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FXpansion City Of Drums And Beats: Geist And Guru Drums And Grooves

January 16, 2012
FXpansion released City of Drums and Beats, a sound expansion pack for Geist and Guru.
Need to update your Geist or Guru sound collection? Don't replace your arsenal -- expand it with FXpansion City of Drums and Beats, a new expansion pack of hard-edged sounds by Mike Acosta, also known as DJ Michael Trance.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official FXpansion Web site.

FXpansion Tremor: Virtual Drum Machine Intro'd

January 09, 2012
FXpansion released Tremor, a virtual drum machine instrument.
FXpansion released Tremor, an analog-modeled drum synth offering synthesis, effects, modulation, and step-sequencing features galore.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official FXpansion Web site.

FXpansion Goldbaby Synthetic Geist Expander: Expansive Drums And Percussion

October 06, 2011
FXpansion released Goldbaby Synthetic Geist Expander, a library of presets and drum samples for Geist.
Think your Geist setup is complete? Think again. FXpansion released Goldbaby Synthetic Geist Expander, a whole new collection of drum, percussion, and synth one-shots crafted from high-end analog and digital gear especially for Geist.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official FXpansion Web site.

FXpansion Geist Expander: Analogue Mayhem -- Modular Craziness For Geist

August 09, 2011
FXpansion Geist Expander: Analogue Mayhem is a new sound expansion pack of presets and samples for Geist software.
Expand your Geist arsenal of sounds with some edgy, slightly insane organic / electronic samples and presets produced from an analog modular synth, with the new FXpansion sound pack, Geist Expander: Analogue Mayhem.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official FXpansion Web site.

FXpansion BFD Dunnett Ti Expansion Kit: All-Metal Drums

April 21, 2011
FXpansion released the BFD Dunnett Ti expansion drum kit for BFD2 and BFD Eco.
FXpansion's new BFD Dunnett Ti expansion kit provides BFD2 and BFD Eco with a full set of hand-made prototype Titanium drums from Ronn Dunnett.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official FXpansion Web site.

FXpansion Geist 1.0.1: A Gearwire Pro Review

December 22, 2010
FXpansion Geist Pro Review
There are a ton of beat making tools available for computer-based studios, but few are as powerful and easy to use as this MPC-style drum sequencer from FXpansion. Len Sasso knows what it's like to have a Geist in the machine, and he tells you all about it in this hands-on review.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official FXpansion website for more information.

FXpansion Geist: Make Custom Beats And Grooves

November 17, 2010
FXpansion Geist is a sampling drum machine virtual instrument that lets you sample, resample, slice, sequencer, mix, and more.
Make beats, beats, and more beats with FXpansion Geist, a new sampling drum machine with sound-sculpting tools, fast pattern step-sequencing and arrangement, and more.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official FXpansion Web site.

FXpansion BFD Jazz Maple: Your Drums, Xpanded

November 15, 2010
FXpansion BFD Jazz Maple expansion pack features the sounds of a Yamaha Maple Custom drum kit.
With the FXpansion BFD Jazz Maple pack for BFD 2.1 and BFD Eco, you will get a Yamaha Maple Custom drum kit at your fingertips. Also included are a couple of bonus items, such as a Yamaha signature Roy Haynes copper shell snare and a suite of Sabian cymbals.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official FXpansion Web site.

FXpansion BFD Sleishman: Drums And Snares For BFD2 And BFD Eco

July 05, 2010
FXpansion BFD Sleishman is a set of drum sample expansion packs for BFD2 and BFD Eco virtual drumming software.
All you virtual drummers out there can now add a bit of Sleishman to your BFD2 or BFD Eco setup with FXpansion's new set of expansion packs: BFD Sleishman Drums and BFD Sleishman Snares. Get each one individually or together in a bundle.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official FXpansion Web site.

FXpansion BFD Eco Acoustic Drums Virtual Instrument: Start Here, Then Upgrade To BFD2

May 03, 2010
FXpansion BFD Eco is a new virtual acoustic drums instrument featuring sounds from BFD2, mixing and EQ effects, and more.
With FXpansion's new BFD Eco acoustic drums instrument, you can bang away at BFD2 quality drums and percussion for abut $100 less than FXpansion's other percussion instruments.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official FXpansion Web site.

FXpansion Electric Himalaya: Antiquity Puts Vintage Presets In DCAM: Synth Squad's Cypher And Fusor

April 27, 2010
FXpansion released the Electric Himalaya: Antiquity preset collection for DCAM: Synth Squad's Cypher and Fusor instruments.
Add brass sounds, classic analog leads and basses, evolving pads, and more to DCAM: Synth Squad's Cypher and Fusor instruments, with the new FXpansion Electric Himalaya: Antiquity preset library.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official FXpansion Web site.

FXpansion BFD Signature Snares Vol. 2: Xpands BFD2

March 12, 2010
FXpansion BFD Signature Snares Vol. 2 is a library of Yamaha artist signature snares for BFD2 software.
FXpansion's new BFD Signature Snares Vol. 2 expansion pack offers snares galore, with multiple channels, multiple articulations, rim clicks, and more.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official FXpansion Web site.

FXpansion BFD Heavy Expansion Pack Offers Heavy, Weighty Drums For BFD 2

February 16, 2010
FXpansion BFD Heavy is a BFD2 expansion pack containing a set of presets and a pair of recorded Yamaha birch drum kits.
With a pair of Yamaha birch drum kits on hand, FXpansion created its new BFD Heavy expansion pack for BFD 2, which offers three kicks played with felt and wood beaters, nine toms played with sticks and mallets, and a bonus snare.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official FXpansion Web site.

FXpansion BFD2, Muse Receptor 2 And Zendrum Z4 Demo Video From 127th AES

October 22, 2009
FXpansion BFD2, Muse Receptor 2, Zendrum Z4, 127th AES 2009
John Emerich -- producer of many BFD2 sample sets -- gives us a pretty awesome demonstration of one of the new BFD2 kits in action, using a Muse Receptor 2, his trusty Zendrum Z4, and ninja-like dexterity.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official websites of Zendrum, FXpansion, or Muse Research for more information.

FXpansion DCAM Synth Squad: Software Synthesizer Suite

August 17, 2009
FXpansion DCAM Synth Squad
Virtual analog is great but if you're looking for something more, might as well check a new technology called Discrete Component Analog Modeling or DCAM. FXpansion DCAM Synth Squad allows you to experiences this new protocol in circuit emulation.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit FXpansion's official website.

Alesis-FXpansion DM10 Sound Set Development Partnership: Development Effort For Custom DM10 Sound Sets Announced

July 17, 2009
Alesis-FXpansion DM10 Sound Set Development Partnership
Alesis thinks it hasn't pushed the envelope far enough for the DM10. Teaming up with FXpansion, the developer of BFD, Alesis aims to develop custom sound sets bound to impress even the most discerning drummer that ever lived.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit Alesis's official website.

FXpansion D-Cam: Synth Squad Introduces Three Intermingling Soft Synths

January 16, 2009
FXpansion D-CAM: Synth Squad
The individual virtual synths that make up FXpansion D-Cam: Synth Squad are Strobe, Cypher and Amber. Alone, any one of the three is enough of a threat, but when the three combine via the capabilities of Fusor, all hell will break loose.  

Offsite Link: Visit FXpansion's official website for more information

FXpansion BFD2 JEX Expansion Kit Makes BFD2 Even Bigger

August 29, 2008
FXPansion BFD2 JEX Expansion Kit
FXpansion adds to their BFD2 drum workstation with the release of their JEX Expansion Kit. It brings a very high-quality, custom hand-built XDrum Xotica series kit to your artillery.  

Offsite Link: Visit FXpansion's official website for more information

Frontman For Vancouver's Neurosonic Talks About His Software

July 25, 2008
Neurosonic
Jason Darr of Neurosonic talks about making hard rock with software.  

Offsite Link: For more on Neurosonic.

FXpansion BFD BOMB Big Orchestral Marching Band Released

April 17, 2008
FXpansion BFD Bomb
In the War on Terror, one major threat to America has gone generally undetected: FXpansion. This music software development company isn't fooling anyone with its new BFD BOMB expansion pack. Freedom isn't free, FXpansion, and neither is professional boot removal.  

Offsite Link: Visit FXpansion's official website for more information

FXpansion BFD2: The Most Powerful Acoustic Drum Production Workstation Ever?

December 20, 2007
FXpansion BFD2
FXpansion BFD2 has a beefy set of features that will bring you the digital drumming equivalent of Neil Peart. Drummers everywhere fear that it'll spawn a plague of solo projects, rendering their musical roles obsolete.  

Offsite Link: Visit FXpansion's official website for more information
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