis simultaneously via background audio.
• Import audio from your iTunes music library or using iTunes file sharing, use AudioPaste or set up a Wi-Fi server in Cubasis.
• Audio mixdown and MIDI export.
• Audiobus support.

Cubasis is available as download through the App Store, priced at 44.99 EUR including German VAT.

More information: Steinberg / Cubasis