When not telling the world’s music community how great they are, Universal Audio sometimes actually releases new gear. In this case, the new bit of kit is the UAD-2 SOLO/Laptop, a compact ExpressCard-based DSP Accelerator. The UAD-2 SOLO/Laptop brings Universal Audio’s analog emulations to laptop users, whether in Cubase, Logic, Digital Performer,...

Arturia is celebrating its 10 Year anniversary by releasing a new special anniversary pack: The 10 Year suite, which includes: » 7 anthology synthesizers: Minimoog V, Moog Modular V, CS-80V, ARP 2600 V, Prophet V, Prophet VS and Jupiter-8V » Analog Factory, a synthesizer offering instant access to 3500 sounds » Brass, a software recreation of a...

Shure has announced two new ribbon models, the KSM353 and KSM313, which are tailored for capturing vocal and instrumental performances, both in the studio and on stage. The new KSM353 and KSM313 use a new patented ribbon material known as Roswellite (Are you kidding us? ROSWELLite?? Yeesh! — Ed.), which offers higher tensile strength and more resilient...

Apogee has announced One, a single input, stereo output USB music interface designed to work with Apple’s iTunes, GarageBand, Logic, Final Cut or any Core Audio compliant application on a Mac. Unlike any product in its category, ONE features an internal reference condenser microphone, a microphone preamp, an instrument input for guitar, bass, and keyboards,...

Tomo Audiolabs, a German company, has announced Lisa, a new dynamic mastering EQ for “analogue tonal refinement in audio mastering.” Features: » Six frequency bands with a broad frequency overlap enable the greatest possible range of processing flexibility » Each band is equipped with the parameters gain, frequency, threshold, and six...