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iZotope, Inc., a leading innovator in audio signal processing technology, today unveils the ANR-B™ Adaptive Realtime Noise Reduction Unit at NAB in Las Vegas, Booth N9107 (April 14, 2008), bringing the company’s renowned audio algorithm for adaptive noise reduction to a dedicated hardware unit for use in real-time broadcast applications.

ANR-B uses iZotope’s advanced noise reduction technology to intelligently identify and suppress environmental broadband noise, hum, phone line artifacts and more, dramatically increasing the quality of audio broadcasts involving radio call-in programs and on-location broadcasting. Unlike other noise reduction solutions, iZotope’s ANR-B actually detects noise in real-time and adapts to changing noise over time, allowing for automatic operation with little to no input required from the user. (more…)

TC-Helicon announces the availability of VoiceTone Double, a new model in the VoiceTone line of vocal effects pedals, which allows singers to recreate multitracked doubled studio sounds in live performance.

VoiceTone Double enables performers to produce up to four virtual overdubs of their voice in real time, giving them control of their sound right from the stage. Ten effects banks offer a slightly different take on the various natural and effected doubling sounds and include pristine emulations of classic microshift, chorus and detune. The pitch and timing of overdubbed vocals can be customized to be “tight and intimate” or “loose and lively”. VoiceTone Double ships at a suggested retail price of €249. (more…)

Building on the success of its vintage-improved Alnico pickup series for Strat-type guitars, Tonerider introduces a new left-handed version of its best-selling Pure Vintage (TRS1). Production of the LH pickup has commenced and will be available in dealer stores and distributors in mid-May. The list price is $135.00 US dollars per set.

Finding high-quality pickups with left-handed magnet staggers has always been hard, but the Pure Vintage LH goes further than just switching around the pole piece lengths. Andrew Cunningham, one of Tonerider’s founders and its chief pickup designer explains more: “It’s necessary for us to introduce “lefty” models because we aren’t just putting different length pole pieces into the pickup and calling it a “stagger”. (more…)

Vir2 Instruments announces the release of the first expansion pack for its groundbreaking syntAX instrument, entitled Complex Evolution. Adding on to the 2000+ patches that form the core library of syntAX, Complex Evolution adds another 100 fresh and innovative patches to the sound palette of syntAX users. (more…)

Minnetonka Audio Adds Dolby E to SurCode Family Minnetonka Audio Software, Inc. (MASI) announces a new addition to the SurCode family with the introduction of SurCode for Dolby E. The SurCode for Dolby E product line will offer Dolby E software decoding and encoding for various platforms. SurCode for Dolby E Decoder is the first product available for both Pro Tools and Minnetonka AudioTools AWE. This version will be on display at the National Association of Broadcasters tradeshow. The SurCode for Dolby E Encoder products will follow later this year. (more…)

DigiTech® is now shipping its new RP500 Integrated Effect Switching System. The RP500 packs professional effects into a box that is not only easy to use but gives the player extended control over their tones like expensive switching systems used by the pros. The RP500 has two special modes, Pedalboard and Amp/Cabinet Bypass that customize the operation of the unit. (more…)

The E2 Deesser (http://www.eiosis.com/e2deesser) is now available in all native formats for both Windows and Mac OSX.

Now includes the VST version This new version supports Syncrosoft, and features the VST, RTAS and AU versions for Windows and Mac OSX.

A Syncrosoft demo version is available on our website, and now you can download the E2 Deesser demo for both Syncrosoft and iLok.

For more information, visit their web site at www.eiosis.com.

Schaack Audio Technologies have released Transient Shaper, a new plug-in for shaping dynamics. It is available in Windows VST format with Mac AU format expected shortly.

Schaack say that Transient Shaper allows shaping the dynamics with 2 knobs only, making it uniquely easy and fast to use – but with a range of sonic manipulation from gate-like to compressor-like. (more…)

Faber Acoustical has introduced version 2 of the SignalScope and SignalScope Pro real-time signal analysis software. The major upgrade makes both products Leopard compatible. SignalScope say that this builds on their tradition of award-winning design and advanced measurement capabilities with the inclusion of technology previously only available in Faber Acoustical’s flagship product, Electroacoustics Toolbox. (more…)

Despite fitting into the front pocket of an average bass guitar gig bag, the new Ashdown Little Giant 350 and 1000 bass amps punch out more than their weight. Weighing in at only 6.6lbs and 7.7lbs respectively, they deliver a heavy-hitting combination of power, tone and useful features.

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