Three Kore-news came from Native Instruments, together. At first, Kore 2 has a reduced price from now: 400 euro, instead of 500. Second, you can buy Kore 2 software without the hardware, only for 200 euro - name: Kore 2 Software Edition. Third, a huge deal on sound programs: Kore Electronic Experience is a package which contains seven Soundpacks for Kore, for only 160 euro. Click here to learn more.

Here is a fine piece of technical art, Coyote-1 from Howler Audio. It is an open source guitar effect box which comes with a full hardware and software documentation, so guitarists with a programming talent can write their own DSP code to perform effects that are new to us. A small Windows utility helps to organize effect patches in the desired order. The box has a Propeller DSP from Parallax, there are eight cores inside, all running at 80 MHz. It has a high-level programming language, Spin, and of course you can reach the cores with assembly instructions, too. A direct video output is also present from the processor itself, so you can connect a video monitor. Check here for more details.

MoReVoX has sampled a lot of old spring reverbs and collect them into a huge, 250-piece wave file collection, RetroVerb. The files has very good quality - al of them has 24 bits resolution, stereo and 5-channel surround, taken with a very good equipment -, and can be used in any convolution reverb software. It costs 79 USD, here.

NuSofting released Modelonia, a new softsynth plugin that uses physical modeling to produce sounds. It has accurate brass and plucked strings models, and you can combine the diferent elements inside the instrment. Skinning is performed also, with two selectable skins that are coming from the factory. All these costs 51 euro, here.