Dino Psaras lent his production and DJing expertise to Loopmasters in making Club Tools Vol. 1, the new pack of all things "club" -- lead loops, tech house stabs, tempo synced FX, stripped back grooves, upfront beats, and chunky basslines.  

Fill up on live-performed, multitrack drums with the latest P5Audio release, Big Studio Drums Vol. 3: Urban Grooves 80BPM. The new sample library boasts a whole lot of drum beats and loop sets inspired by urban biggies such as Usher, Big Sean, and Robin Thicke.  

Sourced from analog modular synths and monosynths, the drums and grooves in Modular Beats are about as real as audio loops can get. Released by Time+Space, the new library boasts a whole lot of multi-format drums suitable for any and all styles of music.  

Enhanced control over processing and the ability to reshape individual tones sets Elysia’s nvelope 500 dynamics processor apart from others in its class, Elysia says. The nvelope 500 is essentially a discrete Class-A stereo impulse shaper dynamics processor.  

The Solina has gone digital -- Binary Music released Solina String Ensemble, its Kontakt-driven version of the classic string synthesizer, providing the sampled sounds of every note of each voice.  

Phoenix Audio announced its latest 500-Series module, the DRS-EQ-500. The new 4-band EQ boasts 11 switchable frequencies, the company's Class-A buffer amp stage and Class-A discrete output stage, and more. According to the maker of the EQ, the new unit is capable of producing a creamy saturation while remaining transparent and punchy.  

For makers of DnB, techno, electro, tech house trance, progressive, hardstyle, and other electronic tracks, Loopmasters released the Industrial Strength Science Of Sound Vol. 2 preset pack for Rob Papen's Predator software synthesizer.  

Dubstep is the hot ticket of the year and everyone wants in, or so it seems. If you could use some more wobbly sounds for your dubstep productions, check out what Prime Loops has to offer in its latest sample pack, Dubstep Gladiator.  

Whether you're making movie trailers, ads, or trance tracks, you will likely need some suspenseful, dramatic effects. Check out what Ueberschall has to offer in its latest Elastik sound pack, Cinematic Timeshift -- a large collection of soundscapes, atmospheres, and effects meant for dubbing, scoring, and more.  

Glitched up vocals, drum kits, melodic chords, and driving leads come together in the latest Sounds To Sample offering, Pressure Samples' New School of Progressive House sample library.  

Sample Magic released yet another comprehensive drum 'n' bass sample pack. Said to be a "stone-cold sample classic," the SM31 Drum & Bass collection boasts an array of breaks, basslines, synths, pads, keys, FX, and much more.  

For producers, DJs, and live performers using Live, Minimal System Instruments issued its Studio Tools collection of effect racks and instruments. Using these new racks, you can mix and master audio, add FX to your productions, and more.  

Chris Cowie wants you to make not just music, but epic music, with the exclusive tech house, progressive, and electro house sounds created just for the Loopmasters Epic Tech House sample library.  

Live-played bass loops take center stage in Diginoiz's Live Urban Bass sample pack. Featuring multi-format bass loops played by a professional bass guitarist, the new sound library is said to be warm, catchy, and highly melodic.  

Fender Telecaster sounds are making contact with Kontakt users, with the release of Ilya Efimov's two new sample packs: TC Electric Guitar and TC Strum. TC Electric Guitar reproduces all the little nuances and details of the original Telecaster, while TC Strum is all about guitar accompaniment and reproducing strumming techniques.  

What do you get when you pair cinematic sounds and FX with dark, industrial tones? You get Cinematic Industrial, the end result of the collaboration between sound designer Jason Donnelly and sample pack provider Soundtrack Loops.  

Get your fill of urban, hip-hop, and R&B loops, one-shots, drum kits, and construction kits in the latest Future Loops sample pack, Klub Kingz. The 3 GB, club-driven pack includes everything from drums, bass, synth hooks, and leads to pads, guitars, strings, and FX.  

When making your next hip-hop track, go back East for inspiration. Big Fish Audio did that while creating Hustle: NYC Beats, the latest sample pack of New York City-style beats, multitrack drums, and drum hits.  

Lava Cable tweaked a few things on its existing guitar cables and created the Clear Connect II guitar cable, which features Abbatron's solder-free Pure Plugs that deliver a pure signal path and high-end performance.  

Fifty pulsating, possibly frighteningly wobbly dubstep presets are now available for NI Massive users, via Analogfactory's Dubstep Terror patch library. You'll get a range of sounds, from basses, leads, and bass drums to snares and claps.  

SoundCloud thought it time to make its music sharing / social networking service faster, easier, and better than ever, so it launched Next SoundCloud. This updated version is more interactive than the previous version, offering streamlined features that make it easier to keep up with your friends' music and share your own.  

Purchasing a license to DNR Collaborative's online Sound Repository will grant you access to all of the company's sample packs released in the past year, along with any new ones added in the future, like the just released ambient library, Delirium: Atmospheres.  

Get over 600 exclusive drum grooves and loops performed by Rush's Neil Peart, with Sonic Reality's new Neil Peart Drums Vol. 2: The Grooves sound library.  

Crysonic released its updated compressor effect, Spectra C2. Dubbed the next-generation wideband audio compressor, Spectra C2 is now available for Mac and PC with a better user interface, no latency, and more.  

More Combinators are coming your way -- 5Pin Media and Loopmasters released the DAWcentrix – Reason DnB Combinators, the latest collection of Reason-ready drum 'n' bass effects and MIDI.  

For all your minimal tech, tech house, underground tech, and techno needs, Zenhiser released the Sylenth Minimal Tech sound library of presets and MIDI files for Lennar Digital's Sylenth synth.  

Want a soft synth for under 20 bucks? Done. LOM launched its modular synth-based soft synth, JONO, a new instrument that apparently works like a hardware synth, offering all the expected tools and parameters in a simple to use interface.  

It takes more than just skills to get gigs and be a mainstay DJ in the club scene, and the new Mixed In Key book, Beyond Beatmatching: Take Your DJ Career To The Next Level, explains what it really takes to be a pro. Along with advanced techniques and mixing, you'll learn about the business and marketing aspects of DJing.  

Nucleus SoundLab unleashed its latest Reason 6 expansion pack, Filter Research 3 ReFill. The collection packs in over 200 unique effect Combinators.  

Want to add something different to your tracks? Check out Sonokinetic Delphi, a historical ancient Greek ensemble sound library of age-old instrument sounds, dramatic vocals, and more that recall the days of way back when.