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New Series Of House Construction Kits Launched

Producer Loops releases Future Progressive House Vol 1


Future Progressive House Vol 1 starts off a brand new series from The Madison and Producer Loops of House Construction Kits. They say that, packed full of killer chord progressions and infectious top lines, this astoundingly well produced pack will make the perfect addition to your Producer Loops collection.

A spokesperson told Sonic State, "The Future Progressive House series kicks off with style and power, bringing you five fully mixed and mastered Construction Kits, produced to the highest standards and ready to inspire you to create your next House hit.

You'll find everything from wobble basses and buzzing synth leads to lush pads, compressed pianos and dizzying arpeggios, all underpinned by powerful and solid drum beats. Add to this a selection of risers, uplifters and killer drops and you've got all the ingredients necessary to construct countless floor fillers.

The Madison boasts a distinctive production style, recognisable by his trademark delicate melodies, vocal glitches and unapologetic, cone-trembling basslines. By experimenting with state-of-the-art production techniques, while combining the genre's signature elements, he has created a versatile collection of Kits sure to become a staple in any Progressive producer's arsenal.

The possibilities don't just stop at House music. Mix and match these key/tempo tagged loops with any number of Producer Loops libraries and create your own unique sound."

About The Producer:

Hailing from the Ukraine, a country that continues to emerge with new production talents, Stanislav Nozdrachov or The Madison as you may know him, has leapt to fame, enjoying consistent Beatport Top 100 chart placements and recent success on labels such as Armada, Enhanced and Infrasonic. He has gone on to remix for high profile artists, such as Matt Darey, Tritonal, Susana, Ana Criado, Dennis Sheperd, and many more.

Product Specifications:

  • 5 Construction Kits
  • ACIDized WAV Files
  • Apple Loops/AIFF Files
  • REX2 Loops
  • Reason ReFill
  • Loops sync to BPM
  • 44.1 kHz/24-Bit
  • PC/Mac Compatible
  • Royalty-Free (No Exceptions)

Pricing and Availability:
Future Progressive House Vol 1 is available for instant download for £29.95 / 36,89 EUR / $40.17 USD.

More information:
www.producerloops.com

Cubase 7 Tutorial Video

macProVideo.com releases Cubase 7 101 - Moving Forward with Cubase 7


macProVideo.com has released Cubase 7 101 - Moving Forward with Cubase 7, They tell us that Matthew Loel T. Hepworth, their in-house Cubase expert has been hard at work exploring every line of code so you canasta all the powerful new features in this new version.

A spokesperson told Sonic State, "Cubase 7, with its new look and tons of new and powerful features, is truly revolutionary. That's why we brought in Steinberg Product Specialist, Matthew Hepworth, to create this 53-tutorial exploration. Learn how you can collaborate with other musicians from across town or across the globe with VST Connect. This feature lets you set up and produce a live, synched session online! Cubase 7's new mixer, the MixConsole, has also been completely redesigned. Routing your signal and accessing your plug-ins has never been more intuitive and elegant. Matthew also explores all the great new effects, Chord Track and Hermode tuning and shows how you can apply these cool features to your projects. But that's just the beginning: There is much more to discover. So make yourself comfortable and join Matt Hepworth in this tour de force of a course, Moving Forward with Cubase 7."

Pricing and Availability:
Subscription: $25/mth USD
HD Download: $15.60 USD

More information:
Moving Forward with Cubase 7

Electronic Percussion For The Reason Rack

Soundcells releases WaveDrummin v2 RefiLL


Soundcells tells us that WaveDrummin v2 is not just another percussion ReFill, so here's what they have to say...

By finding a whole new continent Columbus redrew the map of our planet. Now it´s your turn to do so. By making use of this ReFill you can combine enchanting and haunting rhythms coming from all continents, maybe even from other planets as well as Wavedrummin opens doors to percussive bliss that have never been opened before. At the studio in Central Europe Soundcells recorded their favorite hits and bits coming from the Wavedrum by Korg and - since version 2 - the incredible Impaktor by BeepStreet. The result has become this ReFill - a work of art, a tool that lets you draw your own restyled map of our precious planet.

Realism vs mixability
Lots of samples taken from acoustic, real percussion instruments have the tendency to sound kind of dull in your mixes. The power of their sound often gets mudded by the rest of your instruments. With this in mind all loops and samples are processed in such a way that the sounds will always sit conveniently in your mixes. Their impact and power will never get lost. Another point that needs to be highlighted is this special stereo knob coming with lots of combinators that works wonders for the mixability of our loops. Check it out!

Genre Crossover
The sounds of this percussion library are as authentic as you wish and at the same time they can be as electronic as you wish. There is no limit to their sonic possibilities. So whether you are a dance producer druling over techno or electro beats or you are a vegetarian ethno guru spiritualist... WaveDrummin will help you getting there. Check out the demos!

Version 2 is stuffed with 33 new Impaktor rex loops, new combinator patches, new Kong kits and more...

WaveDrummin v2 Contents:

  • 150 combinator patches stuffed with inspiring new energy (35 new ones since version 2).
  • 143 rex loops that range from authentically acoustic to crazy electronic stuff, 20 Kong kits, 20 NNXT patches and 7 Redrum kits.
  • 210 single hits to build your own kits from.
  • Recorded impact noises coming from Brushes, Rods, Sticks and Fingers to add extra realism to the loops. The combinators carry knobs to control their volumes.
  • All single loops and samples are included into this download in Rex and Wave format. By purchasing this pack you are not restricted to Reason only. However there is a lot more magic to be found within the ReFill.

Pricing and Availability:
Introductory offer price; 14,90 EUR (normal price is 19,90 EUR)

More information:
http://www.soundcells.de/Soundcells_WaveDrummin.html

MPC Drum Kit Fully Optimized For Live Finger Drumming

MPC-Samples.com releases The Dirty Drummer MPC Finger Drumming Kit


MPC-Samples.com has released a true first for MPC owners. They tell us that the The Dirty Drummer MPC Finger Drumming Kit is unique, multisampled MPC drum kit fully optimized for live finger drumming and capable of creating incredibly realistic, vintage-sounding drum performances.

A spokesperson told Sonic State, "Thanks to its unique layout and use of built-in MPC program parameters, the kit is able to play multiple timbres of each instrument with 'FULL LEVEL' both on or off. With the kit loaded, you have access to six different timbres for each instrument (three velocity switched timbres per pad), plus there's additional timbres for all instruments available in the 'Extras' folder.

Ghost notes and snare rolls are incredibly easy to perform, with dedicated 'soft' hit pads allowing for very authentic three-pad snare rolls. Also included are velocity sensitive attack/tuning/level settings to further enhance the dynamics available on each pad.

The drum sounds themselves are chopped, tweaked and carefully processed from live drumming performances by the modern master of the live vintage drum sound, Timmy Rickard. Thick, warm and dope with a huge bottom end. In total there are 80 multisampled sounds covering all the drums needed for a classic vintage sounding drum kit – kicks, open and closed hats, snares, rim shots, and ride & crash cymbals.

The kit has been specifically optimised for a number of different MPC models to take full advantage of the different program parameters available, and is fully compatible with the MPC Renaissance/MPC Software, MPC1000, MPC500, MPC2500, MPC5000, MPC2000XL, MPC2000, MPC3000 and all versions of JJOS, with a special '12 pad' version for MPC500 users which takes into account its unique 3-column layout.

Finally there's also a twelve page set up book included that explains the technical set up of the kit in more detail, including a guide on how to configure the pads for your ideal playback sensitivity and handy tips on achieving the most realistic drumming performances."

Technical Specifications

  • Samples: Finger drumming optimized MPC kit, with 80 different timbres of the following drum instruments – kick drum, 2 different snares (plus rim shots for each), 2 different hats (closed and open for each), and crash & ride cymbals
  • Format: Contains SND and WAV versions of all sounds (16 bit) + PGM files
  • Compatibility: Works with all MPCs except MPC4000. Fully compatible with Akai OS and all JJOS.
  • Publisher/Sound Design: Monosole Music/100 Akres/ MPC-Tutor
  • Download Size: 10.5MB

Pricing and Availability:
'The Dirty Drummer MPC Finger Drumming Kit' is is available exclusively from MPC-Samples.com for a special launch price of $8.99 and is available to download immediately after purchase.

More information:
The Dirty Drummer

T-RackS Gets An Update

5 new processors, built-in Custom Shop, new bundles and a free version


IK Multimedia has announced the release of T-RackS Custom Shop, the updated version 4.0 of its mixing and mastering suite for Mac and PC. They tell us that the new T-RackS CS offers five brand-new, must-have analog-modeled and digital processors, and it integrates the Custom Shop, IK's exclusive online gear shop, which allows users to purchase gear models à la carte from within the T-RackS software itself, and much more. Here's the full details in IK Multimedia's own words...

IK Multimedia pioneered analog modeling in 1999 with the original version of T-RackS, the first desktop-mastering-software suite, and has been at the forefront of developing mixing and mastering software ever since. The new T-RackS CS pushes the envelope even further, with features that can't be found elsewhere, and sonic accuracy and character that is unmatched.

5 New T-RackS Processors, CSR integration, Improved Sound

The new T-RackS CS includes five brand-new processing modules. Four belong to the new Quad Series of multi-band mastering processors, which includes a compressor, limiter, stereo imager and de-esser. These units allow for surgical mastering and mixing precision by splitting the signal into four adjustable frequency bands (three for the de-esser) that can be processed individually. Each Quad module is equipped with a set of high-precision filters and a solo function for auditioning individual bands.

The fifth new processor is British Channel, a meticulously analog-modeled emulation of the channel strip from the most popular British mixing desk of all time. It offers four bands of EQ, high- and low-pass filters, a compressor and an independent gate/expander section, with a sound that's been the centerpiece of countless tracks through the history of recorded music. IK used its cutting-edge DSM™ and SCC™ modeling technologies to nail down every nuance of this classic.

Additionally, T-RackS CS now integrates all of the CSR Classik Studio Reverb processors: Hall, Room, Plate and Inverse, which have been updated to offer 64-bit precision when running from the T-RackS shell.

Besides offering more processors, T-RackS CS also improves the sound of two of its most sought after compressors/limiters: White 2A and Black 76. Both have been updated with ultra-accurate modeling of their input/output stages that will please the most demanding vintage connoisseurs.

New Built-in Custom Shop

The new T-RackS CS now includes the IK Custom Shop, the extremely popular integrated online tool that allows users to expand T-RackS with à la carte processors, try them before they buy them, and tailor their studio to fit any level of personal budget.

The online Custom Shop lets users browse the gear collection – which will be expanded regularly – and make purchases with IK "Gear Credits," available in the Custom Shop. The "Try Before You Buy" feature allows for downloading a fully functional module for two days before deciding whether to purchase.

Over 100,000 users are already taking advantage of the Custom Shop inside AmpliTube, IK's flagship for guitar processing. Now those users can add superior outboard T-RackS compressors, EQs and reverbs to their DAWs by updating their Custom Shop to integrate both AmpliTube and T-RackS gear, giving them access to a staggering 285 pieces of equipment, all just one click away.

New T-RackS Custom Shop Free Version

T-RackS CS is also available for FREE! The free version, T-RackS Custom Shop, includes two fully functional modules (classic EQ and metering), making it an unprecedented value. It can be downloaded for free from the IK User Area upon registration.

The included modules are the renowned 6-band parametric T-RackS Classic Equalizer, and a comprehensive professional metering suite comprising Peak, Perceived Loudness, Phase and RMS meters, and a Spectrum analyzer. Both the EQ and meters are available in the T-RackS shell, but also open as separate plug-ins. With these two included plug-ins as a starting point, users can add gear as they see fit via the Custom Shop.

Users can download the free T-RackS Custom Shop here.

New T-RackS CS Bundle Collections

In addition to the free version, T-RackS CS is now available in three distinct collections:

  • Classic - formerly T-RackS Standard, it includes the four original T-RackS processors: Classic Compressor, Classic Multi-band Limiter, Classic Clipper and Classic Equalizer, plus the metering suite.
  • Deluxe - includes everything in T-RackS CS Classic, plus Vintage Tube Compressor/Limiter Model 670, Vintage Tube Program Equalizer, Opto Compressor, Brickwall Limiter, and Linear Phase Equalizer.
  • Grand - includes everything in T-RackS CS Deluxe, plus seven additional processors: Quad Comp, Quad Limit, Quad Image, De-Esser, British Channel, Black 76 and White 2A. It provides the full collection of 16 T-RackS processors, featuring all the new modules released so far (not including CSR).

As usual, all new and previous T-RackS processors can be opened in three forms: as separate single processor plug-ins, as modules available inside the T-RackS plug-in shell – which allows up to 12 to be chained – or inside the T-RackS standalone mastering suite.

Pricing and Availability:
The T-RackS Custom Shop is available now in both the free and paid versions of T-RackS. Updated versions of T-RackS Classic (formerly Standard) and Deluxe, featuring the Custom Shop, are available as free updates for previous owners of those products.

T-RackS CS Grand is available for $399.99/€319.99 (all prices excluding taxes), T-RackS CS Deluxe is priced at $199.99/€159.99 and T-RackS CS Classic at $79.99/€59.99. All are available as digital downloads from IK's Online Store and the T-RackS Custom Shop.

Through January 7, 2013, a special 50%-off introductory upgrade price for T-RackS Grand is offered to users who've purchased any previous T-RackS Deluxe or Standard bundle, or single plug-in. These special upgrade prices start as low as $99.99/€79.99 and go up to $149.99/€119.99, depending on the version.

Credit Packs for purchasing à la carte models in the Custom Shop start as low as $19.99/€15.99, for 20 credits, and go up incrementally to $499.99/€399.99 for 1,000 credits. The cost for T-RackS processors inside the Custom Shop ranges from 40 to 120 Gear Credits each.

More information:
www.t-racks.com
www.ikmultimedia.com

Rhizome Reduced

Feeltune's groove computers have a new lower price


Feeltune has dropped the price of Rhizome.

  • The retail price of the Rhizome LE has dropped from €1299 to €999, an immediate 28% saving.
  • The retail price of the Rhizome SXE, the Ultimate groove machine, drop from €3399 to €2699, an immediate 16% saving.

Feeltune describes RHIZOME LE as the ideal hybrid solution for musicians, DJs and producers who want to use their technology on their own computer and RHIZOME SXE as a computer-based groove machine designed with musicians, producers and DJs in mind.

Pricing and Availability:
See main text

More information:
www.feeltune.com

Expand Your Kurzweil's Sonic Potential

Kurzweil KORE 64 expansion board for PC3/K Series ships this month


Kurzweil and UK distributor Sound Technology Ltd have announced the release of the Kurzweil KORE 64™ ROM expansion for the PC3/K Series. Here's what they have to say about it:

The Kurzweil KORE 64™ ROM option represents a complete expansion and reimagining of the PC3 and PC3K's sonic potential. Pushing the limits of V.A.S.T. synthesis for both realistic and experimental electronic sounds, KORE 64™ adds over 300 new programs, including stunning new Synths, Electric Guitars, Horns, Drums and Percussion. With KORE 64™ installed, the PC3/K built-in program library now totals over 1400 presets!

Here is an overview of some of the new features the KORE 64™ brings:

New Setups

  • 50 new setups featuring the KORE 64™ sounds.
  • Over 200 new drum grooves in multiple styles.
  • New Dance and Hip Hop setups for triggering and controlling beats in real time.

New Synths

  • New samples modeled after the Oberheim SEM, ARP Chroma, TX802, CZ1, and dozens of legacy waveforms from the K series.
  • Over 100 new synth programs.
  • Sounds for popular electronic music styles like House, Trance, Dubstep, Drum&Bass, Glitch, Electro Hip Hop, and more.
  • More real time controls, beat-synced modulations and envelope control transform sounds without hitting the edit button.
  • Atmospheric and cycling pads voiced for performing, producing, and scoring.

New Guitars

  • New samples modeled after the Gibson Les Paul and Fender Stratocaster.
  • Palm muted and sustained articulations playable in a picked or legato style.
  • Instant-shredder arpeggiator patterns, whammy bar effects, and realistic feedback emulations.
  • Preset sounds from Rock, Country, Rock-a-Billy, Metal, Funk, and more.

New Brass/Woodwinds

  • New alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, trumpet, and trombone samples.
  • New programs include solo instruments and custom sections with many combinations of the different instruments.
  • Articulate with pressure on several new programs.
  • Sections cover styles from Big Band, Soul, Funk, Latin, R&B, Hip Hop, Rock and more.

New Drums

  • Drums from Yamaha, Ludwig, Pearl, DW, Rogers, and Gretsch recorded as full kits.
  • Full cymbal arrays recorded with Zildjian, Paiste, and Sabian cymbals.
  • 72 new Drum Kits and 62 percussion instruments and templates.
  • 10 times the samples and 30 times the data of the existing PC3/PC3K Drums.
  • All drum kits have mixer functioning on the sliders to change the level the kick, snare, toms, hats, and percussion independently.
  • Unsurpassed realism and playability for sampled drums.
  • Full complement of Electronic and Processed Drum samples. Scratches, hits and Industrial Sounds.
  • Wide variety of traditional and processed Percussion sounds.

Pricing and Availability:
The Kurzweil KORE 64™ expansion ships in the UK in December 2012 priced at £149 RRP inc VAT.

More information:
www.kurzweil.com
www.soundtech.co.uk

Teenage Engineering Special XMAS Deal

Every OP-1 comes with two free accessories and free worldwide shipping


As a holiday special, Teenage Engineering are now offering a great deal in their webshop. Every OP-1purchased during this campaign includes two free accessories and free worldwide shipping. You will get the OP-1 Portable Synthesizer, the FM Antenna and the Crank Accessory, shipped to you free of charge, regardless of your location. Standard customs fees may apply and are not included. Place your order now to make sure you get your OP-1 before Christmas. Offer valid to December 17, 2012.

Pricing and Availability:
OP-1 + FM Antenna + Crank Accessory + free Shipping = USD $849 / EUR 799

More information:
Teenage Engineering Store