Michael Kingston Productions Unveils RetroBand Distortion Plug-In
Michael Kingston Productions has released RetroBand and RetroBandLite, two new distortion VST effect plug-ins for Windows. RetroBand models several aspects of the interaction between gain stages and transformers of analogue gear, referred to as intra-modulation (IM), ie. Class A/B gain stage switching distortion. It also features several forms of transient shaping in-between the stages. There are three different models in RetroBand...
Asus Announces AiGuru Skype Music Phone
Asus has announced the first wireless music Skype phone. The AiGuru S1 is a Wi-Fi enable handset that doubles up as a speaker for songs streamed from a PC. The handset connects to a PC running Skype across any local 802.11b/g wireless network. It supports the standard Skype features – SkypeIn, SkypeOut, conference calling, voice mail, contacts etc – and is fitted with a 750mAh battery providing a claimed 2.5 hours of talk...