New in stock at Sweetwater Sound: Yamaha’s PLG150VL Virtual Acoustic expansion boards are now in stock. These $199 (retail price) boards add incredibly expressive, natural sounding voices by digitally simulating the physical characteristics of acoustic instruments. Its fabulous synthesis architecture and extensive real-time performance control makes it the ideal Plug-in Board for keyboard soloists. It works in the S80, CS6X, MU128, MU100, MU90, and SW1000XG.
BitHeadz has posted a new version (1.1.0) of their Voodoo sampling drum machine for Mac at their Web site. For those who haven’t checked it out yet they have a brand new demo you can download.
Koblo has released their Studio9000, a software synth rack that includes Vibra9000, Gamma9000, Stella9000, Vibra6000 and Vibra1000. There are drivers for Cubase, Logic, Vision, and Digital Performer, but they are also the first to integrate with Digidesign’s new Direct Connect technology, making it possible for their synths to run with ProTools 5.0.