DUY Magic Spectrum, Magic Spectrum Pro
DUY's Magic Spectrum is a mastering plug-in for the Mac (available in TDM, RTAS, Audio Units, VST and MAS formats) that allows the user to modify the frequency content of any type of audio material. Magic Spectrum incorporates DUY's proprietary techniques and algorithms, along with internal 56-bit resolution, phase coherence, immediate-response algorithms, in-depth statistical analysis and more. Magic Spectrum ships in a native version for RTAS (Pro Tools LE 7 is required), Audio Units, VST and MAS. Magic Spectrum Pro for Pro Tools 7 systems is the TDM version. MORE

Disc Makers Ultra HydroShield
Disc Makers introduces its Ultra HydroShield water-resistant inkjet printable CD-Rs, the first media offering from a U.S. manufacturer using Taiyo Yuden's state-of-the-art WaterShield technology. Unlike the "matte" finish of other printable CD-Rs, Ultra HydroShield discs have a glossy surface that enhances colors and dries the ink as soon as the disc is printed. MORE

Nightingale Music Voice Box Series Vol. 4, "Voice Drops"
Nightingale Music extends its Voice Box Series with Vol. 4, Voice Drops ($129), which offers more than 750 royalty-free vocal elements designed for TV, film, radio, music and multimedia productions. Samples are available as audio and WAV files, and cover 20 categories, including movie lines; responses and reactions; kids' stuff; Foley (laughs, grunts, screams and more); letters and numbers; radio slug lines and listener call-ins; hip hop samples; humorous insults; greetings; sayings; and sex and innuendo. MORE

Primera Bravo XR-Blu
Primera Technology has begun shipping the Bravo XR-Blu ($5,295) disc publisher. Bravo XR-Blu is said to be the world's first automated burn-and-print device to support new high-capacity Blu-ray disc recorders and media. MORE

Sonic Reality Rex Paks
Sonic Reality has released its Rex Paks music library. Each Rex Pak title ($79 each) is based on a different style of music and features hundreds of high-quality, 24-bit loops expertly sliced in Rex2 format for use with software such as Stylus RMX (with special attention to drag-and-drop compatibility), Reason, Kontakt, Cubase, FL Studio, Pro Tools 7 or any Rex2-compatible DAW or sampler. MORE

REMIX HOTEL ATLANTA IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!
What time is it? That's right, it's Remix Hotel time again! Our traveling music-production event is heading to Atlanta for three days of interactive workshops for studio pros and bedroom beatmakers alike. This year we're partnering with the Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Conference Awards! How sweet is that?

Remix Hotel Atlanta
September 6-8 | 1-8 p.m. daily 2450 Galleria Parkway, Atlanta
Registration Now Open! And if you missed Remix Hotel NYC, you can view pictures and listen to podcasts from the event at www.remixhotel.com.

Native Instruments Celebrates 10-Year "NI-Versary"
In the summer of 1996, Native Instruments released Generator, the groundbreaking modular software synthesizer that was later to become the Reaktor platform and the basis for a wealth of innovative software instruments and effects. Now, NI is about to celebrate its 10th birthday, and with it an exciting decade of music software evolution. MORE

Fox Rox With Millennia Media
Fox Channel 6 in San Diego, Calif., recently installed Millennia HD-3D mic preamplifiers and TD-1 channel strips for its Emmy Award--winning live music show Fox Rox. MORE

IZotope Licenses DSP Technology to Adobe
Izotope announces that Adobe Systems of San Jose, Calif., is licensing iZotope's multiband compressor technology for integration as a standard feature in Adobe Audition Version 2. A single-band version of the plug-in is available to customers who register the product. MORE

Mojave Audio Broadens Distribution of MA-200 Mic
Mojave Audio announces that its MA-200 ($995) tube condenser microphone has entered general distribution and is available through pro audio dealerships. Since its introduction in May 2004, the microphone had been available in very limited quantities. MORE

Inon Zur Scores "Pirates of the Caribbean" Videogame Soundtrack
Composer Inon Zur has created the original musical score for the new videogame Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow. Zur was commissioned by Bethesda Softworks to produce an original score that would reflect the adventure and excitement of the Pirates of the Caribbean in an interactive experience. MORE

Anthony Resta Uses Crowley and Tripp Ribbon Mics for Perry Farrell Release
Producer/engineer Anthony J. Resta (pictured) used Crowley and Tripp ribbon microphones in his Studio Bopnique (Boston) on several cuts for the upcoming album from Jane's Addiction/Porno for Pyros frontman Perry Farrell. MORE

Upgrades and Sessions at Pilot Recording Studios in New York City
Pilot Recording Studios in New York City recently upgraded its Studio A with a Pro Tools HD 3 Accel system, Apogee AD-16X A/D converter, Aviom Cue system and several Manley Labs/Langevin Pultec EQ units. MORE

Steve Kempster Mixes "PU-239" Score at Ocean Way
Award-winning score mixer Steve Kempster visited Hollywood's Ocean Way Recording to mix the score for PU-239 for HBO Films. The film depicts a worker at a Russian nuclear facility who is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. To provide for his family, he steals some Plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's black market with the help of an incompetent criminal. MORE

Saxophonist Mindi Abair Uses Audio-Technica Mics on Latest Release
Saxophonist and Audio-Technica endorser Mindi Abair's third CD, Life Less Ordinary, debuted at Number One on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Abair (pictured) picked up the saxophone in fourth grade, gathering inspiration from her saxophonist father, and took her skills straight to the stage. Abair has toured with John Tesh, Bobby Lyle, Adam Sandler, Jonathan Butler, Duran Duran, Mandy Moore and the Backstreet Boys. MORE

Dan Workman Brings "Old Time Hammer" to SugarHill
Engineer/producer Dan Workman finished production with blues/folk band Old Time Hammer at SugarHill Recording Studios (Houston) with Steve Christensen as recording and mixing engineer. Workman recorded 13 songs to be released on the band's upcoming album, Gulf Coast Train. MORE