Week of April 30, 2006 Saturday, May 6 2006 | dmac Electronisounds Releases The Shark VST Synth   Known for their catalog of original sample CD's, soundfonts and soundbanks -- Electronisounds has now released their second virtual instrument: THE SHARK, VST-i! THE SHARK is an easy to use and understand (sample based) VST-i synth with a unique sound and character. Packed with 50 *exclusive* one-shot samples and 64 presets, THE SHARK is capable of creating just about any sound you could need for electronic music productions, and really shines with phat basses and unique leads. SYNTH FEATURES 4-OSC Virtual Synth Osc 1 has a unison mode with PWM, cents and fine tunrings Osc's 2 & 3 feature PWM, cents and Fine Tuning (sine, saw, ramp, triangle, pulse, white noise, pink noise) Osc 4 is a .wav format one-shot sample loader LP Filter LFO to PWM LFO to Filter LFO to Pitch LFO's Sync to BPM (1/16, 1/12, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1/1, 2/1, 1bar, 2bar, 4bar) (sine, triangle, saw, ramp, square, noise, sample/hold) "Boost-Style" EQ (Hi, Mid, Low) (Note: These can seriously CRANK the volume of your patch!) 2 ADSR Envelope's -- Amplitude & Filter Mono Mode with Re-Trigger option Velocity Sensitivity with Gain control Portamento Pitch-Bend Wheel with Range Control THE SHARK is currently *FREE* with ANY purchase from Electronisounds. For more information, visit their web site at electronisounds.com. Saturday, May 6 2006 | dmac Marquis Compressor to version 1.4 Voxengo have updated Marquis Compressor to version 1.4.  This is a very small update: number of bands in compressor's key filter section was increased to 4. Marquis Compressor is a PC VST plug-in that is suitable for both mixing and mastering.  Marquis Compressor offers flexible means of control and is able to create a wide variety of sonic character. Voxengo Marquis Compressor features:    * Variable knee design    * Harmonically enhanced sound    * Three compression behaviors    * Feed-forward and feedback (opto) modes    * Different coloration types    * Release contour controls    * Key signal filtering    * 4-level meters    * "A-to-B" comparisons    * Factory presets    * Mono-to-Stereo, Stereo-to-Stereo processing    * All sample rates supported    * 64-bit internal precision    * Native assembler DSP code This latest version can be downloaded at the Voxengo website: voxengo.com.  When you are there, please make sure to check out other Voxengo products as well.