You can buy SONiVOX's great sampled instruments nested into virtual instruments: they work both as stand-alone and as a plugin. Every piece of them are cheap - 20-30 USD -, but contains only a single theme: Bass - Rickenbacker, Guitar - Stratocaster, Guitar - Les Paul etc, so anyone can build an own orchestra with only the relevant samples. Go click here to learn more.

Antares formed a new version of Auto-Tune: Auto-Tune efx costs only 129 USD, and does all the big things that are commonly known but graphical editor and formant correction. Go check here.

At GForce, three days to renew the legendary Mellotron's finest software emulation, M-Tron. The new M-Tron Pro will have several surprise inside and outside: contains 3.5 gigabytes of samples, more than 700 presets, works in dual and split modes, vintage effects are present at the end and more - all this wonder will be step forward from shadow in Monday, at GForce's website, for 199 USD.

Koblo's new, small green synth is Vibra2000, cots 30 USD - check it here if you like.

IK Multimedia's fine mastering suite, T-RackS got a new version. It also runs in stand-alone, and has a grand total of nine processing algorhythms - five of the are new, for example the emulation of the legendary Fairchild 670 compressor. You can configure the order of the effects freely, and it has a very safe and sophisticated metering system. A new, refined oversampling method is also implemented. The full Deluxe version costs 500 USD, while the Standard that lacks all the new effects but has the new frame costs 200 USD. Here is the product page to know more.

Supersynth specialist Spectrasonics promised the top-of-the-line Omnisphere months ago - and finally it is here. Priced at 499 USD, it is not a cheap toy, but it serves for the money heavily. It has a maximum of 10 oscillator per voice, plays back samples and has VA-generators also, and has an extremely wide range of sound manipulation tools. Beyond them, 6 LFOs, 8 envelope generators, 12 effects plus 8 arpeggiators per sound move the sound in the regular way. The package is coming with 40 gigabytes of samples. Check here the rest.

Wallander Instruments' WIVI has reached version 2. It realises wind and brass instruments via physical modeling, has a small phrase sequencer, and all this wonder sits in a single plugin. A great feature is the finest velocity resolution on the market, far beyond the usual 127 levels. Not the cheapest one: if you buy the whole ensemble, you end at 1600 USD. Go here to learn more.

Softube modeled the spring reverb in their newest plugin so gently that it even has a Shake function. Priced at 99 USD, Spring Reverb has a tasty feel graphically, it almost has the typical smell of the vintage gear. Another authentic function is the spring tension setting. To learn more click here.

An new version has ccome from Auto-Tune, the leading pitch correction software plugin from Antares. It's called Auto-Tune Evo, and it has a completely redesigned core technology, plus a new interface, and a simpler workflow. It shifts pitch real-time also, and checks for the formants to preserve the sound characteristics. It also models the mouth size of the singer, and you can even modify it, to control the tonal specs of the singer. The price is 400 USD, to know more click here please.

Eighteen gigabytes of sampled material, Kontakt Player inside, and costs 300 USD: it is Synergy, Sample Logic's latest supersynth. Synergy gives you more than 1200 sound presets for the money, mainly in the modern synth/groove field. Check it here.

The big plugin bundle at Waves has a new version, Waves 6. It has more than 90 audio effect, and a new authorisation system which will make you perfectly happy. Upgrade is free for version 5 users, go here for more info.

Digidesign has assembled two new plugin packages to save your money significantly. MassivePack 7 and MassivePack Pro 7 are for the Pro Tools people of course - the latter contains a DSP card to speed up your workflow. Until 20th Spetember, you can spare a huge 9.000 USD with the basic package and 13.000 USD with the bigger one - while paying 1.300 or 3.500 USD. The list of the plugins found in the boxes is tremendous, check it.

After the long preview period, Digidesign has released the final version of Transfuser, their loop manipulating instrument for Pro Tools. It is priced at 300 USD, and has all the features as the competitors - in some stages it goes slightly further; for example it has an on-board effect processor with more than 20 effect types. Two gigabytes of groove material is shipped in the package - check the product's page if you want to know more.

Future Audio Workshop's leading product, Circle is out now. It is a combined virtual synthesizer software, consisting of virtual analog and wavetable elements - but the coolest feature is the mystery interface that grabs the eye immediately. It costs 200 USD which seems to be a bit high but we suspect it can be less soon. All the main platforms are supported - for more info click here.

KV331 Audio recently offered SynthMaster 50% off for a limited time - we don't know whether it got great reception but now they stepped further: they drop the  price permanently with 60%. For 26 euro you get the full version of the master instrument, plus the free upgrade to the upcoming 2.0 version. Even more, they lifted the curtain about the next version slightly: we will get a customisable graphical interface where everything can be removed/redrawed. A rather new approach on the market. Check the data sheet here.

Heavyocity, a company that works with game and TV composers released Evolve, a sample based virtual instrument based on the Kontakt Player engine. It has 6 gigabytes of samples, consisting of more than 3,900 individual samples. The softsynth costs 400 USD, check it here for more.

Softube has released a Pro Tools version of their Acoustic Feedback Deluxe, a fine guitar feedback simulator software. It is very useful, though simple. Check here.

Tascam has released GigaStudio 4 - the pioneering sampling package is competitive again with the leading packages like Kontakt in terms of the specification. It works with 64 bit operating systems, with a maximum of 128 gigabytes of sampling RAM, has a 24 bit and 96 kHz maximum sampling resolution, and the package contains GigaPulse, a nice convolution reverb. GVI, the plugin version of the sampler will soon upgrade to version 4, too (GigaSampler itself works in standalone only). You can buy Giga 4 for 600 USD, here.

IK Multimedia has assembled a special version of their great guitar effect, AmpliTube. AmpliTube Metal can be the heavy metal guitarists' choice because the effect types and the amp models are selected carefully to reflect the style's needs. It costs 200 euro - if you need more info, click here.

Native Instruments now serves the need of the beginner and amateur guitarists: the released Guitar Rig 3 XE, based on their popular modeling and effect software. It has the same audio quality like the bigger brother, and provides five amplifiers and 21 effect types. It plays mp3 files, too. Price is 100 euro, check here. A complete package bundled with an audio interface is also hits the shops soon, called Guitar Rig Session (229 euro). The stereo in-out box has a stunning 24/192 resolution, and accepts microphone, too - check it here.

Digidesign has released a preview on their next groove instrument, Transfuser. It works for free in the next three month, and runs under Pro Tools. The final price is still not known yet. Click here to download.

You can purchase SynthMaster, a semi-modular softsynth from KV331 for half price till 31th, May. We previously had a short article on this beauty - now visit this link if you are interested more. Purchasers will get the next version, 2.0 for free.

IK Multimedia says they produced the best virtual instrument ever in the Mellotron-cathegory. SampleTron, the package is priced relatively high: it costs 250 euro - here you can order it immediately. The instrument is based on a SampleTank playback engine with 16-part multitimbrality and 256 of polyphony, plus four effects at a time (chosen from 32). The sample material it plays is more than 2 gigabytes long, consists of more than 600 sound programs, sampled from seventeen different instruments: Mellotrons, Chamberlins, Novatron, Optigan and some more.

Arturia updated Jupiter-8V with version 1.1 which contains several bugfixes, better CPU resource optimalisation, a slight tuning on crossmodulation, and improved Kore-compatibility. Download it here.

Today Native Instruments has released the already-announced Kore Player, world's currently best free synthesizer software. The 300-megabyte download contains six sound engine of the leading company: Kontakt, Reaktor, Guitar Rig, Massive, Absynth and FM8, with the exception of total sonic editability. You can have as low as 50 high quality presets for start, and if you want to dig yourself deeper, you have to buy sound packages from Native - this is the base of the new business model. We are very curious about the success of this method which seems rather sympathetic at first - and the download page seems to be very overloaded in the first hours...