Ableton and Cycling ’74 have released Max for Live, the bridge-product that puts the power and potential of Max/MSP inside Live. Co-developed by Ableton and Cycling ’74 over a period of more than two years, Max for Live effectively opens up the Live platform, allowing users to create and edit their own devices. Users are free to create whatever they...

FabFilter has released Pro-Q, a new EQ plug-in for Mac and PC that claims to provide clean and accurate sound and a never-before-seen feature set. With Pro-Q it’s easy and intuitive to create and edit up to 24 EQ bands with multiple curves. Pro-Q has a zero latency mode, but – unlike so many other EQs – greater transparency and precision is possible...

Native Instruments has released Sonic Fiction, a new KORE-Powered instrument that combines field recording with advanced synthesis. Designed by sound design artist Jeremiah Savage and usable with KORE 2 and the free KORE Player, the instrument provides musicians and producers with a inspirational resource for movie and game scoring, modern sound design and...

Waves has announced two new Post Production plug-ins, the WNS Waves Noise Suppressor, a real-time multiband processor for fast and effective broadband noise suppression on dialog tracks, and LoAir, a subharmonic synthesizer tool. Designed from the ground up especially for Post professionals, the workflow, approach, and interface of the WNS will be immediately...

MOTU has announced the UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid, an audio interface with both FireWire and USB2 connectivity for Mac and Windows. Hybrid?? Jim Cooper, please tell us that marketing gimmick wasn’t your idea? The Hybrid, which doesn’t have a gas engine that kicks in when the power goes out, provides mobile operation at sample rates up to 192 kHz and...