Sonalksis has announced it will soon be releasing the Sonalksis Mastering Suite, a series of mastering plug-ins for Windows and Mac.
The press release reads:
Sonalksis Mastering Suite, has just finished the last beta stage and will shortly be released to the public.
Sonalksis Mastering Suite features
- MultiLimit – Multiband Mastering Limiter
A superior processor for the most demanding mastering environment, with 5 independent frequency bands separated by linear phase crossovers providing eq and dynamics functionality, proprietary true analogue quality clip/smoothing, program maximizing limiter, dither, extensive frequency analysis features and K-metering. - MaxLimit – Maximizing Mastering Limiter
A program maximizing limiter with a unique true analogue quality clip/smoothing option, K-metering and dither, all within a straightforward and intuitive interface. - StereoTools – Stereo Imaging Processor
A complete stereo imaging, metering and manipulation tool – with detailed visual frequency, phase/positioning feedback and K-metering to aid set up and monitoring. - Ultimate-D – Ultimate Dithering
An end-chain mastering tool providing ‘dither’ for digital resolution enhancement. The processor uses advanced proprietary processing techniques to ensure unparalleled resolution after quantisation.
All the plug-ins will be available in VST, AU, DirectX and RTAS versions, according to their platforms, OS X 10.4/10.5 and Windows XP/VISTA. Digidesign TDM versions will be released later in the year.
More information at Sonalksis soon.
Toontrack Music is now shipping Superior Drummer 2.0 – “The New York Studio Legacy Series”, the new professional sample engine for drums.
Superior Drummer® 2.0 is a complete overhaul of the original dfh Superior engine but we’ve made painstakingly sure to lose nothing of the sound quality, attention to detail and musicality that has made the Toontrack® Music drum sampler line what it is.
Superior Drummer 2.0 features
- Recorded at three New York Studios – Hit Factory, Avatar Studios, and Allaire Studios.
- Drums played by renowned live/session drummer, Nir Z.
- All new construction windows with features such as: ADSR, X-pads, read and combine all dfh Superior and EZdrummer® sound libraries.
- New internal mixer featuring bussing capabilities and with built in FX delivered by Sonalksis such as: 5-band EQ, High pass and low pass filters, Gate, Compressor, Transient.
- Stand alone capacity through Toontrack solo.
Superior Drummer 2.0 is available for Windows and Mac (VST/AU/RTAS) and has an MSRP of $349 USD / €249 EUR / £189 GBP. Upgrades from dfh Superior and dfh Superior Custom & Vintage are available along with cross-grades from EZdrummer.
Visit Toontrack Music for more information.
Sonalksis has released version 2.04 of the Essentials plug-in suite (SV-315 Mk2 Compressor, SV-517 Mk2 Equaliser, SV-719 Analogue Gate).
Changes in Essentials v2.04
- Ported to Digidesign Audiosuite format.
- Improved cross-platform session handling.
- Support display of Unicode characters in names.
- Mousewheel: handling for plugins via hook added for all hosts, functionality added for text boxes, sensitivity improved, and Mousewheel/Drag interaction handling improved.
- Non “Velocity Sensitive” mode now works with Wacom tablets.
- GUI “Off switch” (plug-in bypass) switches off all LEDS.
- Stop signal LED from locking “on” when bypassed.
- RTAS: Sample rate problem fixed, shelf bug fixed, added Alt+Ctrl (Apple/Win) -click to open automation menu, and added functionality to display automated boxes when automated.
- AU: Fix preset handling subtlety.
- 315Mk2/719: VST External sidechaining issue for Ableton Live, fixed disappearing ‘:’ bug, and anti-aliased line-plot.
- 517Mk2: Fix random crashes in 517Mk2 on instantiation (pref. bug), throttle FFT redraw rate, improve display of 517Mk2 graph on XP, and fix Q-dragging (right click).
- 719: Fix bug with saved settings for 719.
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Sonalksis has announced the Sonalksis Mastering Suite, a select range of plug-ins for mastering engineers, producers and other industry professionals.
Sonalksis Mastering Suite includes:
- MultiLimit – Multiband Mastering Limiter
A superior processor for the most demanding mastering environment, with 5 independent frequency bands separated by linear phase crossovers providing eq and dynamics functionality, proprietary true analogue quality clip/smoothing, program maximizing limiter, dither, extensive frequency analysis features and K-metering.
MultiLimit – Multiband Mastering Limiter- MaxLimit – Maximizing Mastering Limiter
A program maximizing limiter with a unique true analogue quality clip/smoothing option, K-metering and dither, all within a straightforward and intuitive interface. - StereoTools – Stereo Imaging Processor
A complete stereo imaging, metering and manipulation tool – with detailed visual frequency, phase/positioning feedback and K-metering to aid set up and monitoring. - Ultimate-D – Ultimate Dithering
An end-chain mastering tool providing ‘dither’ for digital resolution enhancement. The processor uses advanced proprietary processing techniques to ensure unparalleled resolution after quantisation.
Sonalksis Mastering Suite is scheduled for early Q2 2008 for native versions (OSX/WIN, VST/AU/RTAS). TDM versions are planned for release during 2008, further announcements regarding this will follow later in the year.
For a sneak peak or more information about the Mastering Suite, Sonalksis will be present at NAMM 2008 along with Toontrack Music in Hall E booth number 1100.
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Sonalksis is offering a 20 Days – 20% Reduction deal.
Now it is holiday time again and we assume many of you will be spending some time recording, composing, mixing and doing lots of other creative things that will benefit from some new inspiring tools.
The offer is for all Sonalksis products, and is valid until the 29th December.
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Sonalksis has announced a strategic and operative collaboration with Toontrack Music during the ongoing development of their next professional sample engine for drums, Superior Drummer 2.0.
Toontrack Music has chosen Sonalksis as the responsible development partner for the development of the built in FX section provided in Superior Drummer 2.0.
The FX section, based on technology from the renowned Sonalksis award-winning plug-ins, will consist of:
- 5-band EQ
- High and Low pass filter
- Gate
- Compression
- Transient Designer
With this landmark collaboration both companies together are creating a continuous experience that eventually will become a successful concept for the creation of professional creative software products in the music and recording industry.
Visit Toontrack for more information on Superior Drummer 2.0
